series, 2-0 over the yankees. then there is this, a video that just makes us want to say or even scream "do not try this yourself, please." >> check out this little brain surgeon here. the one dangling that piece of food right in the face of the massive crocodile. now, give him some credit for keeping his head. when he sinks into the mud a precarious situation. eventually the croc gets his food. and this really intelligent dude heads back to his mensa meeting, i guess. can you imagine toying with a croc like that? you got to be kidding me. >> he should be crying crocodile tears. that was so dumb. >> dent get it. >> don't do that at home. a distant memory, buying homes to make a profit. but flipping is now fashionable. >> first, hundreds of products from peanut butter to ice cream, the nationwide recall has expanded once again. we'll let you know what is now on the list. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. at cepacol we've heard people are going to extremes to relieve their sore throats. oh, okay, you don't need to do that. but i don't want any more of the usual lozenges and i want new cooling relief! ugh. how do you feel? 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>> come on, everyone does that. >> not while anybody is looking though. still ahead this morning, the comeback, brand-new sign in the housing recovery. >> how flipping homes has become profitable again. stay tuned. it's all next. >> announcer: "world news now" it's all next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from ♪ ♪ our house is a very, very fine house ♪ wow. we're seeing new signs of positive economic growth, new numbers are out, consumer spending is up. >> i have a lot of consumer spending -- consumer confidence in you. >> well, thank you. >> the housing market is looking up with perspective buyers, house flippers are out once again. abc's cecilia vega has the story. >> reporter: in the latest sign that america's real estate bubble is on the rebound. greg steinberg and alexander beckett are flipping houses. they bought the two-bedroom home in los angeles and plan to fix it up and sell it fast, making a $50,000 profit. >> so this is the hallway that leads to the bathroom and two bedrooms over there. >> reporter: this was the bathroom. >> yes. >> reporter: was. four months ago this was the living room, the dining room. you can see the house is under construction, just gutted. in a matter of two months it will be on the market and ready for sale. flipping homes helped fuel the real estate bubble and made for tv gold. remember all the shows -- from "flip this house." to "flip that house." >> one, two, three. let's get paid. >> reporter: today around the country there are 25% more homes being flipped than last year. and sellers are walking away with an average profit of $29,000. of the houses that you're selling, how many would you say are houses being flipped? >> between like 25% and 40%. >> reporter: wow. in this new generation of house flippers, many greedy speculators are being replaced by conscientious buyers. >> flippers are savvy. >> reporter: home sales may be on the rebound, but there's still more work to be done. six years ago the median home price was about $230,000. today it is only $187,400. still, there are now profits to be made. for those willing to gamble. >> it is very risky. >> it's high stakes poker. >> reporter: high stakes poker that once again comes with the big payoff. cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. vega, abc news, los angeles. how far will people go to relieve their sore throat? try these. new cepacol sensations cools instantly, and has an active ingredient that stays with you long after the lozenge is gone. not just a sensation, sensational relief. but lately she's been coming in with less gray than usual. what's she up to? 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fortune under conservatorship, headed by her father, jamie spears, since the singer's famous breakdown. you want the look, $2,500 in hair and makeup, $4,000 in massage, grooming and nails and $54,000 in clothes. keeping the estate rung, comes at a price. dry cleaning, pet care, household supplies, groceries, travel, nearly $180,000. and while we'll never fully understand the circus that can be the life of a celeb, in some ways britny is just like the rest of us. she regularly goes to stores like target, cvs, t.j. maxx, and sears, and mom to jaden james and 7-year-old sean preston, shops at gap kids, kids footlocker and toys "r" us. >> i think britney does live quite a frugal life. she is really not living beyond her means. especially compared to other hollywood stars. >> reporter: linsey davis, new york. >> i'm happy to see she is doing well. like not living beyond her means which is good. that's the kenwood, louisiana in her. well, see -- >> the man at her side keeps her grounded and done to earth. >> i'm her sugar daddy. >> how big was the ring you got her? >> like almost a half karat. it was huge. that's how we roll on the overnight. i'll be home soon, britny. keep them vittles hot. >ñ?x?xpcs6 th this morning on "world news now" -- ready for a rematch. the presidential candidates face off tonight in their second debate. >> and this time audience members at the town hall-style event will get to ask the questions. it's tuesday, october 16th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." i love that new voice. >> me too. >> this is "world news now." it's a cross between sexy and constipated. it's good. >> you can relate. let's do the whole show in that voice. >> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm paula faris. we're going to get a preview of round two of the debates in just a moment. also this half hour, the big scandal that's gripping a small town of 10,000 folks in maine. now, police start revealing the names of men accused of paying for sex with a zumba instructor. this is just round one of the names that have been disseminated. there will be allegedly many more. >> talk about a big scandal in a small town. 10,000 folks, everybody knows somebody who knows somebody who has been to that extra credit zumba class. that's a hot little story. and then this morning the snack wars take aim at a new target. check these things out. they're called flaming hot cheetos. fans of the super salty treat say, "hey, hands off my food." we'll have a taste test here tonight. i asked the question in the meeting, what's so bad about these things? apparently the salt content is off the charts. that's why these things have gotten controversial. >> have you ever had jalapeno chi cheetos? they're amazing. >> i love them. speaking of things you love, right? halle berry, right? >> halle berry. >> what does halle berry have in common with sarah palin, can't tell you, maybe genealogy, family connection? >> way to tease that. >> coming up in "the skinny." >> very interesting stuff. get to that halle berry in just a minute. my favorite berry. but first, the presidential candidates will be face to face again tonight in the second of their three big debates. >> last night all about lowering expectations. but for tonight the campaigns are promising strong showings. debate coming with three weeks until election day. abc's jake tapper has a preview. >> reporter: a glimpse of president obama in a rare break from marathon debate prep. >> i brought some food! >> reporter: he emerged briefly to offer an upbeat status report. >> it is going great. >> reporter: a far cry from the grim attitude two weeks ago.&-p. >> basically keeping me indoors all the time. it's drag. >> reporter: and that was followed by a performance that conveyed he thought the debate was a drag, a performance whose toll seems clear. a "usa today" gallup poll has obama trailing in battleground states. 46% to mitt romney's 51%. hunkered down at the king's mill report in historic williamsburg, virginia, the president knows he needs to show voters he is ready to fight for his job. >> nobody is a harsher critic than the president himself. he viewed the tape. i think he's going to make some adjustments on tuesday. >> reporter: the president has been holding mock debates on a set like the one at hofstra university, long island, new york. while students have been playing the candidates as advisers have been playing the real voters. voters who can throw quite challenging curveballs. >> i am one of your middle-class americans. quite frankly, i am exhausted. exhausted of defending you. >> reporter: the president only held one town meeting this year while romney has held 23. the republican is holed up with advisers at his home in belmont, massachusetts, working to finesse debate style to avoid moments like this one in 1992 when george h.w. bush was caught glancing at his watch. >> i am also unemployed. >> joking for instance, he, a multimillionaire is unemployed. and of course many americans have already cast their ballots through absentee ballots and early voting. take a look at the picture of first lady michelle obama with her absentee ballot, signed, sealed, and about to be delivered to chicago. according to the abc news/"washington post" poll, up to 32% of americans will vote before election day. jake tapper, abc news, new york. folks by the millions out casting ballots. which is good. people are like let's go. let's just decide this thing and move on. three weeks left after more than a year of this. people are ready to vote. >> i think, the people more likely to cast the early ballots are those that have known for months who they're going to vote for. >> absolutely. >> nobody is still waiting to hear anything crucial that is going on. >> and the new national poll we did shows obama 49% to 46%. that's interesting, but not nearly as telling or important as the battleground polls, what is going on in key, eight, nine states. in that one, romney has the edge, 46 to 51. that really is the telltale, whether the president can reverse that tonight, who knows. aggressive without offending the audience, coming across too aggressive. >> the gallup/"usa today" poll that gives romney the edge in battleground states. some of the questions according to the democrats say that -- the questions that are asked of the pollsters are a little biased. it is not necessarily telling the truth saying it has deep flaws because they don't screen out many young minority renters, urban dwellers. that are more prone to vote for the president. >> all the polls have their weaknesses. the only poll that counts, november 6. >> what is that? make sure you stick with abc news for complete coverage. our entire political team will be right here tonight at this very desk. one on one, the candidates' debate, 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 p.m. pacific. >> make sure we clean up ya watt soefrg de since diane will be here. all right. in other news this morning, two hikers lost in the mountains of montana have been found alive after a three-day search. officials at glacier national park say the 32-year-old men, both veterinarians from the state of virginia were not hurt. their wives reported them missing when they didn't catch their scheduled flight home. searchers located their empty car friday night. the men were found yesterday afternoon despite heavy snow and low visibility. and, uh-oh, the first names of alleged johns na that so-called zumba prostitution ring in maine have been released. all 21 of the men named are said to be clients of alexis wright who's charged with operating a pay-for-sex ring out of her exercise studio. fathers, husbands, prominent business owners, all of them named. tll's at least one attorney, one realtor. many reportedly live in portland, maine, 50 miles away from kennebunk where wright's studio was located. >> scandal in a small town of 10,000. everybody knows each other's business. allegedly 150 people implicated in this. first round revealing 21. >> wouldn't you like to be in a coffee shop in that town this morning. >> oh, yes. at least everyone is in shape. >> yes. well, the family of george mcgovern says the former democratic presidential nominee has entered hospice care and is coming to the end of his life. long-term senator from south dakota who is now 90 ran against richard nixon in 1972, lost in a landslide. it is the election famous for the watergate scandal. in recent years, mcgovern has worked to fight world hunger. his family is asking for privacy right now. a fourth body has been found in the rubble of that collapsed parking garage in miami. officials in south florida say the man's body is buried so deeply it may take actually a few days to recover. they believe the victim is a 53-year-old electrician who was working at the site at the time of the collapse. three other workers also died in the tragedy. in the five-story garage last week. from china, everyone of course loves a fireworks display, but not when they're going off amongst the crowd itself. about 100 folks were hurt over the weekend when low altitude fireworks started exploding at a very low altitude during the opening ceremony of a big festival. most of the injured were treated at a hospital and released soon after. imagine that moment, oh, scary for the folks. could have been a lot worse. >> uh-huh. >> let's take a look now at your tuesday forecast. we'll have some showers in the northwest around seattle, portland, billings, and jackson, wyoming. some scattered showers from grand rapids to chicago. thunderstorms in south texas. much warmer than normal across the middle of the country. >> kansas city, omaha, hovering near 80 degrees. mostly 60s in the midwest and northeast. 80s across the south and 93 in phoenix. well, the mystery has been solved in that case of that giant blue eyeball. scientists in florida say the eye likely came from a swordfish. but they'll need some genetic testing just to make sure. >> the eyeball turned up last week on a beach in south florida where fishing for swordfish is common this time of year. they say the swordfish needs an unusually large eye -- i would say so -- for hunting at night and navigating depths of up to a thousand feet. they say about the size of a softball. uh-huh. >> mystery solved. bam. in the books. coming up next, we have reported several drug busts recently involving famous folks who were all for some reason arrested in texas. turns out it is actually not a coincidence. why one stretch of road is called "the checkpoint to the stars." but first a red-hot bite-size crunchy treat. why the flaming, cheeto's, flaming hot cheeto's in the cross hairs of some school officials. this story is on fire. next! >> salty. ♪ feeling hot hot hot ♪ feeling hot hot hot >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by united health care. but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up 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to be providing those kinds of foods. >> the cheeto epidemic is major. >> reporter: one teacher is featured, in an online video, talking about how problematic she thinks they are. >> flamin' hot cheetos are the biggest problem we have. >> reporter: a teacher in new mexico sent a letter home imploring parents not to let their kids bring them to school. >> i don't have her bringing a family-sized pack of cheetos to school. i know she will eat the whole bag in one day. >> reporter: the concern isn't that each bag contains 26 grams of fat. it also contains a quarter of the sodium you're supposed to eat in the entire day. the fda recommends most adults have 2,300 milligrams of salt in a day, about a teaspoon. in a new study, researchers found adults and children are consuming on average an alarming 3,400 milligrams of sodium a day, a third more than they should. frito lay who makes and sells cheetos in bags with cartoons on the front tells abc news they're committed to responsible and ethical marketing practices which includes not marketing our products to children ages 12 and under. for our taste test, we swapped these original flavored cheeto's. >> 250 milligrams per serving. >> reporter: with these lightly salted potato chips. >> 85. >> reporter: big difference. >> wow, about a third. >> we are talking the same aisle in the supermarket, not talking going from the chip aisle to the produce aisle. which definitely would be a better choice. >> reporter: and exchanged these cookies with a different sweet snack. kisses. >> this compared to this, 240 milligrams of sodium, versus 35 milligrams of sodium. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm linsey davis in new york. >> pretty tasty. >> hot. >> but they are hot and they are salty. you know what i mean? all that salt is bad. high blood pressure all that stuff. they are -- got to be careful. they are delicious. >> i don't think they taste saltier than a normal chip. >> all the horrible stuff on the market. these. fat content. salt content. so much stuff out there. i wonder why cheetos became the target. >> why do they have to single out cheetos. >> poor little cat, tiger. don't understand it. >> maybe low sodium cheetos. >> everyone likes the bad stuff, that's the thing. lower sodium would not taste -- if it is bad for you, the stuff that tastes good. keep eating. >> we should make out. that would be hot. >> these are hot. >> when we come back, we'll see what's going on today in "the skinny." >> we'll probably still be eating when we come back. >> indeed. >> announcer: "world news now" high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. go to our website below to get u-verse high speed internet for just 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's all the speed you need all at a great price. our newly expanded advanced 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emotional talking about that engagement. >> you are engaged? >> yes. [ applause ] >> oh. oh. aren't you so happy? >> i just got -- >> you are happy because he's the greatest guy ever and you guys make the greatest couple ever. i'm so happy for you too. >> is she going to be the flower girl in the wedding? >> i am just happy for justin. jennifer aniston is one of the most effortlessly sexy women on the planet. something about her is just incredible. so -- >> she also showed off her 10-ca 10-caret engagement ring. almost as big as the rock you bought for halle berry. >> my ex-wife halle berry. >> huh? >> berry. my favorite kind of berry. she gave a fascinating interview to the show "extra" and revealed something i don't think has been reported before. about whom she's actually -- to whom she's actually related. there we go. listen to the actual interview she was there with tom hanks talking about the latest movie. take a listen. >> who are you related to? >> sarah palin. >> no! >> that's what i said -- no! no! >> by what? is it like a dna thing? >> in some twisted way somebody sent me this information, that she was -- >> this is the continuum. >> i'm guessing maybe halle berry is not a conservative republican, going out on a limb. actually, funny, too, tom hanks third cousin, four generations removed from president abraham lincoln. interesting. both have political links there. halle and sarah palin. that's an interesting combo. >> we're probably related as well. >> i'm sure halle can see sarah from her house. it's going to be good. >> you took my line? that was my line. >> i totally stole that. i stole it. >> you know i get one line a week, and you took it. >> sorry. it's the cheetos. if you're a fan of the david letterman show, "the late show" his band mate, paul schaeffer is leaving the show after 30 years, he makes $5 million. he says he would rather be napping at that time of night, rather than staying up. he says -- it may not be mutual though. according to "the new york post" -- the feelings he says, letterman has never visited schaeffer before or after the show. only speaks to him on stage. $5 million a year. the 62-year-old just says he wants to rest. really has been loyal to him throughout the switch from nbc to cbs. >> been there a while, yeah. >> seemed like an easy gig. that kind of money. his contract's not up until 2014. we'll see what he does. real quick, oscars made an unconventional choice to allow sect mcfarland to host. and tina fey and amy poehler will co-host. two hysterically funny women. cheetos, stay with us. 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[ coughing ] >> man. all of them got busted -- imagine if they all wept on tour togeñc?xús1@ú? this morning on "world news now" -- face to face the presidential candidadebate this morning on "world news now" -- face to face, the presidential candidates debate for a second time tonight. >> a key question. can president obama rebound from his disappointing showing during round one in denver? it's tuesday, october 16th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good tuesday morning, everybody. i'm paula faris. >> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> morning? >> morning? go to the site of tonight's debate for a big preview coming up in just a second. also this half hour, a halloween warning, the kids' costumes contaminated with lead. u.s. agents are seizing thousands of shipments made in china. >> 11 times the normal regulated amount of lead found in those. >> we've seen it before, remember that a year ago or so? the chinese toys that had lead. stuff that we import kind of scary. >> especially this time of year because of halloween and costumes. also coming up, oh, baby, we're going to find out the best baby gear to make life easier and more fun with insider secrets from our favorite toy mom. >> are these like gadgets or little -- toys? >> usually she does toys, but we've got a couple gadgets in there too. she sprinkled in for all yeah. very nice. and then this morning, the greatest death-defying stunts of all time. fearless felix with his 24-mile free fall joins the ranks of daredevils who truly, truly go to extremes. but first 13 days after the first presidential debate, candidates meet for round two tonight. we need a ding, bell. that was weak. >> that was the best i could do. undecided voters will get to ask contenders about domestic policies, foreign policy during the showdown, which will last about 90 minutes tonight. it's all happening with just three weeks to go until election day. abc's karen travers is at hofstra university in hempstead, new york, with the latest. hi, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, paula. remember before the first debate when both campaigns were bending over backwards to try to lower expectations. well, we're not hearing that this time around from the obama campaign. they're trying to reassure anxious democrats that the president is going to show up tonight very prepared and very aggressive. president obama and mitt romney have been off the campaign trail, gearing up for their second round in the ring. tonight's showdown will be a town hall. audience members will be asking the questions, which have been pre selected by the moderator. neither candidate held many campaign events like this recently. even with intense prep sessions, this format could bring challenges. >> both candidates have to tread lightly because if they are going on the offense too aggressively with each other, that can spill over to the audience and make them look too >> reporter: president obama was widely criticized afterh adjustment >> i think he's going to be aggressive in making the case for his view of where we should go as a country. >> reporter: both candidates spent the weekend and monday romney in boston. the presiden wilmsb, >> how is the debate prep going, sir? >> it is hointhngtoni since their first showdown the a new abc news/"washington post" poll found a huge spike in strong enthusiasm among romney supporters.o still holding a slight edge among likely voters nationwide. the romney campaign points to a new "usa today" gallup poll that has them up by five in the key battle ground states. it sets up a high stakes showdown here on long island tonight. president obama hoping for a comeback. mitt romney is hoping for a knockout. rob, paula, back to you. >> thanks a lot, karen. >> questions, too, about candy crowley and what kind of role she's going to play. she says, look, i will be a little active in this, i won't be a fly on the wall, i'm going to take part. the campaigns are jittery about this. should be interesting to see how active she is. as the debate progresses. >> not just the campaigns are jittery about it, but the rticommat s cf1&, but the batg th sed interesting. this is held at hofstra university. you know, a lot of universities gather a lot of their -- their money for their -- enrollment through football. but they eliminated their football program a couple years ago. dee tohese debate deb but neither of the candidates were president then. john mccain and senator obama. >> applications have gone up. they sd -- estimated $3 tooidsing, just the exposure on the national stage. back to the commission for a second. senior adviser said, to the commission, said we are not giving any reton so candy does have some wiggle room to see rngs kind of, actually, says respond organically to the nature of the debate. lots of things in play. stay tuned tonight. keep it here on abc for that starting at 9:00 eastern. >> is "organic" one of the hottest words right now? >> indeed, whole foods. two motorcycles collided escorting michelle obama from a campaign stop. in central ohio. the highway patrol says the motorcycles sideswipede a state trooper and a police officer were hurt, but they're now in stable condition at a nearby columbus hospital. the peanut recall stemming from a nationwide salmonella tn ex new mexic evan inc. has added raw and roasted peanuts to a list of now more than 400 contaminated peanut products. so far 35 people in 19 states have been sickened. sunland sells peanuts, peanut butter for brand sold at trader joe's, whole foods, walmart, target, costco, and kroger. be careful. check your cabinets, folks. also, a new warning from the fda about tainted drugs from the massachusetts pharmacy. the agency says products at the pharmacy may also cause life threatening illnesses. the new warning involves a second steroid and products that are used for heart and eye surgery. sol so far 15 people have died of meningitis from a steroid linked to the pharmacy. u.s. customs agents have seized a big shipment of halloween costumes from china that pose a danger to kids. the buttons on the intercepted pirate outfits contain 11 times the legal limit of lead. more than 1,300 of the costumes were en route to stores in the seattle area before they were targeted by agents. >> yeah, you go home end of the week. you realize you made a difference. you really made an impact. and you kept some child from getting sick or some person's house from burning down. >> the costumes are worth about $10,000. they will all be destroyed. last year custom agents stopped 11,000 shipments of lead contaminated products. you heard the gentleman just now talking about the health effects. it can poison developing is brand, lead can. costumes are marketed for young kids. which is frightening to think that there's not a lot of power over that, that there's not a lot of oversight. >> the good news is inspectors are going to start to pull some costumes from ports where shipments have been received. at least they're aware of it and on it. you never know how much got out there. that is the dangerous part. keep an eye on that as well. okay. let's call this one just way, way too close for comfort. some young americans traveling on the train, go ahead and stick their head outside, keep an eye there on the righshe decapitated by ting train. >> oh, my word. oh, man. a warning to you college kids going overseas next semester. don't do that. watch. could have been a deadly ending to that. wow. >> at least the boy was. >> only in college can you feel that invincible. huh? wow. some guys in maine have some explaining to do now that the names of 21 alleged clients in the so-called zumba prostitution ring have been released. all of those names said to have been clients of alexis wright charged with operating a pay-for-sex operation out of her exercise studio. now, fathers, husbands, prominent business owners, are named. there is at least one attorney. maybe a law enforcement official. a realtor. this is a small town of 10,000 everybody knows evef1 osine >> that's some good cared owe. >> thank you for that one, rob. two hikers who vanished in montana's glacier national park have been reunited with their families. thankfully. jason hiiser and neal peckens, the two were found alive and uninjured yesterday after a three-day search. the men are beth veterinarians from virginia and said to be experienced hikers. their wives reported them missing friday after both of them failed to catch their flights home. >> there it is. stories like that don't often have a happy ending. that is one. good news. a look at your weather on this tuesday morning. a passing shower in northern new england and south florida. summerlike, oh, along the gulf coast -- oh, i miss those days. thunderstorms in southern texas. scattered showers around the dae noed showers around the 60s from boston to bemore. all right. attention san diego chargers fans, please step back from the ledge. it's not the end of the world, even though your team surrendered a 24-point halftime lead last night. >> peyton manning led the broncos back from the dead. throwing three second-half touchdown passes. and a couple of defensive touchdowns. san diego's 24-0 lead wound up a 35-24 loss. that's 35 unanswered points. >> unreal. unreal. look at that. the goat of the game, probably, chargers' qb, philip rivers, he threw four picks and lost two fumbles. yeah, that ain't good. that, that will change the tone of the game a little bit. ugly, ugly. ugly. >> many has done that a couple times before. late game come backs, 24 points. couple minutes left. >> forget the neck injury. one of the best to throw a ball. still to come, a free fall from the edge of space, a rover on mars, what could be next in the world of science? we'll have a look at the new nii but first, moms, strollers, highchairs to toys, we get a rundown of all the top baby products on the market. it's all coming up on "world news now." ♪ oh baby baby baby baby baby >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by comfort medical. hd 3 ♪ baby baby baby ♪ i got so much love in me >> welcome back, everybody. there are some really amazing new products, new toys out there for your baby and youred toor. who better to tell us all about them, our toy insider mom, laurie scheck. always wonderful to have you here, too. >> thank you. what do you have today? >> we'll start with our cabbage patch baby. >> i wanted another baby. >> cabbage patch smells like the baby, still comes with adoption papers, paci. great gift for a baby, bringing home a new baby, a great gift for siblings. they can take care of their baby. >> uh-huh. >> one of the biggest investments you're going to make is in a stroller. >> i know all too well. >> i love this. broadway by j. j. cole. big basket at the bottom. adjustable arms. you can see it is a bassinet now. >> nice. >> i can turn this around. so baby can face either way. i can turn it into my regular stroller. i just lift this up. the seat comes up. there are straps at the bottom. awesome. this is a memory foam liner. for the stroller. washable, machine washable. >> perfect. >> and nonslip. >> that's right. because they're always slipping down. >> you're going to hold the baby the whole time. >> who knows. i'll have another one actually. >> our music school. our activity sit/stand music school. we start out without the legs as baby is sitting. get up. standing, walking. couple. 50 activities. different modes. learning and music. and english and spanish. >> si senorita. this its great. a microphone. i like that. and it has an off button. >> an off button. which i know you really love. >> this has an off button too. >> yes, it does. >> this is really cool, the watch over me baby soother by bluebox. really great. it is a five-phase sleep system for babies. so we put the baby to sleep. we turn this on. it's going to go through a whole series of lights and music. there's a sensor. if the baby stirs, what will happen is this will go back on. music, white noise, sound, and puts baby back to sleep. hopefully mom and dad get to sleep the night. your favorite thing? >> i love this. a quick little investment. $3. >> $3.99. it's get healthy. we know that kids should wash their hands. it's a tough thing to get them to do. this will play for 20 seconds. how long a child should be washing their hand for. and fits on any soap dispenser. >> i love it. why didn't i think of that? now this is going to -- probably our -- one of our biggest investments. >> this is our pink-plus baby monitor system. it is really cool. for one thing, regular monitor. you have it in the baby's room. go around the house, you can see and hear the baby on the handheld. go to work, log on the internet, you can see the baby. >> really? >> here is what is cool. now you can download the free app on any device. let's say -- military family, grandparents living somewhere else. just you are on the train. go onto your phone. go onto the app. >> you can check in on the baby -- >> check in on the baby anywhere in the world. >> that's great. that is great. >> now i will show you this, ultimate portable crib, whether you're going to grnld ma's, soccer field, your own backyard, this is it. that's how quick the setup is. >> no way. you don't have to struggle with the arms trying to get them up to the perfect position. >> mattress goes underneath. the pad in here comes out. machine washable. you take it anywhere. it folds up just as quickly as i undid it. this is our -- >> the ball-palooza. so we have the lights and sounds. so when they're crawling, they're playing at the bottom. when they're older, they're playing on top. it's lots of fun, it will keep them active, and they can play on all sides of it. >> that is beautiful. >> and how long to put it together? be honest. >> i had some help. [ laughter ] >> thank you. this is wonderful. just for posterity, everybody. >> that's right. our thanks to laurie, the toy insider mom. thank you for coming in. >> thanks. >> if you're happy and you know it. >> clap your hands. >> clap your hands, everybody. that's great. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ living on the edge ♪ living on the edge well, appropriate song, that's for sure. talk about living on the edge, well, the man who jumped down from space through the stratosphere at 800 miles an hour, he survived. and almost a picture-perfect landing. >> yes, he did live to tell about it. so is there anything left to conquer in this brave new world? abc's david wright looks at these daredevils, past and present. >> reporter: we call them daredevils because they're literally daring the devil. forming a suicidal stunt, and getting away with it. in this case, a stunt seen before only in a "star trek" movie. hollywood fantasy made real. no wonder we're all transfixed. harry houdini, evel knievel, david blaine, showmen all, but what separated daredevils from mere stuntmen may be the backdrop. the tightrope walker perched over niagara falls is as compelling in 2012 as it was in 1876, where a manmade wonder, a bridge, or a building. or a pair of buildings. felipe petite, the man on the wire whose flight of fancy is all the more poignant because that wonder's gone. like petite, felix baumgartner spent years planning the jump, just as others are now planning what may be the next great frontier. a journey to the center of the earth, jules verne for real. to study the origins of life. less than a century ago, pilots were daredevils. charles lyndberg and amelia earhart pushing boundaries that now we take for granted. >> down 2 1/2. without neil armstrong there would be no felix baumgartner. >> one small step for man -- one giant leap for man kind. >> reporter: baumgartner's giant leap didn't defy gravity he submitted to gravity all the way down. david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> it's nothing quite as death-defying as working this show. when i think of brave, i think of you, rob. >> oh, look at me. >> don't make me go. look at that face! >> don't make me go. >> thank god my diaper was on tight. i needed it. 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[ toilet flushing ] >> exactly. that's what i'm saying. >> you would be better than licking the toilet bowl than actually putting the debit card in your mouth. >> what you do on the weekend is your business. i am just trying to bring people the facts here. >> dirty facts. >> swipe your card these days instead of hanged it to the clerk or whatever. swipe and wipe. swipe and wipe. today's password. >> swipe always, good advice for dudes. and also more advice for gentlemen. they say men should wear purple to attract a partner. get this. 28% of women say they have declined a date because they did not like that person's clothes. >> that's crazy. >> it's true. 28%. 2,000 women were polled. they said 60% clothes are top dating deal breaker followed by a suitor's haircut, 17%, style of shoes. and then even if they get past that first level, 25% say they're going to try to weed out it out for the next date. >> do you typically notice, an outfit a deal breaker for you or not? >> i will really admit i have no fashion sense. my husband the fashionista. purple. now" -- a critical contest. >> the presidential candidates count down to their second debate as mitt romney seeks to keep his edge. president obama is looking to get back on top. this morning on "world news now" -- a critical contest. >> the presidential candidates count down to their second debate as mitt romney seeks to keep his edge. president obama is looking to get back on top. it's tuesday, october 16th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everyone. we're trying to imitate our voiceover guy. >> we love him. paula faris. >> yes. and rob nelson. >> that's it. we'll have the latest on how the candidates prepared for tonight's debate. how the format, though, could be a challenge in a few hours. and what each man is hoping to accomplish. but first a look at some of the other stories we're going to cover in this half hour. >> well while that recall expands, more products, more illnesses, and now more questions about what exactly is safe to eat when it comes to this massive peanut butter recall.what exactly is safe to n it comes to this massive peanut butter recall. >> the name you saw, the one you should look out for there, sunland, that's the name at the center of all this. any product you have with the name on it, you'd better chuck it than risk getting sick. >> a lot of times that name is not on the label. they buy it, but trader joe's will put their own label on top of it. >> exactly. exactly. also coming up this half hour, flipping fashionable again. the trend that some say helped fuel the housing crisis is now making a comeback. how some middle men are making a profit once again. >> and middle women. >> indeed. and the diva's dollars, millions of them. britney spears' comeback is translating to her checkbook. we're going to open the inventory and see how this pop princess is spending her millions. >> it's good to see brittanebri coming back. had a rough few years, the meltdown, kind of her dad took control of her finances. and then the marriages and all that. it's good to see -- >> and then four other meltdowns. >> yeah, she got real famous and real rich real fast. i think that's tough. good to see her. >> and young. >> yeah. kind of really young. that's a lot to handle. good to see her getting back to her a-game. first on this tuesday morning, days of intense preparations will give way to 90 minutes of presentations tonight as the presidential candidates spar for the second of their three debates. >> and this time foreign and domestic policy issues will be in play, and the event comes exactly three weeks before election day. abc's karen travers is at the debate site in hempstead, new york, with the latest. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, paula. remember before that first debate when both campaigns were bending over backward to try and lower expectations? well, we're not hearing that this time around from the obama campaign. they're trying to reassure anxious democrats that the president is going to show up tonight very prepared and very aggressive. president obama and mitt romney are off the trail gearing up for their second round in the ring. tuesday night's showdown will be a town hall. audience members will be asking the questions, which have been pre selected by the moderator. neither candidate has held many campaign events like this recently. and even with the intense prep sessions, this format could bring challenges. >> both candidates have to tread lightly because if they are going on the offense too aggressively with each other, that could spill over to the audience and may make them look too combative. >> reporter: president obama was widely criticized after the first debate. his campaign says he has made adjustments. >> well, i think he's going to be aggressive in making the case for his view of where we should go as a country. >> reporter: both candidates spent the weekend hunkered down. romney in boston, the president in williamsburg, virginia. >> it is going great. >> reporter: since their first showdown, the race has tightened. a new abc news/"washington post" poll found a huge spike in strong enthusiasm among romney supporters. but it also found the president still holding a slight lead among likely voters nationwide. the romney campaign points to a new "usa today" gallup poll that has them up five points in the key battleground states. that sets up a high-stakes showdown here on long island tonight. president obama's hoping for a comeback. mitt romney's hoping for a knockout. rob and paula, back to you. >> all right, karen. thanks a lot. all eyes on these two men tonight. they've got to be feeling some of the pressure right now. a lot on the line. >> who do you think has more pressure, mitt romney, or president obama? because he turned in such a lackluster performance last time. i would say obama. >> i would say obama too. he knows how badly he messed up. advisers promised a different president, a more aggressive president, so he has to deliver. and a wrench in things here, candy crowley will be the moderator. she kind of threw things into a tailspin that she's going to be kind of in -- supposed to be in an audience-dominated debate. she said, look, i am going to ask follow-ups. i'm going to be there. i'm not just going to be a fly on the wall, she says. what did she say? i will react organically to what is happening. so she's going to kind of inject herself more than the campaigns anticipat anticipated. that should be interesting as well. she is a great reporter and a very smart woman. that could add another dynamic. >> both sides actually agreeing on this, saying this is not how we had it drawn up. and the bipartisan committee is even saying, no, you are not really allowed to do that. kind of stepping out of your bound. interesting to see how much push and shove. how much she will push back tomorrow night, tonight rather. >> i can't imagine that candy will be a shrinking violet or flower. >> don't think so. >> i don't see that happening at all. stay tuned. of course, keep it here on abc for complete coverage. our entire political team will be right here tonight. "one on one," candidates' debate, round two, coming up tonight, 9:00 pchl eastern, 6:00 p.m. pacific. now to the growing political storm over that deadly attack on a u.s. consulate in libya. secretary of state hillary clinton now says that she takes full responsibility for any security failure that led to that attack. but three leading republicans responded by saying that the security of americans serving overseas ultimately rests with the commander in chief. and some people aren't putting her on the hot seat saying if you do find that those were response responsible, still don't know exactly who was responsible, will you retaliate to close the election? she said, quote, we will track them down, who ever did this and hold them accountable and bring them to justice. didn't say before the election. but will bring them to justice. >> an ambassador was killed for the first time in 30 years, three other innocent americans. you have to believe, we would hope, that whatever process is going on, to find the people behind that, the politics of the moment would not interfere with that. and just for the sake of justice, the people who did this need to be -- need to be found. a lot of people say hillary is taking a bullet for the president. >> and real quick, a spokesman for the islamists in northern mali, saying if the u.s. retalia retaliates, i promise you we will multiply the september 11th attack by ten, a direct quote be spokesmen for the islamists. >> obviously fighting words there. but i mean we have seen it before. the country doesn't shrink away from that. importance of them labeling it as a terrorist attack. that implies that if it was a deliberate act, we are going to retaliate in some way. so stay tuned as we look to see. pretrial hearings for self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed and four terror defendants will be in guantanamo bay. hearings got under way yesterday. this time around proceedings went smoothly unlike the chaotic arraignment five months ago. now, family members of the 9/11 victims can watch from several military bases, and this father followed every step from base in brooklyn. >> my wife and i lost our son keith, who's a paramedic. it's important for us to be here to continue his -- his legacy, if you want or his memory. we're his voice. >> the hearings are expected to last all week even though the prosecution filed a motion requiring the defendants to attend. the judge ruled they do not have to appear, at least for this week. with her long journey out of pakistan over now, the young girl who was targeted by the taliban is now in stable condition at a hospital in england. officials at the hospital are even talking positively about her recovery. abc's nick schifrin reports now from the city of birmingham. >> reporter: she was nearly killed simply for wanting to go to school. malala yousafzai began a long road to recovery. the doctors removed her ventilator and she responded to stimuli, moving her fingers and toes. they flew the 14-year-old 4,000 miles. for starters as many as 17 specialists will examine her in the next 24 hours. eventually they'll have to reconstruct her entire skull, shattered from a taliban bullet fired point-blank. this hospital not only provide better care than she can receive in pakistan, but it's also safer because in pakistan, the taliban promised to keep on trying to kill her. malala represents the best of pakistan. when the taliban took over the neighborhood and blew up girls' schools, she fought back and became a potent symbol of resistance. >> we must have the confidence to say that this thing is going on, and we must raise our voice. >> reporter: now malala will fight back. she will heal, she will return home, and she'll go back to school. nick schifrin, abc news, birmingham. in other news this morning, the search is over for two missing hikers in a snowy trails of montana's glacier national park. neal peckens and jason hiiser, both veterinarians from virginia, were found alive yesterday afternoon with no injuries. their families had reported them missing on friday after they failed to catch their flight home. search crews found them after scouring the mountain covered by a foot and a half of snow. two lucky gents there. and on to the world series, the san francisco giants didn't take long, taking the lead last night against st. louis. their first batter angel pagan hitting a solo home run, bottom of the first inning. and then the giants broke it wide open in the fourth, tacking on four more runs. that would prove to be enough. san francisco goes on to win, 7-1. so this series, the nlcs is tied. game three wednesday night in st. louis. game three of the alcs, tonight in detroit, tigers leading that series, 2-0 over the yankees. and then there is this, a video that just makes us want to say or even scream "do not try this yourself, please." >> yeah. check out this little brain surgeon right here. the one dangling that piece of food right in the face of the massive crocodile. give him some credit, we guess, for keeping his head when he sinks into the mud, a precarious situation. eventually the croc gets his food. and this really intelligent dude heads back to his mensa meeting, i guess. can you imagine toying with a croc like that? you've got to be kidding me. >> yeah. he should be crying crocodile tears. that was so dumb. >> i don't get it. >> don't do that at home. a distant memory, buying homes to make a profit. but flipping is now fashionable. but first, hundreds of products from peanut butter to ice cream, the nationwide recall has expanded once again. we'll let you know what is now on the list. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. colonial penn life insurance. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. at cepacol we've heard people are going to extremes to relieve their sore throats. oh, 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led to 35 people in 19 states now becoming severely ill. >> the manufacturer sunland is now expanding its recall to even more peanut products. abc's brandi hitt has the consumer warning. >> reporter: good morning, rob, paula. it's not just peanut butter anymore. the list of recalled products possibly contaminated continues to grow. the nationwide salmonella peanut recall is expanding, and more people are getting sick. >> i had eaten peanut butter like three days in a row, and i had just gotten so sick. >> reporter: barbara who lives in phoenix claims to be one of dozens sickened in 19 states. the lists of contaminated products in the peanut salmonella outbreak is now ten pages long and contains 400 products, including moon pies, ice cream, and peanut butter, also raw and roasted peanuts. the cdc says contamination has been traced to this factory, sunland inc. in portales, new mexico. >> all the illnesses investigated are related to the peanut butter products from the one plant. >> reporter: sunland sells raw and roasted peanuts and makes peanut butter for brand at trader joe's, whole foods, walmart, kroger, target, and costco. sunland warns people not to eat any. barbara purchased her peanut butter before it was pulled from store shelves. she is still awaiting salmonella test results and is certain peanut butter got her sick and worries more are at risk. >> i have been feeding this peanut butter to my dogs. i mean seriously this is a big deal. i mean my friend has six grandkids. she didn't know anything about it. >> reporter: now, you can find the list of recalled products on the fda website. meantime sunland inc. closed down facilities during this investigation. rob, paula. >> thank you, brandi. and get this. almost 2/3 of those who became ill were kids under the age of 10 years old, having that impact on the very young. >> you think about who consumes the most amount of peanut butter. it's children. and i also consume a lot of peanut butter as well. this recall could cost the industry, not just sunland, sunland has 101 products involved roughly, but it could cost the industry billion dollars. >> wow, wow. be careful. the finger in the peanut butter, and be careful. >> you stick your finger in the jar? >> come on, everyone does that. >> not while anybody is looking though. still ahead this morning, the comeback, brand-new sign in the housing recovery. >> how flipping homes has become profitable again. stay tuned. it's all next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. . it's all next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our @ ♪ ♪ our house is a very, very fine house ♪ wow. we're seeing new signs of positive economic growth, new numbers are out, consumer spending is up. >> i have a lot of consumer spending -- consumer confidence in you. >> thank you. >> well, the housing market is looking up as well for perspective buyers. house flippers are out once again. abc's cecilia vega has the story. >> reporter: in the latest sign that america's real estate bubble is on the rebound, greg steinberg and alexander beckett are flipping houses. they bought the two-bedroom home in los angeles and plan to fix it up and sell it fast, making a $50,000 profit. >> so this is the hallway that leads to the bathroom and two bedrooms over there. >> reporter: this was the bathroom. >> yes. >> reporter: was. four months ago this was the living room and the dining room. you can see the house is under construction, just gutted. in a matter of two months it will be on the market and ready for sale. flipping homes helped fuel the real estate bubble and made for tv gold. remember all the shows -- from "flip this house." to "flip that house." >> one, two, three. let's get paid. >> reporter: today around the country there are 25% more homes being flipped than last year. and sellers are walking away with an average profit of $29,000. of the houses that you're selling, how many would you say are houses being flipped? >> between like 25% and 40%. >> reporter: wow. but in this new generation of house flippers, many greedy speculators are being replaced by consensus byers. >> flippers now are much more savvy. >> reporter: home sales may be on the rebound, but there's still more work to be done. six years ago the median home price was about $230,000. today it's only $187,400. still there are now profits to be made for those willing to gamble. >> it's very risky. >> it's high stakes poker. >> reporter: high stakes poker that once again comes with the big payoff. cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. >> reporter: high stakes poker that once again comes with the big payoff. cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. vega, abc news, los angeles. how far will people go to relieve their sore throat? try these. new cepacol sensations cools instantly, and has an active ingredient that stays with you long after the lozenge is gone. not just a sensation, sensational relief. but lately she's been 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apparently the salt content is off the charts. that's why these things have gotten controversial. >> have you ever had jalapeno cheetos? they're amazing. >> no. but i love cheetos though. >> i do too. speakings of things you lo, right? halle berry. >> halle berry. >> what does halle berry have in common with sarah palin, can't tell you, maybe genealogy, family connection? >> way to tease that. >> coming up in "the skinny." >> very interesting stuff. get to that halle berry in just a minute. my favorite berry. halle berry. but first the presidential candidates will be face to face again tonight in the second of their three big debates. >> last night all about lowering expectations. but for tonight the campaigns are promising strong showings. debate coming with three weeks until election day. abc's jake tapper has a preview. >> reporter: a glimpse of president obama in a rare break from marathon debate prep. >> i brought some food! >> reporter: he emerged briefly to offer an upbeat status report. >> it is going great. >> reporter: a far cry from his grim attitude two weeks ago. back then -- >> basically keeping me indoors all the time. it's a drag. >> reporter: and that was followed by a performance that conveyed he thought the debate was a drag, a performance whose toll seems clear. a "usa today" gallup poll has obama trailing in battleground states. 46% to mitt romney's 51%. hunkered down at the luxurious kingsmill resort in historic williamsburg, virginia, the president knows he needs to show voters he's ready to fight for his job. >> nobody is a harsher critic than the president himself. he viewed the tape. i think he's going to make some adjustments on tuesday. >> reporter: the president has been holding mock debates on a set like the one at hofstra university, long island, new york. while students have been playing the candidates as advisers have been playing the real voters. voters who can throw quite challenging curveballs. >> i'm one of your middle-class americans, and, quite frankly, i'm exhausted. i'm exhausted in defending you. >> reporter: the president's only held one town meeting this year while romney has held 23. the republican is holed up with advisers at his home in belmont, massachusetts, working to finesse debate style to avoid moments like this one in 1992 when george h.w. bush was caught glancing at his watch. >> romney >> i am also unemployed. >> joking for instance, he, a multimillionaire is unemployed. and of course many americans have already cast their ballots through absentee ballots and early voting. take a look at the picture of first lady michelle obama with her absentee ballot, signed, sealed, and about to be delivered to chicago. according to the abc news/"washington post" poll, up to 32% of americans will vote before election day. jake tapper, abc news, new york. >> folks by the millions already out there casting ballots, which is good. people are like let's go. let's just decide this thing and move on. three weeks left after more than a year of this. people are ready to vote. >> i think the people more likely to cast the early ballots are those that have known for months who they're going to vote for. >> absolutely. >> nobody is still waiting to hear anything crucial that is going on. >> and the new national poll we did shows obama 49% to 46%. that's interesting, but not nearly as telling or important as the battleground polls, what is going on in key, eight, nine states. in that one, romney has the edge, 46 to 51. that really is the telltale, whether the president can reverse that tonight, who knows. aggressive without offending the audience, coming across too aggressive. >> yeah. the gal lup ""usa today" poll that gives romney the edge in the battleground state. some of the questions according to the democrats say that -- the questions that are asked of the pollsters are a little biased. it is not necessarily telling the truth saying it has deep flaws because they don't screen out many young minority renters, urban dwellers. that are more prone to vote for the president. >> all the polls have their weaknesses. the only poll that counts, november 6. >> what is that? make sure you stick with abc news for complete coverage. our entire political team will be right here tonight at this very desk. "one on one," the candidates' debate, 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 p.m. pacific. >> make sure we clean up since diane will be here. all right. in other news this morning, two hikers lost in the mountains of montana have been found alive after a three-day search. officials at glacier national park say the 32-year-old men, both veterinarians from the state of virginia, were not hurt. their wives reported them missing when they didn't catch their scheduled flight home. searchers located their empty car friday night. the men were found yesterday afternoon despite heavy snow and low visibility. and, uh-oh, the first names of alleged johns in that so-called zumba prostitution ring in maine have been released. all 21 of the men named are said to be clients of alexis wright who's charged with operating a pay-for-sex ring out of her exercise studio. fathers, husbands, prominent business owners, all of them named. there's at least one attorney, one realtor. many reportedly live in portland, maine, 50 miles away from kennebunk where wright's studio was located. >> scandal in a small town of 10,000. everybody knows each other's business. allegedly 150 people implicated in this. but the first round only revealing 21. >> wouldn't you like to be in a coffee shop in that town this morning. >> oh, yes. at least everyone is in shape. >> yes. well, the family of george mcgovern says the former democratic presidential nominee has entered hospice care and is coming to the end of his life. the long-time senator from south dakota who is now 90 ran against richard nixon in 1972, lost in a landslide. it's the election famous for the watergate scandal. in recent years, mcgovern has worked to fight world hunger. his family is asking for privacy right now. a fourth body has been found in the rubble of that collapsed parking garage in miami. officials in south florida say the man's body is buried so deeply, it may take actually a few days to recover. they believe the victim is a 53-year-old electrician who was working at the site at the time of the collapse. three other workers also died in ta tragedy of that five-story garage last week. and from china, everyone, of course, loves a fireworks display, but not when they're going off amongst the crowd itself. about 100 folks were hurt over the weekend when low altitude fireworks started exploding at a very low altitude during the opening ceremony of a big festival. most of the injured were treated at a hospital and released soon after. imagine that moment, oh, scary for those folks. could have been a lot worse. >> uh-huh. >> let's take a look now at your tuesday forecast. we'll have some showers in the northwest around seattle, portland, billings, and jackson, wyoming. some scattered showers from grand rapids to chicago. thunderstorms in south texas. much warmer than normal across the middle of the country. >> kansas city and omaha hovering near 80 degrees. mostly 60s in the midwest and northeast. 80s across the south and 93 in phoenix. well, the mystery has been solved in the case of that giant blue eyeball. scientists in florida say the eye likely came from a swordfish. but they'll need some genetic testing just to make sure. >> the eyeball turned up last week on a beach in south florida where fishing for swordfish is common this time of year. they say the swordfish needs an unusually large eye -- i'd say so -- for hunting at night and navigates depth of up to a thousand feet. they say about the size of a softball. uh-huh. >> mystery solved. bam. in the books. coming up next, we have reported several drug busts recently involving famous folks who were all for some reason arrested in texas. well, it turns out it's actually not a coincidence. why one stretch of road is called "the checkpoint to the stars." but first the red-hot bite-size crunchy treat. why the flamin' hot cheetos, flamin' hot cheetos in the cross hairs of some school officials. this story is on fire. next! 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[ applause ] >> oh. oh. aren't you so happy? >> i just got -- >> you are happy because he's the greatest guy ever and you guys make the greatest couple ever, and i'm so happy for you too. >> is she going to be the flower girl in the wedding? >> i'm just happy for jennifer. jennifer aniston is one of the most effortlessly sexy women on the planet. something about her is just incredible. so -- >> she also showed off her 10-caret engagement ring. lch as almost as big as the rock you bought for halle berry. >> my ex-wife halle berry. >> huh? >> berry. my favorite kind of berry. she gave a fascinating interview to the show "extra" and revealed something i don't think has been reported before. about whom she's actually -- to whom she's actually related. there we go. listen to the actual interview she was there with tom hanks talking about her latest movie. take a listen. >> who are you related to? >> sarah palin. >> no! >> that's what i said -- no! no! >> by what? is it like a dna thing? >> in some twisted way somebody sent me this information, that she was -- >> this is the cloud off the continuum. >> i'm guessing maybe halle berry is not a conservative republican, just going out on a limb there. actually, funny, too, tom hanks third cousin, four generations removed from president abraham lincoln. interesting. &-p links there. halle and sarah palin. that's an interesting combo. >> we're probably related as well. >> i'm sure halle can see sarah from her house. it's going to be good. >> you took my line. that was totally my line. >> i totally stole that. i stole it. >> you know i get one line a week, and you took it. >> sorry. it's the cheetos. if you're a fan of "the david letterman show," the "late show," his band mate, paul schaefer, is leaving the show after 30 years. he makes $5 million. he says he would rather be napping at that time of night, rather than staying up. he says -- it may not be mutual though. according to "the new york post" -- the feelings he says, letterman has never visited schaeffer before or after the show. only speaks to him on stage. $5 million a year. the 62-year-old just says he wants to rest. really has been loyal to him throughout the switch from nbc to cbs. >> been there a while, yeah. it seemed like an easy gig, that kind of money. his contract's not up until 2014. we'll see what he does. real quick, oscars made an unconventional choice to allow seth mcfarland to host. and tina fey and amy poehler are going to co-host the show january 13th. two hysterically funny women. cheetos, stay with us. amy poehler will co-host. two hysterically funny women. cheetos, stay with us. 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[ coughing ] >> man. all of them got busted -- imagine if they all went on tour together.