making making marijuana legal? and can the feds do anything to stop it. and keith richards, brings no satisfaction to mick jagger. and we hope you all had a great weekend. and i can't imagine starting a new week talking about the rolling stones and the possibly legalization of marijuana. it's like the '60s, man. >> baby boomers do not want to leave the stage. keith richards very tough. >> we have that head. also new this morning, we have the new cpr standards. things that we thought for a long time was the way to do it we now learn that is not the case. >> rich besser is here there. and an italian lawmaker who visited her 20 times in jail and is convinced she's innocent. has now written a new book on her jailhouse innocence. we'll have that. and take a look at these pictures. incredible, a motorized hot air balloon went into a paraglider. amazing, all the passengers and the paraglider have survived. we begin with the midterm elections just 15 days away. president obama is going on the offensive with what he calls his secret weapon, the first lady. jake tapper with much more. good morning, jake. >> reporter: good morning, that's right, president obama and first lady obama hitting the campaign trail for the first time since 2008, hoping to re-create some of that campaign magazine take has so far largely eluded the president and democrats. at ohio state university in columbus, the first lady said she's back on the stump because the stakes are so high. >> can we do this? >> yes, we can! >> are you fired up and ready to go? >> reporter: it was clearly not the first campaign appearance in two years for her very hoarse husband. >> i hope you don't mind, i'm losing my voice because i'm still fired up. >> reporter: who continued to argue today's republican party is far too extreme. >> in the words of the first republican president, abraham lincoln, who, by the way, i'm not sure could win a nomination in the republican party right now. >> reporter: with nearly 10% and high disapproval, all over that, including the kentucky race. >> why was rand paul a member of the society society that called the holy bible a hoax? >> reporter: even it took place decades ago in college. >> why did he knowingly joined a group that mocked faith. >> i'm disheartened that my opponent has chosen to attack my religious beliefs. jack, you should be ashamed of yourself. have you no decency? have you no shame? >> reporter: while trying to rally the troops with both bill clinton and john mccain campaigning in california. >> barbara boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most paint defense senator in the united states senate today, i know that because i've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her. >> and you'll hear a counterargument on senator boxer when president obama heads to california to campaign for her, robin. >> but is there something else to get the obama coalition back on the polls? >> that's right. at ohio university. and later this week when the president is campaigning for two embattled senators, barbara boxer and patty murray, the white house will release a report on women and the economy, hoping to advocate better women voters. >> thanks so much. i'm back here at the smart screen with jon karl. let's start with the house right now. right now, the current makeup of the house, 255 to 178. so that means the republicans seem to pick up 40 seats when you count the open seats in order to get control. >> that's right. here is where this sea of blue here, that is where your current democratic majority. take a look at the abc news estimate as it stands this morning. this, you see, the white, red you the pink that is -- >> there are a lot of blue seats over to the republicans. >> starting to move to the republicans. the yellow is your battleground. those are your true toss-ups. republicans only need to win half of them to get the majority in the house. the light blue are seats that favor democrats but only slightly, they're in play. this raises not only a majority of republicans on election night. >> number of seats that are vulnerable has expanded as the weeks go by? >> absolutely. take a look where a lot of them are. here we have, oops. okay. half of these seats, about half are in the top quarter of the country. >> there's no surprise here that it's happening in the midwest? >> right. ohio, there are currently ten democratic seats in ohio, republicans have the possibility of picking up six of them. the northeast, this has been a brutal place for republicans over the last four year, even longer, they have the potential for very big gains in new york and pennsylvania. >> no one would have expected that. let's take a look at the senate. real quickly, basically where it's been for last couple of weeks. >> yeah, we only have a slight change in the last couple of weeks, two states. missouri which has been a pure toss-up is favoring republicans. pennsylvania, though, you have movement towards the democrats. it is a steep climb. they have to win all the seats currently that favor republicans. they also are to win every single toss-up seat in our vote estimate. even that, they come up one seat short, they have to win one seat that favors democrats. in our estimate, it's the state of washington. >> washington. and one of the reasons president obama is heading out west? >> absolutely. >> i'm going to walk over and talk to her political analyst now, james carville is back in new york. you saw us back at the screen. >> right. >> the battle, the conventional wisdom, we're careful about conventional wisdom. the conventional wisdom is that democrats -- >> republicans. >> republicans are going to take the house. >> when is the last time that the house has gone that way? >> a long time. didn't happen in 1980. >> didn't happen in 1980. didn't happen in 1994. it didn't happen in 2006. and i don't think it happened like in '46, i guess it was, when you had the change. so i don't know -- i don't know if i can necessarily buy that because history has said, what happens is, on election day one side tilts towards one party. but tilts towards the out-party. they tend to pick up everything. >> you're saying the way it holds, even though you look at each individual senate race and democrats seem to be in decent position, the wave tends to sweep out? >> yes, when we say democrats in decent position. maybe somebody says, hey, it's up 48, 46 in pennsylvania, sestak, where he had been down 47-44. well, if the wave comes at the end, and they decide to change that, now on the same token, we have to remember, 1998, 2002, so we don't know it's not a given. >> but that is the big question, has the wave crested? or is it still gaining strength? >> we don't know. we do know that it's lost track. we can say absolutely certainty, i don't think anybody would argue it. you look at people like charlie cook who will -- or nate silver who are parring it back. it's going to be 50, where six weeks ago, seven weeks ago, these guys had much more than that. there has been appreciable -- i wouldn't call it a significant thing -- turn towards the democrats. if that continues it could not be a disastrous democratic night. >> but they still are going to lose a lot of seats. that's an absolute given. jim marshall, the democratic congressman down in georgia, talking about how he's taking on nancy pelosi. >> georgia is a long way from san francisco. and jim marshall is a long way from nancy pelosi. jim marshall doesn't support nancy pelosi. he voted the same as republicans 65% of the time. >> you now have a handful saying they're not going to support nancy pelosi. is it conceivable that the democrats hold the house but nancy pelosi is not elected speaker? >> you know it is. you'd have to hold the house by a small margin. i understand mr. marshall has got to do what he's got to do. it's possible. but she's very popular with the people in the caucus. and i think she's in there pretty good. you know what's going to happen, you get down three-fourths majority, they're going to be trying to switch and making deals. >> and we might not know for several days. >> might not know for several days. way that i did, the hurricane is going to hit the democratic party if we lose 50 seats or better that that's a category 5. you're looking at 11. you lose 40 to 50 seats, it's a category 4, you'll hang on to some thinking. colin powell, you know. if it go to 30 to 40, you'll probably hang on. but the senate, you're looking at maybe five senate seats. that's the best you can look for. >> okay, james carville, thanks very much. heading on the trail, two big senate debates this week, one in illinois, tuesday night. wednesday night in pennsylvania. two senate races very title. live coverage on abcnews.com and bring you the highlights on "gma." just one of the miners in chile remains hospitalized. the others have gone home. >> you know, robin, this is the first miner to break that so-called code of silence. i spent a week down there covering the story, the ultimate story of hope, perseverance, survival. once the 33 men got out of the mine, i thought we reported it all. well, nothing prepared me for this one-on-one encounters with one of the most inspiring people i've ever met. mario sepulveda. >> reporter: he rose to the surface after an incredible 69 days in hell and then mario sepulveda just couldn't contain himself. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: you hugged the president three times it was very emotional he told me. at first i didn't recognize it was the president because he's wearing a hard hat. then i recognized i'm in front of the president and kept on hugging him. the 40-year-old father of two who emerged bearing special gifts from down below. i thought about it at night, what can i bring back as gifts. i have no money. what can i do? then it hit me, oh, yes, rocks, they have a spiritual meaning and they represent 933 miners. we spoke about the awful moment when the world caved in on those 33 men. i was wearing ear plugs and a hard hat he said, so i could barely hear. then a miner started yellow, mario, it's a cave-in, let's get out of here. he wonders is anyone coming to save us or not. there are reports that the men worried about canalbalism. one week after being buried ali alive, they start hearing drills. finally, the drills break through the ceiling, we hugged, we cried, we thanked god. we banked on. the drill for an hour, hoping someone up there would hear us. the rescuers knew they were alive but it would take another seven weeks. i would say, look, we'll be fine, we'll be happy, and we will blow out of here. what got him through those miserable 69 days he says, was his determination to be back with his family. he spent much of this past weekend falling in love again with his wife, dancing with his daughter, abc has material from mario which shows him reading the good-bye letter he wrote for his son franco when he thought he was going to die. i will miss you, son, he wrote, but i am tranquil and happy because as i leave this earth, i know you'll be in the good hands of your mother. the very first thing mario wanted to do when he left the hospital was to go to the beach. so we took him there. but we had no idea what we were about to witness. a free spirit, liberated from his dark tomb, now frolicking naked in the sand. then with his little boy at his side, he drops to his knees to give thanks. i adore you, god, he says. and i promise i will never leave you. just like i promised you when i was buried alive. finally, he insists that we deliver one tiny reminder from mario to the world. life is short, he says, in one minute, you can lose it. in one minute it can all be gone. don't worry so much about money. live your life. live every second of your life. an amazing man. by the way, i asked mario, if there's a movie made about all of this. what actor did he want to play him. it would have to be bruce willis, he says, they tell me i look like bruce willis. >> we'll have to check with bruce to see if he's willing to do some nude scenes. thanks, john. good morning. good morning. that's the movie i'd like to see. good morning, john, robin and george. good morning, everyone. there's information this morning in the hunt for osama bin laden, a senior nato official told cnn bin laden and his deputy are not roughing it in a cave but are hiding in houses in northwest pakistan in relative comfort shielded by pakistan's intelligence agency. but this morning, another nato official was skeptical telling abc nobody knows for sure. a new al qaeda threat, europe. france. french authorities are alert boosting security at the eiffel tower and the notre dame cathedral. "the wall street journal" reports many of the site's popular apps are sharing popular information with advertisers even if members use the strictest privacy settings. facebook says it's addressing the problems. and terrifying in phoenix. as motorized air glider crashed ripping apart the fabric. a chain-link fence helped cushion the fall, allowing the glider pilot and the three people in the balloon to sur veuve. the pilot suffered head and spinal injury. lucky guy. >> thank you, juju. let's get to the weather now and say happy monday morning to sam champion. >> good morning. i'm still smiling over the miner story. that was awesome. let's talk about the stalled front from the northwest. ocean side all the way to escondido. i'd say the southwest-facing slopes in santa barbara county facing heavy rain. utah as well. chilly start from buffalo. daytime temperatures cool. portland at 67, new york at 60. it warms up in the south. that's a quick look at the weather. >> so the west has the storms today. we'll have more weather in the next half hour, robin. >> all right, sam. new guidelines on how to perform life-saving cpr. this is something edge should know about. our dr. richard besser is here explaining new guidelines. >> if you ever took a course in cpr, they taught you the abcs, airway, breathes and chest compressions. >> now, they're saying, everyone, because a few months ago, weren't they saying that bystanders should strictly do the chest compressions? >> that's right. we taught people here just do the chest compressions. what they're saying for everyone getting that circulation going right away it save lives. >> that's the reason they changing the technique? >> that's right. >> we're going to show people the proper way to do it. you said even before you attempt cpr, you should do. >> the first thing you do, give them a shake and make sure they're truly responsive and then turn and say, robin call 911. if you have an external defibrillator like we showed this summer, you use that and give a shock. then give the cpr. >> people are concerned you puncture a lung or crush a rib? >> that's right. two inches, measure between the naval and the nose. halfway between. put your hand there. straighten the arm, it's very easy. you just push 100 beats per minute. >> 100 beats? >> 100 beats, that's right. >> when we did this a year or so ago, it was very effective. someone said think of the song ♪ staying alive ha ha ha staying alive ♪ >> you get the exact rhythm. many people are concerned, if you push too hard, you really can't. the harder, the faster, the better. >> call 911. >> if you have the external defibrillator, use it. >> first time i'm taller than you. i like it. george? coming up, robin, portrait of a prisoner, new details of a man locked behind bars. and plans for overturning the murder conviction. and could a state become the first to legalize marijuana, the attorney general is not happy about it. plus, revelations from a rolling stone. find out what keith richards really thinks about mick jagger and the what he thought for a long, long time. that is all coming up in the next half hour after our local news and weather. 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because he raised taxes and fees by $3 billion then denied it... because he says he's for us, but made $2.5 million at a special interest lobbying firm. and ehrlich says he'll cut education again if elected governor. bob ehrlich-- a career politician we really can't trust. ♪ i can't get no satisfaction >> keith richards has not stepped in mick's dressing room for 20 years. that's in the tell-all book. >> that's the mild of the we can say. >> good morning, america, i'm george stephanopoulos. >> and i'm robin roberts. california should soon become the first state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. we'll look at whether it should be treated like cigarettes and alcohol. >> a huge debate. that proposition is ahead. also, ahead, we begin the extraordinary look at alzheimer's. a lot of us know someone who has it. maria shriver with a special series, a woman's nation takes on alzheimer's. they was on "this week" as well yesterday. she here. the latest on amanda knox, the former college student in jail in italy, serving a 26-year sentence. she was convicted of murdering her roommate during what prosecutors say was a drug-fueled game that got out of control. now, her new book looks at life behind bars. andrea canning has the story. >> reporter: as amanda knox prepares for the november appeal that could set her free, the author of the new book "take me with you," conversations of amanda knox in prison is speaking out. rocco gerlando visited knox 20 times and says he believes she's innocent of the murder. and that she's grown more somber and serious than ever before. he says in one exchange, she tells him, quote, everybody tells me i'm famous. how ugly to be famous for this. associated press reporter alessandro rizzo was given an advance copy of the book. >> she has aspirations to have a family and get married and have children. and also the possibility of adopting children, even as a single parent. >> reporter: the book reveals knox passes the time studying languages and reading letters of support. some even include marriage proposals. >> knox alternates between moments when she feels free and moments where she's taken by sadness. >> reporter: and also questions of forensic testing used on the alleged murder weapon and the initial police interrogation she claims became violent, an accusation she denied. and another book brings into question knox's treatment, claim she is was pressured by guards to take tranquilizer which she refused. in "take me with you" knox doesn't comment on her case but says she's in limbo. for "good morning america," andrea canning, abc news. >> for more joining from us seattle is amanda knox's father, curt and her lawyer, ted simmons. gentlemen, thank you for being with us. the author of this new book said when she sat down with your daughter, she wasn't, quote, the sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll image that was depicted by some in the press. i know you haven't read the whole book, you've read excerpts, do you think it will be able to change some people's minds? >> actually, i think it will. you know, we have been trying throughout this whole process to portray amanda the way we know her. and now there's somebody from italy that has had an opportunity to go in and spend sometime with her. and she really isn't this crazy person that the media has exposed her to be as. we're hopeful this will change their mind. >> is she aware of the book and the other book, there's a lifetime movie in the works? is she aware of this? >> yeah, we keep her up to date as to what's going on. depending upon the media, there are newspapers that go into the prison and she's able to read some of those thing as well. >> and how often are you able to talk with her? >> well, we get a once a week telephone call which is very precious. the ability to hear her voice from 6,000 miles away which is, you know, that much better than just getting a letter from her. >> i would imagine so. ted simon, let me ask you this about the family of the murdered roommate. they feel that this new book is inappropriate, that it's unnecessary, and that conversations which took place after the crime are pretty much irrelevant. that they feel it doesn't have anything to do with the amanda knox perhaps before the crime. how do you respond to that? >> there will be books written and there will be movies portraying this case, there's no question about that. but on behalf of amanda and the family, the only account that we are really concerned with is the one that's material and meaningful and the one that truly matters. and that's the one that has yet to be written by an appellate court in italy. which we think after they searchingly review the profound and compelling absence of evidence, they will rectify this unjust conviction. that's the account we're focused on, hopeful and cautious. >> when will the appeal process begin, late november? >> that's right. the appeal arguments will begin in late november. >> and is there something in particular, one piece of evidence or series of events that you'll be able to present that was not presented in the original trial? >> well, fortunately, in italy, they have a wider standard of review on appeal. so not only will the law be reviewed, but the facts will be revisited. and we think since there is absolutely no forensic evidence of amanda knox in the room where meredith kercher was killed or on her person is a compelling piece of evidence. it demonstrates she was not there or could not have been involved in this matter. as well, we're looking for an independent review of the dna used in the case. it's an unreliable method of determining dna. and upon review, it will be recognized as such. ultimately, the court in searching will see there's physically and forensically no evidence. and the only question is, why is amanda still in jail and when will they be freed? >> give us a sense of what's in your daughter's mind? >> well, she's obviously anxious for the process to start. and she is extremely hopeful that they will come out with the right answer and overturn this wrongful conviction. and she's very much looking forward to coming home. >> curt knox, thank you very much. ted simon, thank you again for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. 37 minutes after the hour and weather again with sam. >> hey, robin. we're going to start with pictures of snow and beautiful snow it was over the weekend. started thursday night into friday. look at killington. anywhere from the extreme mountains of northern new england, all the way to west virginia picking up a good hit of snow. some of the higher elevations picking up 16 inches of snow. this is an indication of what happens in the mid-atlantic but not until tonight. there are clouds, kind of that cloudy october sky. but that low moves in, that means showers into philly and also washington, d.c. later in the day. check out the temperatures in deep south. new orleans at 83, jackson at 84, charleston at 81. raleigh, 81. these are beautiful temperatures. on the west coast, this is where the storms are stuck. there's a low that's kind of moved into the southwest. it's all >> g >> go ahead, robin. go ahead. >> you said nevada? >> it is nevada. i know better than that. >> they flood us with e-mails. >> i'm sorry. nevada, nevada, nevada. all right, sam. next, pot proposition? should it be legalized? california is thinking about it. come on back. last year. 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the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. good morning 7:56. we are looking at mount airy. summit ridge clear skies eastbound and 47 in the thermometer. now we have got our look across the area with temperatures basically in the mid-40s to low 50s. clear skies with high clouds mixed in make for a pretty sunrise and it's the clouds active in north and west in business and those are the ones get in here and lowering and thickening by the afternoon. mostly sunny most of the day. clouds gradually thicken up and fade out late day sun. we will fall back into the upper 40s overnight. chance of rain comes in after midnight and especially towards daybreak antedate tomorrow not all wet but the morning rain expect be the afternoon to be dry with a high of 63. let's see what he happening on the roads on this monday. >> reporter: thanks. making your way southbound on the harbor tunnel freeway, the delays begin at lum barred street. no problems as you head towards the tunnels. and we had a disabled vehicle earlier on the outer loop at security boulevard. looking at the west side, traffic is running slow as a result. but moving at a very slow pace. the inner loop lanes remain slow from wilkins past green spring. looking at our maps, a hand full of accidents around the area make your way in baltimore city keep in mind, washington boulevard is closed in both directions between bush and monroe streets because of an accident. also work a crash eastbound lanes liberty road at washington avenue. in parkville willer crash activity lingering at pairing parkway and taylor avenue. we expect slow volume 95 southbound past white marsh boulevard make your way towards 695 and 895 split but fortunately most major roadways are operating without any major issues. stay with us, good morning, america, is next. ♪ good crowd out for this monday morning. and they are america's dancing dads. week talking about rick fox, kurt warner. they turn their athletic skills into smooth moves on the dancing floors with "dancing with the stars." one of our favorite dads, cameron mathison goes one-on-one with the dads, scoring big. >> kurt warner is picking up the pace over the weeks. also this morning, we begin an extraordinary new series on alzheimer's. of course, this is a debilitating disease that inches 5 million american, most of them women. maria shriver joins us live. there she is. in the last half hour, tyler perry will be along. the superstar director has taken on one of the most ambitious yet. we'll talk about his star-studded movie called "for colored girls." juju has the news. good morning. let's get to politics and the president and first lady who are back on the campaign trail trying to fire up the same voters who helped him win the white house. they spoke to a crowd of 35,000 at ohio state university last night focusing on women and the economy, arguing democrats are better advocates for women than republicans. later, the president will be out west but he face s an up hill battle. meanwhile, sarah palin and the tea party express kick off a 15-state tour today in las vegas, home to the harry reid. osama bin laden is not hiding in a cave like we thought but, rather, in relative comfort. that's something to a senior nato official who told cnn that bin laden and his top deputy have been living in houses under pakistan's intelligence service but another nato official downplayed the comment saying if minute knew for sure where bin laden was, he'd be dead. new developments in the case of david hartley, the texas allegedly murdered. investigators say his wife tiffany has provided valuable new information to them. ryan owens is following the story. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning, juju. you're right, tiffany hartley is expected to be back at the fbi offices here in mccowen in just a couple hours. on friday, she spent eight hours enduring questions by mexican authorities but clearly, they still have more. tiffany hartley spent the weekend packing up the south texas home she shared with her husband david. his picture will be among the last things she puts away before she moves home to colorado. before she goes, mexican authorities want to know more about what happened when she says pirate shot her husband as the couple jet skied on the mexican side of falcon lake. they wanted to question her in mexico, but she refused to go. >> i just don't think that that's a wise decision. >> do you think that they want to arrest you for something? >> possibly. i think they do believe my story. but i don't know what their plan is of why they need me to go over there when i signed every document they told me. >> reporter: tiffany says she hopes by talking to authorities without an attorney, she can convince them to continue their search. they called it off last week, a few days after a lead investigator was beheaded, allegedly by members of a drug cartel. the texas sheriff who was assisting on this side of the investigation on this side of the border says he doubteds david's body will ever be found. tiffany says she may go home without him as soon as tomorrow. juju. >> ryan owens, thanks for the update. and there is controversy for teen pop idol justin bieber. the owner of a laser tag facility in canada said he had to kick bieber out after a 12-year-old accused bieber of hitting him. they tell tmz that the boy taunted bieber with a slur and the pop star was merely defending himself. bieber who is straight intends to speak out against anti-gay bullying. now to diane sawyer with a preview. >> good day to you. "world news" will continue with the alzheimer's. dr. richard besser and could this be a breakthrough, also maria shriver will be joining us. a lot more on "world news," see you tonight. >> as you know, maria shriver is in the studio. we look forward to that report. time for the weather with sam champion. hey, sam. >> hey, juju, good monday morning. you guys are from squam, washington, right? >> 20 miles south of victoria. >> i'm sorry to reach across you. show the sign. i want to show hello to charlie. i know charlie gibson is watching the show. charlie got here in '87. one of the things we want to talk about is the typhoon in the philippines because it's been a tough morning. 140-mile-an-hour winds as it slammed on the northern philippines. if you look at the count, this is going to be a high count. climatologists will look at it and sort it out but it probably has something to do with the slow-developing la nina, as to why we have that off-balance on the season for the strong ocean storms. a quick look at the boar >> it is a beautiful chilly morning in times square. robin. >> all right, sam. an important subject we're going to talk about. if you're like more than half of all americans you know someone who has alzheimer's. ground breaking news reveals a face of america. by far, that face is one woman, abc news is proud that we have partnered with maria shriver to present "the shriver report." we'll tell you what you need to know about the epidemic. it is an epidemic. we're so glad to have maria here. >> thank you, robin. my dad was diagnosed with alzheimer's back in 2003, but in doing this report with the alzheimer's association what you learned is, as you said, women are at the epicenter of this epidem epidemic. 65% of all diagnosed with alzheimer's are women and 60% of those doing the care taking are also women. as the disease progressed my father once a walking encyclopedia, a loving grandfather and a lifetime public servant is now a shadow of himself. at the age of 93, he still goes to mass every day. and believe it or not, he still remembers "the hail mary" but he doesn't remember mes are maria. i'd be lying if i didn't admit that still makes me cry. it's been a tour of the front line, health care, public policy, insurance, and the human toll of the disease. it is a national emergency. the battle is growing as science and medicine try to chip away at this monster evidence. life here at the shiny new building in las vegas. it's not a hotel or a casino. thank you. >> good how are you? >> reporter: but a fourth of the future, on the war on alzheimer's disease. the lou ruvo for brain health. anything to do with the brain? >> anything to do with the brain. >> reporter: founder larry ruvo wants to top the disease that claimed his father. >> i think my father would be very proud that we took the lemons and made lemonade out of it with this terrible disease and that he was able to help other people. that's why we're all here. >> reporter: larry has brought in some of the best doctors in the country because the fight against alzheimer's is about to get even tougher. like a tidal wave coming. experts project the number of afflicted will triple by the year 2050. it's also been a turning point. now, doctors, scientists and sociologists are seeing the disease as a women's disease. two-thirds of the people who have alzheimer's are women. >> our time for intervention is now. we don't have time to wait another 20 years. >> reporter: los angeles neuroscientist dr. roberta britain is another foot soldier in the alzheimer's war. >> so what we're looking at here are the actual living mitochondria. >> reporter: she and her scientists have a theory about why so many women are likely to get it. she says that the key of what happens to a women's brain around the time of minuenopausey be connected to the onset. >> those diagnosed at 65 likely started the disease process when they were 45. >> this is going to come, i think, as a bulletin all across the country who think that alzheimer's might be something way down the pike. your advice to women who are in their 40s, in their 50s is to do what to try to stave off alzheimer's as long as possible? >> maintain your brain health. that means do not develop type 2 diabetes. >> reporter: women with vascular disease, depression and diabetes are more likely to get alzheimer's. better health, nutrition and exercise early on is armor against later onset of the disease. but in our new report, we learned that women are at the epicenter of alzheimer's in another big way as caregivers. women like grace gregory whose husband frank was diagnosed eight years ago. she like many digs deep. >> it takes everything i have, but he's all i have. >> it takes everything you have? >> yes. >> it's okay. >> where do you get that attitude? >> after 36 years, he would do it for me. i have to. i have to do it. >> reporter: grace worries about the future of the fight. not only for frank, but for the greater alzheimer's family. >> people got to take notice. where and how are we going to take care of the masses that are going to come. where's the care going to come from? i don't know. >> maria, there's just so many questions. >> she made me cry when i spoke with her. but she is typical of what's going on in this country. people are discussing this at kitchen tables all over the united states, really, all over the world. and she represents women who are working, women who are primary breadwinners, women taking care of concern and part of the last generation. something's got to give. >> because they are getting it from all sides? >> they're getting it from all sides and the government has not kept up. we have to amend social security laws, family leaves. so often that doesn't come with pay. people can't afford the average cost of an alzheimer's patience. $57,000. most of that is borne by a family. >> that's something, i think this is a wake-up call for a lot of people because they think, oh, that's on down the line. that's an older person's illness. >> i think what has come out as you saw in that piece, robin, this is 20 years in the making before diagnosis. that means women in their 40s, 50s. women like us, we are to keep our brains healthy. we have to avoid cardiovascular disease. diabetes, depression, we have to see a doctor. the key is early intervention. >> any new treatments in the pipeline? >> there's about 90 trials going on. that's another thing that people say we need family to volunteer for trials. the only way we're going to find a cure is if we get more people to volunteer. there's a lot of hope that there's an answer in one of the trials somewhere. but to say it's around the corner would be false hope. >> this is an ongoing series. you're going to be on all platforms all week long. and you're back here all week long. and talking about people like grace in the last piece and care giving. >> it shows that care giving can be hazardsous to your health. people who care give are likely to suffer from alzheimer's themselves because it's so stressful. we're a women's nation but we have become a caregiver's nation. also, men are tenning up to support women. this may be one of those blessing in disguise that men and women can come together and asking for flexible hours to take care of our parents. >> it's so challenging that this is good times, like with your dad? >> that's right. it's a learning experience, for sure. on every level, emotionally, spiritually, obviously, it's a huge financial toll for millions of families across this country. i have a lot of hope we'll get there with information like this. >> we'll see you tomorrow. for more information on this study and resources on expert advice on coping with alzheimer's, go to abcnews.com/gma. next, dancing dads. 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well, there was only one way for me to find out. i had to infiltrate their families from within. >> i feel like my whole life is taken over by dance. i never thought i'd be here. ♪ >> reporter: they may be dancing ball room competitors, but these pro ball stars share much in common. they're both retired, kurt warner from the nfl, rick fox from the nba. growing up, they both lived and breathed sports. tonight, rick will dance the rumba. kurt, the quick step. >> quick, quick. >> i heard that you watch your tapes just like in the pros. >> just going back and seeing it kind of settles my mind. just a sense that i can actually go next week and actually do another new dance. >> and the judges' feedback? >> i'm used to that part. taking the criticism twice. >> that's funny, i do the exact opposite. i don't watch myself on film at all. i would playing football. in dance, i don't. >> do you ever look at anybody else's tapes? >> yes! >> no! >> kurt and his wife brenda are the parents of seven children. >> whoa, daddy. >> can i drink my tea now? >> rick fox is the father of 16-year-old kyle and 10-year-old sasha. >> it's kind of cool that we're not embarrassing them too bad yet. >> you've got great motivation. we talked about your attention deficit disorder. how does that play into like learning these dances, performing them under pressure? >> you know, it's frustrating for cheryl. she's challenged with, you know, my pattern of running. it's served me well over the years as an athlete. i can also get distracted. i found a way to move through life with that challenge and really have lost all the shame around it. so it's working. still here. >> whatever you're doing is still here. >> reporter: they driven on the dance floor. ♪ and as i found out the hard way, on the basketball court. >> oh, man! >> oh! please. >> oh, nice! >> can we edit that out? can we cut that out? >> nice! >> larry bird taught me that one. >> oh! two. >> two, two, good job. >> good job rumba. you guys knock it out tonight. >> all right. >> with "dancing." >> working way too hard. >> so, you had a good job this week, that must have been fun playing with those guys? >> how cool was that that was cool for me. this morning, i paid for it a little bit. i limped out of bed, my knee's aching. playing with those guys, not much can get better than that. >> you talked about infiltrating the families. kurt warner, even though the kids get sacked all the time, he wants to protects them from the judges? >> it's very, very sweet. his wife brenda told us some of kids get sensitive. what she does watching it live in the studio. she'll text the nanny keep the kids away from the television. television can be cruel, you know. i think it's very sweet. there's priorities. >> maybe we can use that delay here. cameron mathison, thanks very much. you can watch it all on "dancing with the stars" tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central. coming up, "good morning america's" breast cancer awareness month brought to you by hershey's bliss. we'll be right back. more rich just-for-me-ness, more hershey's bliss-fulness. hershey's bliss. it's not just chocolate. it's bliss. rheumatoid arthritis going? 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>> did you ever have a thick tongue this morning? like can't get through it. all of that weather was brought to you l.l. bean. robin. tyler perry rights, produces. his new film is called "for colored girls." please welcome tyler perry. i went with a bunch of girlfriends. it's based on a broadway show. first of all, let me ask you this, tyler, i know you had to recently had to cancel your tour of madea because of exhaustion. how are you feeling? >> i'm okay. this movie is another one back to back. i had to realize to take a minute to take care of myself. it's been a lot. >> you've had a lot going on. i'm glad you're take time for yourself. >> yeah. >> we appreciate you being here. >> oh, absolutely. >> it is powerful. i know you worked on the movie "precious." it is "precious" like, in the way it's heavy but the message coming through is incredibly important. >> this is 1974, by the way, it's mher birthday. she was one of those people, they were talking about the black woman experience. to tackle this, i had to be very, very careful because it's such a delicate piece of work. so many women, especially women of color, feel this is like the holy bible to them. i was very careful about it. i'm very excited about this story. it's about eight different women in new york city living their lives who don't really know each other, one tragedy brings them all together to discover themselves. >> it's a star-studded cast. let me tell you, the performances, tyler, from them, just fill up the screen. >> it's unbelievable. i'm sitting there as a director going, whoa. i knew it would be powerful. seeing the performance, who knew? i knew they were talented. and nobody has put this many black women on screen before. >> we're talking whoopi goldberg, and thatthandie newto janet jackson. what is this, the third film with her, and this is a different janet jackson. >> it's a much different janet jackson. listen to me, her commitment to it, her dedication is mind blowing. when she's in, she's in. >> i want to play a clip. >> jessa thompson. >> we could go on and on. crystal is her character. she's dealing with an abusive boyfriend. here it is. >> maybe you shouldn't drink tonight. >> are you saying i got a problem? >> i'm saying you need to take your meds. >> you're telling me what to do. >> i'm telling you what to think. i'm not accusing you of anything. >> i'm trying, i'm trying, chris. >> i know. i know why you get mad sometimes. i get mad. but sometimes, when you drink, you get out of control. don't drink tonight. >> i'm telling you and it went on and on. and i can't even tell you how that one story line -- >> but if you know the play, it had to be true to what it was, really it had to be true to all the poems that were written. so what i did, i gave each woman a story line and they all have their own poem to life to walk through. >> this is say bit of difference, some of the women who came, tyler perry we're going to see madea. and when they sat down, they said, oh. >> oh, not a madea movie. >> what is it for you to make this turn, even if your "madea" movies, you do have these moments? >> sure. i never want to go fully there because it takes me back to so much of my own stuff that i hate to revisit. but i went fully there with this film. and it is truly the most powerful thing that i have done. it's haven't cathartic to have done it. you don't have to be a colored girl to enjoy this film. there is commonalities to all people. as you see it you will know this is a powerful film that will move you to so many great places that are out of itself. >> in the screening, there were people of all different hues, all of us crying and getting the important message. >> at the end, the most important thing, at the end, how these women find love with themselves. that's the most important thing. >> it is. you continue to take care of you. >> thank you. >> never enough time. "for colored girls" hits theaters friday, november 5th. coming up, one woman's bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. imagine walking into a classroom full of people you've been teaching all semester and not recognizing a single face? going up to your date in the restaurant realizing it's your own man or not recognizing yo mother. for a long time she thought she was mentally ill but she has a rare neurological disorder known as face blindness. she's written a new book "you don't look like anybody i know." first, i have never heard of face blindness before. briefly explain what it is. >> face blindness means i can remember a human face. so it's not a vision problem. when i'm looking at your face, i see what you see when you look at mine, it's a storage and retrieval problem. if i see you later today, i will not recognize you. >> even if it's ten minutes later and you see me in the hall? >> if i see you in the hall and i remember that tie, the orange-striped tie, i might be able to figure it out. it's a puzzle. >> but if i went and changed and came out in workout clothes, no way? >> i will not recognize you. >> you tell stories in the book about moments where you didn't recognize your own mother. with marriage, you didn't recognize your husband. most startling of all, i want to show you home movies that a friend of yours did back in the 1980s. she invited you over to watch them one day. tell us what happened. >> my friend molly invited me over to watch videos she had from the summer we spent together. i notice her reaction, she's moved to tears from nostalgia, and i feel nothing. i think perhaps she's put in the wrong tape. i don't know what's happening. i'm overwhelmed again with confusion and chaos. and i never mentioned it to her. >> you didn't even recognize yourself. what were you seeing? >> strangers. >> that is simply unimaginable to me. yet, you've been dealing with it your entire life. how did you come to realize what it was? >> well, it was a freak accident. really, i was reading, and i came across my chance these two words "face recognition." words i'd never seen together before. and then i came on the term "face blindness." and i knew instantly, this is what i have this explains everything. >> so once you understand or at least know what it is, how do you begin to navigate your life? what tools do you use? >> well, there's no cure. there are no therapies. the only thing you can do is tell people. i now tell everyone i meet, if i see you again, it's likely i will not recognize you, please tell me who you are. you know what, everyone has been amazingly helpful. people really step in. so the disorder has renewed my faith in human kind on a daily basis. >> well, that is a gift. and you write about how you believe in the end, for as much trouble as this disorder has caused you, you consider it a gift in your life? >> it is. what happens is, i've had -- and it's difficult. but i've had to train myself to not freak out when i am conceived and overwhelmed. and that's a good life skill. instead, i have to pay really close attention, and that opens up an opportunity for a kind of deep human contact. am i making myself so vulnerable in telling people about face blindness. there's a capacity for really connecting. >> heather southers, thank you very much. you can read an excerpt of it at imagine denying a pregnant woman the choice of health care providers. only one senator voted with big insurance over pregnant women: andy harris. protecting our bay? harris was the only one to vote against cleaning up toxic waste sites. he always sides with the polluters, one of the worst environmental records in the senate. and harris was the only one to vote against extending education for special needs kids. no wonder his republican colleagues think he's too extreme. we can't afford his extreme ideas. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message it is the ten-year anniversary of ralph lauren's pink pony campaign against breast cancer. we'll tell you about the special events that polo ralph lauren has planned. but first take at the look at the care and cancer prevention center. for most, this is what comes to mind when ralph lauren and madison avenue are mentioned. a gleaming store from hit designer ralph lauren. but 50 blocks north there's another one rocking madison avenue. never mind to die for, this one's to live for. a third of whom are uninsured. >> poor people tend to have a late diagnosis of cancer and die at a higher rate. >> reporter: dr. hale friedman is the driving force. they met ralph lauren a decade ago. together, the men created the harlem center committed to screening. >> people should not die because they are poor. >> reporter: the facility that works with sloan kettering has provided a beacon of opportunity. one them, this woman, crediting them to helping her out when she had breast chance. >> they don't look at you as just a patient. you feel so at home. >> reporter: recently diagnosed with a second bout of cancer, jerona is paying visits to the center, often with her 9-year-old daughter. cancer is grueling, she says. >> you now that i'm back, i know i'm in good hands. >> she is in good hands, and we are, too, david lauren is the son of designer ralph lauren and dr. freeman, who you saw in the piece, president and founder of the center. dr. freeman, can you remember when you met his dad for the first time? >> ten years ago, i met mr. ralph lauren. i told him about the problems in harlem, late diagnosis and death. he said, i will help you. i didn't know what it meant. but a week later, he had given the money to build the ralph lauren center. he's a man of great caring anei compassion. >> well, david, why is this so important to your family. this is something that affects everyone, it affects everyone you know, whether your mother your sister or your family. ralph lauren knows it was affecting so many people that he knows. >> there's so many people that you were talking about are uninsured or underinsured. and they have a less likely chance to be able to fight this disease. can you tell us more, dr. freeman, about what goes on at the center can the work that's done there? >> well, people need barriers when they get into the health care system when they're poor. the center treats anyone who comes there. a third of the people have no insurance. the patient navigation system that we communicated eliminates barriers. system barriers, distrust barriers. so we ensure that everybody who has an abnormal finding will be rapidly resolved. >> we know you were there at the susan g komen gala. we hear from the researchers and we feel we're getting there. do you feel that way? >> we've made great progress. the problem, though, not everyone has advantage of the great discoveries that we've made. >> that's true. >> this is timeliness of treatment. everybody gets treated when they have cancer, but some of them get treated too late. the question is, how do you get timely diagnosis of treatment. the ralph lauren center provides that to our patients. >> early detection is key. david, we have a lot of people wearing pink in the audience. i know there's a very important auction because the funds are needs to continue with this work and research. tell us a little bit about the auction that's taking place. >> well, our goal is to raise $1 million this week on ralphlauren.com and charity. we have talked to our customers and they want access, and we've been holding back until now, you can get a chance to win to bid, a chance to stay at ralph lauren's home. a chance to put your child in a ralph lauren ad. lance armstrong has an opportunity to go biking with him. sheryl crow, a signed guitar. and just amazing gifts at ralphlauren.com, we hope we will raise money for a really good cause. >> thank you for the work that you're doing at the center. the bid on the item at the pink pony online auction, go to abc abc news/"gma." we'll connect to you the site that david was talking about. we'll be right back. as the next gal but, come on. $60,000 for one dinner held by the department of justice. $66 per person just for bagels at one of the nasa's shindigs. i cracked down because big government shouldn't be funding big banquets with your money. some people say i'm a bit of a tightwad. i say, i'm barbara mikulski and i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. bob ehrlich is desperate, and he'll say anything to get elected. negative attacks the media have repeatedly called "dishonest" and "total malarkey." and why can't we trust bob ehrlich? because he raised taxes and fees by $3 billion then denied it... because he says he's for us, but made $2.5 million at a special interest lobbying firm. and ehrlich says he'll cut education again if elected governor. bob ehrlich-- a career politician we really can't trust. we have a big week of concerts coming up rod stewart tomorrow. elton john and leon russell. >> what a week, all right a great start. maria shriver will be back to look at the role of caregivers on alzheimer's. i was going to say ain't it nifty, sheri's 50! now maryland most powerful doppler radar and forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. 8:56. what a beautiful start to the day and temperatures bumping up. someplace jump 35 to 7 degeese in the morning thermometer. 58 annapolis and 52 up towards towson and bel air. mostly sunny skies a few high clouds mixing in. notice more of them showing up on the infrared satellite measuring the high thin clouds where the sun is able to see through. but gradually they will lower and thicken. but for the next few hours, mostly sunny carrying us to mid-afternoon. later in the day, dimming out the sun but up to a high of 67 degrees and drop back into the 40s with rain arriving after midnight and towards morning. for the final check on traffic, here a kim. lot of the earlier delays on the top side between bel air and york road have been cleared away. however, it is slow going here on west side from 795 approaching i-70 this morning. traffic easing up some but expect minor days in certain places this morning. looking at the maps, accidents around the area in baltimore city. washington boulevard route 1 remains closed in both directions between bush and monroe street. use wilkins as a alternate. northeast of there, we have a traffic light out that is going to be at bel air road and henry. treat it as a four-way stop a crash in parkville at joppa road eastbound at providence and an accident at delaney valley road southbound at timonium and crash reported # 3 southbound between middletown and mount cuomo roads this morning. aside from that traffic is off to a good start. 459 inher loop lane ace poaching old georgetown roads one lane is open from the early crash involving a overturn tractor trailer." good morning, maryland" up is next at 9 a.m. ññ