Pair of tightrope walks between a pair of skyscrapers. Captioning funded by cbs for monday, november 3rd, 2014. This is the cbs morning news for monday, november 3rd, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning the decision of aid to dying is being rekindled for a 29yearold woman determined to take her own life. We learned your night that Brittney Maynard, the terminal cancer patient who was the face of the right to diemovement, chose to take a lethal dose of a drug ore the weekend. Ill die upstairs in my bedroom that i share with my husband, with my mother and my husband by my side and pass peacefully with the music that i like in the background. That is how Brittney Maynard died on saturday. According to a statement from compassion and choices, a right to die advocacy group, maynard passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Last month she went public with her battle against brain cancer and her decision to die on her own terms. I cant even tell you the amount of relief it provides me to know that i dont have to die the way that its been described to me that my brain tumor would take me. Maynard and her husband moved from california to oregon, one of five states allowing doctors to prescribe a lethal medication. Last week after returning from a trip to the grand canyon she said she was considering postponing her suicide but her condition worsened. According to compassion and choices, maynard was suv erring from longer and more frequent seizures, severe pain, and strokelike symptoms. So when november 2nd comes along and i pass, i hope my family is still proud of me in the choices i made. Some medical ethics and religious groups are opposed to her decision. Life is always precious, life always has meaning, life always has value, no matter what condition we find ourselves in. Well, maynard left a final message thanking her friends and family and saying, quote, it is people who pause to appreciate life and give thanks who are happiest. If we change our thoughts, we change our world. Love and peace to you all. Federal investigators looking into the fatal crash of the Virgin Galactic spaceship say the ship broke apart after a bre braking device was prematurely deployed. The feathering system slows the trip down. During fridays flight the tail boons moved before they should have. About nine seconds after the engine ignited the telemetry told us that the feather parameters changed from locked to unlocked. The copilot who was killed unlocked the feather but it should have not moved until given a second command. The pilot survived. Investigators say its still not clear what caused the crash, and the investigation will take months. And now to the weather. And the first widespread bite of winterlike cold. A cold front pushed temperatures into the 30s over parts of the east. A warming trend is expected, but this morning freeze warnings are posted from florida to pennsylvania. Its noted in california yesterday the state was under a winter storm warning. Some areas got 5 inches. It also snowed in columbia, south carolina. The earliest snowfall there in 100 years. The unexpected snow backed up traffic for hours. Up to a foot of snow fell in maine. More than 100,000 customers lost power in the central and southern part of the state. The Power Company says it will take time to restore service in some areas. Winter is still officially seven weeks away. It is the last Campaign Push before tomorrows midterm elections. Republicans are confident theyll win the six seats they need to gain control of the senate. Polls indicate a gop surge in several states. President obama made his final Campaign Swings yesterday hoping to rally the democratic faithful. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Susan, good morning. Annemarie, good morning. Democrats are battling to defend their senate majority. Republicans are sounding more and more confident they can take those seats away from them and grab that majority back. The president was out this weekend trying to help the democrats, but some of them may have preferred he stay at home. Its the last day of campaigning before voters take to the polls. President obama made his final Campaign Swing through pennsylvania sunday for democratic hopeful tom wolf. Ive got a simple message. Weve got to vote. It was a different reaction in connecticut where the president was interrupted by people protesting his immigration policies. I just want to say because we now have like three folks, i am sympathetic to those who are concerned about immigration. President obama has been largely absent from the campaign trail this season. Some incumbent democrats have been distancing themselves from the president who now has one of the lowest Approval Ratings of his presidency. As the president said his policies are on the ballot this year, and, frankly, this is judgment on the obama administration. The focus of these midterms is control of congress. The gop needs to take six seats away from democrats to retake control of the senate. That doesnt mean democrats wont put up a fight. Going into election day, the advantages we have are superior to the ones republicans have. On tuesday parties will be keeping an eye on nine key battleground states where races are close. Now, the cbs Battleground Tracker does show that republicans have been poised to take control of the senate. Large percentages of key groups that typically favor democrats, young voters and minority voters are expected to sit this one out, annemarie. Susan mcginnis in washington. Thank you, susan. You can watch tuesday night election coverage begins tomorrow at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, 9 00 central. On his final stop at his Campaign Swing in philadelphia, president obama had to switch planes. The white house says there was a minor mechanical problem with the flap on the aircraft. The president returned to washington last night. Now, kaci hickox, the nurse who fought maines quarantine for Health Care Workers who treated ebola patients, said she had no choice but to fight the quarantine. The judge ruled she can go out wherever she likes, but hickox said shell temper her travel. I understand the community has been through a lot in the past week and that i do apologize to them for that. I will not go into town into crowded public places. You know, i have had a few friends come visit me in my home and thats absolutely fantastic. Hickox says she was fighting for the rights of other Health Care Workers. Her 21day incubation period ends november 10th. Billionaire bill gates wants to end malaria in his lifetime. The microsoft cofounder said hell increase his donations to fight the disease to more than 200 million a year. Malaria kills over 600 thousand a year, most of them children in africa. And the United Nations says action is needed now on the Climate Change. Greenhouse emissions need to drop to zero this century. The report says Climate Change is caused by humans burning fossil fuels. Reducing emissions is the best chance for the world to keep rising temperatures in check. The nofly zone put into place over ferguson after the killing of Michael Brown was done to keep Television News helicopters away. Protests exploded in ferguson days after browns shooting by a white police officer. Audio recordings obtained by the Associated Press shows the faa granted a request from police to put in place a nofly zone. At the time police say the restrictions were needed for public safety. Coming up on the morning news halloween cruise chaos. 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A bahamas cruise turned into a halloween nightmare. The cruise ship was disabled friday when it hit something in the water. Almost a thousand passengers, many of them americans, were evacuated from the ship and taken to resort hotels in the bahamas. The lights went out, we were all eating, it was total chaos, and no one was able to know what was going on. We were stranded on an island for two days with no information, no food for 24 hours. Well, the ship was leaning to one side when it returned to port in the bahamas. Tll were no reports of injuries. On the cbs moneywatch gas prices begin to tank and a business own for business today. Jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. Good morning, jill. Good morning, annemarie. Gas prices are at a fouryear low. Aaa reports that the price at the pump dropped 33 cents in october. The average price for regular gas is now at 2. 99 per gallon. Thats due to Lower Crude Oil prices as well as Global Demand and higher american production. Here on wall street today investors will watch for october auto sales and sales after home building. After a volatile month the stocks are at an alltime high. Dow gained 347. The s p 500 is also at a record after adding 45 points in october. And the dmakz ganasdaq gained 1s over the course of the month. One World Trade Center in new york opens today. Giant Magazine Editor conde nast will start moving in 175 workers today. Its a symbolic milestone in the citys recovery after 9 11. The company will occupy more than 100 square feet in the tallest building in the united states. The thriller night crawler debuted in the top slot but only by a slim margin. It earned 10. 9 million. And the horror movie board game weegy also brought in 10 million. Brad pitts world war ii fury came in third with over 9 million. Annemarie . Jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. Thanks a lot, jill. Straight ahead, walk the line. 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Nik wallenda finds himself in the record books this morning after completing a pair of dizzying stunts hundreds of feet above the windy city. Bigad shaban reports on the daredevils deathdefying feat. All right, chitown, lets do this, baby. Reporter nik wallenda worked without a net or harness 61 stories high. Thats nearly 700 feet above the windy city sunday night. Its all about pushing myself to become better at what i do. Hoping to inspire others to become better at what they do. Reporter the daredevil kissed his wife and kids before walking uphill on a wire the circumference of a penny. Wind gusts hit 122 miles an hour as he walks from the iconic twin towers to the other side of the river. To god be the glory, praise ye, jesus. You guys watching think im crazy, but this is what i was made for. Reporter 6 minutes and 52 seconds later he finished. I was feeling pretty good. Reporter then showing nerves of steel, he raised the stakes even higher. Two steps. 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Denver falls to 62. And another quarterback record fell in pittsburgh. Steelers q. B. Ben roethlisberger remains on fire throwing six t. D. Passes for a second consecutive week. Hes the second to throw 12 touchdowns over a twogame stretch. Roethlisberger passed for 340 yards as pittsburgh beat the baltimore ravens, 4323. Kenyas runners continue to dominate the new york city marathon. Fighting 30mileanhour winds Wilson Kipsang won with an unofficial time of 2 10. 59. Its his third marathon win in just over 13 months. And countrywoman mary keitana was the womens marathon winner. And Jimmie Johnson won the nascar race, but sundays race ended in a bit of a brawl. Jeff gordon spun out in the last lap after hitting a car driven by keselowski. He was very angry and confronted keselowski on pit row. Punches were thrown with nas carr officials and crew members all caught in the middle. Both drivers face fines. What a mess. 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In basketball every player is up against the clock but none more so than one brave woman. Steve hartman watched her in action. Reporter sunday afternoon in cincinnati, ohio, the mount st. Joseph University WomensBasketball Team took to the floor in their Season Opener. All eyes on starting forward who may just be the most devoted player this game has ever seen. Number 22, lauren hill. Reporter 19yearold freshman lauren hill was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer about a year ago, and from that moment to this, her main goal has been to play in just one College Basketball game. I wanted to wear the shoes and wear that jersey and feel like a superhero again because thats how i feel when i put on the jersey and that number. Reporter for weeks lauren has been waiting for and working for that first game. Since practice began last month, shes been training with her team, getting up at 5 30 a. M. , fighting back unimaginable headaches in utter defiance of her cancer. When im not there, i feel like im letting people down. Reporter lauren has weeks to live at best, and here she is worried about letting other people down. Why does that matter to you . Because i love them. Theyre like my family and they keep me going. They make me see positives. Reporter but it took more than will to get lauren to this moment. Because time was so short, the ncaa allowed mount st. Joseph to move their Season Opener up two weeks. They also had to change the venue to accommodate all the people who wanted to support lauren. This arena seats 10,000 and it sold out. Just checking into the game was accomplishment enough, but coach dan benjamin didnt want to stop there. He had a special play designed. Since mount st. Joe got the tip, they would try to double down on lauren, and as fate would have it, they got the tip. And lauren sets high. The screen comes, the ball goes down to lauren hill. And the layup is a go. Layup for lauren reporter and with that, lauren hill checked out of the game, perfect from the field, and a perfect example for any athlete who wants to go out on top. Today haas been the best day ive ever had. Reporter steve hartman, cbs news, in cincinnati. Remarkable young lady. Well, coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, the latest on the investigation into the crash of the Virgin Galactic spaceship. Well speak with Virgin Galactic owner richard branson. And mann on the ballot in tomorrows election and whats at stake. And bestselling author Michael Connelly joins us in the studio. Thats the cbs morning news for this monday. Thanks for watching. Im annemarie green. Have a great day. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com. Live from the cbs bay area studios. This is kpix 5 news. Good morning everyone, it is monday, november 3rd. It is monday, all right, hope you had a good weekend everybody. Lets get you out of bed, a good workweek rolling. Here we are in november, yeah, its cold out there inspots this morning. We have a lot of sunshine coming our way, these temperatures, thats going to strengthen quite a bit. Get very warm in spots coming up. No hot spots on the road right now. Eastbound on the bay bridge, getting to the bay bridge on the freeway, so well tell you if its causing any delays coming up. On a monday, back to work. All right. Thank you. Terminally ill bay area woman has ended her life on her own terms. Christian hardnet reports she died over the weekend in oregon. I dont want to die. If anyone wants to hand me like a magical cure and save my life, so that i can have children with my husband, you know,ly take them up on it. That was 29yearold brittanyay