girl for her bike. and a new election rover after one candidate says pregnancies from rape are god's will. and right now tropical storm sandy almost a hurricane. it's five miles per hour away from that heading to jamaica. i'll show you the path after it hits that region coming up. bob, thanks so much. there is a criminal investigation into the fungal meningitis outbreak that's killed at least 23 people. and massachusetts is currently pulling the license of that company that made the shots blamed in the outbreak. the state department of health says that there was a visible black matter in sealed vials at the new england compounding center. they failed to sterilize products. and floor mats very lab were visibly dirty. >> they were operating beyond the scope of their compounding l license, instead acting as a manufacturer. >> the very question you're asking, i'm asking. and the investigation continues on. >> georgia is the latest state to report a case of fungal meningitis. more than 300 people have gotten sick from contaminated steroid shots. again, 23 people have died. new this morning, two hours after the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya, the white house knew islamic militants were taking credit for it. that's according to the state department e-mails obtained by cnn. minutes after the attack began, the white house and the pentagon were alerted that the consulate was under attack with rockets and heavy gunfire. the u.s. ambassador and three other diplomats were killed in that attack on the 9/11 anniversary. now it's become a big issue in the election. mitt romney slammed the president saying he sent mixed messages on the attack. president obama did refer to it as an act of terror the day afterwards, but the white house also suggested for more than a week the attack may have been a protest that got out of hand. so less than two weeks before the election, there is no comment so far from the white house. two teen brothers were arrested for murdering a 12-year-old girl. their mom is the one who turned them in to police, though. the teens lived around the corner from autumn pasquale. they believe they lured her into their home for her bmq bike but wound up killing her. neighbors are devastated. >> i'm scared. it's devastating. it's unnerving. this is a quiet town. >> we have lost a precious, precious child. >> gut wrenching. to see anybody do this to a child, it's terrible. >> hundreds of people honored autumn at a memorial last night. prosecutors say the 15 and 17-year-old suspects may be tried as adults. britney spears' ex-manager says he had drug sniffing dogs search her husband and once flushed a baggy of white powder down the toilet. he testified against the spears family yesterday. her mom accused him in her book of drugging britney and isolating her from family leading up to her meltdown in 2008. he says he protected her. the family's attorney will cross-examine him today. britney spears has not commented and will not be testifying. a senate candidate from indiana says pregnancies that result from rape are god's will. republ republican richard murdoch says that during a debate last night he was explaining why he's against abortion even in cases of rape and incest. >> i believe that life begins at conception. the only exception i have to have an abortion is in the case of the life of the mother. i just struggled with it myself for a long time, but i came to realize life is that gift from god. even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, it is something god intended to happen. >> murdoch later wrote he didn't mean that god wants anyone to be raped. his opponent democrat called the statement disrespectful of rape survivors. if you bought something at barns&noble stores last month your debit card information may have been ripped off 0. scammers rigged some of the pads where you swipe your card. jennifer westhoven is here with the latest. what happened? in 63 barnes & noble store they rigged the swipe pad so when you swiped or put in your p.i.n., they got all that information. they're not telling us which scores were affected. so if you bought something at a barnes & noble in the past, say, two months -- we do have the list now. all right. something is different in the script here. you need to go in basically and ask and find out. so, anyway, check to see if any unauthorized charges are on your account. natasha, back to you. >> that happened to me once, and it's really easy to do and happens quite frequently but it's scary. a lot of people affected. thanks. guilty pleasures week on "dancing with the stars" when gangnam style. ♪ ♪ hey, sexy lady l some of them were nearly naked in the freestyle dance. what? the judges loved it, though, gave everyone nine points out of ten. no one faced elimination this week. my goodness. what? bob, this video is interesting. we're moving on to something else. >> do you think gangnam style lasts longer than the macarena? >> i don't think it will. what do you think? >> i hope not. it's better than the macarena, though. >> to me it is, too. tropical storm sandy. right now it's a hair below hurricane strength, 70-mile-per-hour winds moving to the north at 14, heading to jamaica. some video out of jamaica now, watching it closely. obviously hurricane warning for that island country in preparation taking place. they have the tropical storm warnings later this morning. you can see the winds peak at 40 to 50 miles an hour by late this morning and then the hurricane strength winds affect them late tonight. let me show you the track of the storm. here is the way it looks, south of jamaica now. watch as it moves up to the north. the next couple of days it will interact with land. that's some good news but watch the path as it goes over jamaica and into cuba. that will slow down the wind speed. a category 1 storm. near 80-mile-per-hour winds. and then it hooks into the atlantic ocean but there is a cold front that will go across the northeast that could pick this thing up and bring it to the northeast as a remnant low. all the power from the tropics, a lot of wind could be looking at a major northeaster by this time next week across the northeast. we had storm watches out there even for florida. look at the warnings in pink for hurricanes. that's the eastern part of cuba into jamaica. the yellows are all tropical storm watches. lower part of the bahamas, tropical storm warning. down to the mid keys a tropical storm watch. get away from there. there's that cold front back off to the west. your high pressure region. there's the clouds from sandy up to the north. all the way into palm bay today, but the wind will pick up. miami, your wind gusting to 35, even 40 miles an hour at times today and rain, clouds, across the northeast. air travel delays. we'll get to those coming up, natasha, in 20 minutes. >> bob, thank you. a man shocked his family when he shoepd up as his own funeral. plus, apple finally revealed its new mini ipad but the real surprise was something entirely different. [ male announcer ] break the grip of aches or arthritis pain with odor free aspercreme. powerful medicine relieves pain fast, with no odor. so all you notice is relief. aspercreme. time for today's salute to to the troops. join me here. >> hi, my name is casey. i want to send out a big salute to my husband josh kash. he is a pilot in the u.s. navy with raging bulls fighter squadron here on virginia beach. i wanted to let him know i'm so very proud of him for all his hard work, bravery, and overwhelming love for his country. i also wanted to thank him for the endless sacrifices he makes in order to defend our great nation. it's because of great men and women like him that we live so freely in the good old usa. so cheers to all you soldiers out there but, more importantly, to the one that has my heart. i love you, maverick, and thanks again. >> do you want us to salute someone you love in the military? we're happy to be oblige. go to hlntv.com/robin. a little girl in colorado may have escaped a potential kidnapping. >> i was standing at the bus stop and there was a black man. he told me to get in the car. >> that 8 yearee girl says one word stopped the man who tried to grab her. that's in the next half hour. finally apple fans got a look at the new eest creation, e ipad mini. jennifer westhoven's here. let's hear about this. >> a lot of people were waiting for a long time to see what was this mini going to be like. was it going to be price d to b a christmas present? apple calls it thin as a pencil, light as a pad of paper. a lot of people seem to like the first looks at it. it doesn't have a retina screen, but that helps keep the price down for a lot of people. still, though, that starting price, $329. there were a lot of people disappointed about that. they were hoping it would be cheaper, maybe making it more reasonable as a stocking stuffer or something to splurge on. of course you can get it for costing a whole lot more depending on how much memory you want and if you want it to connect to the internet at any time. the preorders start on friday. shipping starts a few weeks later. what seems to be more of the surprise maybe, maybe not necessarily a good one, that they came out with the ipad 4. 4? wait a minute. i just got the ipad 3. a lot of people were left going, i just paid all this money and now i have this old ipad because the new one also has the lightning connector, it's faster. it's also got a better wi-fi connection. so even if you're at home or in the coffee shop or something it should be going faster. there is some talk that if you really did just buy it in the last few weeks you may be able to go and beg at the store and they'll let you exchange it. but for those of us who got it before that, we're just in that hole and that's one of the things about buying new technology. >> it's hard keeping up with new it technology these days it seems especially lately. >> i will say there was a lot of excitement around it and some people had thought what is apple going to do with steve jobs gone? what is apple's next thing going to be? it seems they were able to generate that same level of excitement. >> all right, jen, thanks. another celebrity couple appare apparently called it quits. you've got to wonder, though, if eva lon ggoria is done dating athletes now. plus, this will make you put down your smartphone. there might be lots of nasty germs on it. ♪ i'm on the right track, baby, i was born this way ♪ people fainted and ran away when a man showed up at his own wake. his family thought he was murdered in brazil because the body they identified looked like him. he says a friend told him, dude, everybody thinks you're dead. he tried to call someone at the wake but they thought it was a prank so he showed up instead and told them, i'm alive. pinch me. before the san francisco giants play in the world series tonight, one of their players is working hard to get back his lucky charm. joe is in for carlos. what is it? >> we know athletes, they're very superstition. hunter pence plays outfield for the giants. the guy likes to name his baseball bats. and he's looking for the one that he calls fryar. now fryar is the bat he broke during game seven. the bat that shattered but then magically still made contact with the ball three different times. apparently after the game that historic bat wound up in a used merchandise stall and then was sold to a fan for 400 bucks. >> no! >> ouch. it was all accidental. oh, yeah, and if anyone has been looking or has seen the ball that was caught during that last out, the giants are also looking for that. >> gee whiz. >> they can't seem to find that either. there's been a call made about the bat and he might get it back. we're not sure yet. hopefully we'll bring you that story tomorrow. nascar's most popular driver will be back on the track this weekend. dale earn hard jr. has been cleared medically to race at martinsville. he's been out with concussion symptoms after he crashed at talladega. because he's been out he really his chances for a championship are all but over but there's a funny side note. the neurosurgeon who cleared him to race, his name is dr. jerry petty. it's funny a petty would clear an earnhardt to race. mark sanchez and eva longoria have called it quitsville. it was quick, three months on the dating skene. their rep says their busy schedules got in the way. the other says it was the 12-year age difference that was the point of contention. sanchez is 25. eva longoria is 37. >> and i read somewhere it was scheduling. who do you believe these days? 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if you look at it, it looks like the lincoln/romney ticket. >> it kind of does. you're right, bob. >> there you go. pretty cool. good morning to you. let me show you what's going on. a tropical storm watch from jupiter inlet down to the lower part of the keys. to miami because the winds are going to pick up today about 30, maybe 35 miles an hour. so far so good. we're not looking at any delays but the rain will be in there off and on as well. rain and wind today in southern parts of florida. what about the delays? here is what we're calling for, at least an hour delay. the rain is back along with the clouds and san francisco looking for an hour or more. half an hour delay around nyc because of low clouds and rain. minneapolis fog in the morning. storms in the afternoon. some of those could be severe. salt lake city, rain and snow mixing in. short delay is a possibility. the latest on sandy? a look at that in a couple of minutes. natas natasha? all right, bob. right now it seems like everybody wants a new tablet computer, and hln money expert clark howard says that means it's a great time to get a deal on a laptop. . >> reporter: do i have news for you. if you want a plain, simple laptop or a really fancy dancy one, the deals are everywhere because nobody's buying them. you take a plain, simple laptop. the prices of those routinely are in the $200 plus range. and you want one of those ultra thin ultra books. those things came on the marketplace thinking they were going to grab $1,000 out of your wallet. they're having trouble selling them now at $600. why? because everybody is into the tablets. even the folks at apple are having to cut the cost of the macbook. i saw them on sale for $759. and here is the thing. if you want to get a tablet, the android tablets now are getting more and more market share putting pricing pressure on apple and smiling on your wallet. you can get a nice tablet now starting at about $200. i'm clark howard. for more shopping information for that pc for you or that tablet, go to hlntv.com/clark. >> so clever. get more of clark's advice on the new "evening express." join them every weekday 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. eastern. get this, lap dances and pole dancing may take center stage at the u.s. supreme court. plus, president obama and mitt romney aren't holding back on the campaign trail. it took years to build this business. the moment my moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis started getting in the way, that was it... it was time for a serious talk with my dermatologist. this time, he prescribed humira-adalimumab. humira helps to clear the surface of my skin by actually working inside my body. in clinical trials, most adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis saw 75% skin clearance. and the majority of people were clear or almost clear in just 4 months. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer, have happened. blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure have occurred. before starting humira, your doctor should test you for tb. ask your doctor if you live in or have been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. tell your doctor if you have had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have symptoms such as fever, fatigue, cough, or sores. you should not start humira if you have any kind of infection. make the most of every moment. ask your dermatologist about humira, today. clearer skin is possible. ♪ i told you i wouldn't call i told you i wouldn't care but baby climbing the walls gets me nowhere ♪ have a tissue alert for the next story. a marine became a dad while deployed in afghanistan and he just got to meet his baby girl for the first time. ashley porter from tampa has this. >> reporter: through the crowd of suitcases and passengers -- >> what time is it? >> reporter: you see the smiles and the signs of a family -- >> it's overwhelm. >> reporter: -- waiting for their marine to come home. >> it's not easy but when you really love somebody it's worth it. >> reporter: during each of her husband's four deployments, dana chuva has done this wait. her 4-month-old daughter sophia never has. this will be her first time ever meeting her dad, field specialist fernando chuva. >> she already has teeth. >> reporter: when she was born he was already in afghanistan. >> when we were in the hospital we videotaped that and sent it to him. as far as skyping, he has skyped with her three or four times. the internetike now itch a part of him home. >> reporter: and she is about to have all of him here. >> baby. oh, my lord 0, look at her grow. >> reporter: as fellow passengers stop to take it in. >> the feeling is just a sigh of relief. no words to express it. i'm just so happy. >> and thanks to ashley porter from wtsp for that story. he will be with his family for two weeks and then back to afghanistan again. he's hoping to be home for good at christmas. congrats. it is 30 minutes past the hour. i'm natasha kcurry it in for robin meade. the headlines we are working on this morning. there is now a criminal investigation into the deadly meningitis outbreak. a massachusetts compounding pharmacy had its license permanently revoked because of what investigators found there. the department of health says the lab was filthy and there was stuff floating in vials of medicine produce d there. a small homemade airplane crashed in a a field in california. two people onboard the single engine plane were killed. witnesses say it looked like the pilot lost control 1,500 feat aboveground. the crash is under investigation. disney wants the world to know their new princess is not latina. it debuts next month and was called the first latina princess. some complain she didn't look, quote, hispanic enough. and now the company is clarifying say iing she is of mixed heritage. with election day less than two weeks away the zingers are really flying on the campaign trade. yesterday in florida president obama accused mitt romney of forgetting his foreign policy positions during monday's debate. but romney says the debates gave him the momentum. >> we've come up with a name for this. it's called romnesia. [ applause ] we had a severe outbreak last night. >> we've gone through four debates now -- we've gone through four debates with the vice presidential debates and my debate and we haven't heard an agenda from the president and that's why his campaign is taking on water and our campaign is full speed ahead. >> both candidates will campaign in iowa as they make their way through several battleground states. jerry sandusky has been moved from a county jail to a state prison. next he'll get a physical and mental evaluation before he's moved to the prison where he will serve the rest of his sentence. that's from pennsylvania's corrections department. he was sentenced 30 to 60 years for sexually abusing boys. he's appealing his conviction. a woman found with burns all over her body is now accused of making up a story about being a hate crime victim. she was found 90% burned in will you will you sunday. she said that three men attacked her in this park and wrote kkk on her car. police now say she lit herself up. >> evidence was recovered from a cigarette lighter and a starter and her fingerprints were on the bottle. >> she is in critical but stable condition. one of the best ways to keep your brain fit may be to get up and get moving. researchers say that exercise might help prevent alzheimer's disease and that contradicts traditional thinking that keeping your brain busy with puzzles and games could would do the trick. physical activity helps promote a healthy heart and heart and brain health are connected. a colorado girl says after hearing about the murder of jessica ridgeway she knew what to do when two strangers approached her. >> i was standing at the bus stop and there was a black man. he told me to get in the car. i said no, and then he drove away. i was really, really scared. >> i just think about what happened to the little girl, and i didn't want that to happen to her, and we almost lost her. >> scary. police are looking for two men, one white, one african-american in a green suv. they are warning parents about what happened. 10-year-old jessica ridgeway's body was found earlier this month. that happened 20 miles from this kidnapping attempt. hey, guess what, pole dancing and lap dances are not considered an art form. what? that's what a new york state court ruled anyway in response to a strip club in albany which argued it should get a tax exemption because it qualified as art. one judge said a dance is a dance. the nightclub's lawyer says that they're considering taking this to the u.s. supreme court. b bob? >> the supreme court, huh? wouldn't you love to see which justices would have to recuse themselves. i can't rule on this. good morning. >> good morning to you, in a tash wra. look at this big cloud cover. that's sandy. you can see the outflow now. not a lot of shear going it on in the northern quadrant of the storm so it does a little bit of room to strengthen. that's what's going to happen. you get into florida. the radar picture, most of the rain has been offshore but some bre breakaway showers north of miami between you and west palm beach. that's what you have right now. let me show you the actual facts and the numbers. 70-mile-per-hour winds moving up to the north about 14 miles an hour. watch the path. hurricane warnings for jamaica, the eastern part of cuba, too. watch it continue to move out and the next couple days gets picked up through the bahamas. loses that tropical characteristic but notice the strength. still 70 miles an hour. it will lose that tropical stuff. it will retain the wind speed as a cold front comes in and boosts it up to the north. looking at a major nor'easter with the cold front and the remnants of that storm. we do have, in fact, a lot of cloud cover, too. new york down to d.c., richmond. a warm front below it. temperatures will be mild. let me show you this out of atlanta. morning fog. midtown or downtown looks good. daytime high close to 70. what about the winter weather? we've had that as well. loveland, colorado, open for business yesterday. the first chair went up yesterday morning. they've been making snow and are going to get a little natural stuff. winter weather advisories coming up in a little bit. >> that looks like a lot of fun. i can't believe it's ski season already, bob, thank you. if you use the tracking down e feature to find your stolen smartphone, are you violating the thief's privacy? some people say yes. and take a look at this. that girl whipped out a gun on the school bus. 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[ female announcer ] get billy's inspiron 14z ultrabook for 599.99 or charlotte's xps 12 for $1199.99. free shipping now at dell.com. ♪ a funeral for the state fair statue destroyed in a fire. >> come back with his wife. >> now you have to see how this funeral turned into a celebration as people remembered the big guy who stood tall for 60 years at the state fair of texas. >> funeral for are a big giant mascot. i would have never thought. >> i lived in dallas for a little bit and once you go there and meet the giant mascot there, you get attached to the guy. it was really sad to see him go. >> we outsiders didn't know. >> i know. i wouldn't have known it had i not lived there. if someone steals your cell phone and you use an app to to track it down, could you be violating the robber's privacy? is there such a thing? it's such a thorny issue. >> you're violating the robber's privacy? what? this is a big question for the people who look at this stuff online. there's an app called find my iphone and it pops up in a strang stranger's house in maryland and he's going -- so he posted, hey, everybody out there, will somebody help me track my phone down? well, police did get involved. they tracked down the phone but, you know, although some people thought, that's great. he has the phone, end of story. others 0 thought that was a violation of the stranger's privacy because it wasn't cops who started things, it was a citizen. i don't know, what do you think about this? i was hoping you'll tweet me at jen westhoven. who is in the rate or the wrong in this case? do you give up your right to privacy if you take somebody's phone and you hold on to it for a few days? this was the case, even when a text message comes saying, please, give me my phone. i'll give you money. parent alert, a recall to tell you about. 100,000 eddie bauer bassinets are being recalled, being called dangerous. they have had more than a dozen reports where the bottom lock on it that you can see there doesn't engage so the bassinet can kind of, here it is rocking, well, it can get stuck like this. now baby is in the corner and that's a suffocating hazard. it was sold online and at target and toys 'r' us. model numbers on our website. hlntv.com/robin. >> a little scary there. startling surveillance video shows a teenaged girl whipping out a gun on a school bus. look at the top of your screen here. do you see this? the girl stands up and loads a gun on the bus. sheriff's depp ittist in jackson, mississippi, say she had five rounds in it. another student eventually tackled her and grabbed the gun. when they got to school the gun was confiscated and the girl was arrested. investigators could be one step closer to finding jessica ridgeway's killer. they've linked the 10-year-old's disappearance to another case. plus, the miami marlins skipper who once got in hot water for saying he loved fidel castro is getting the boot. evers. tylenol: and i relieve nasal congestion. nyquil (stuffy): overachiever. anncr vo: tylenol cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion... nyquil cold & flu doesn't. anncr: every president inherits few have faced so many. four years later... our enemies have been brought to justice. our heroes are coming home. assembly lines are humming again. there are still challenges to meet. children to educate. a middle class to rebuild. but the last thing we should do is turn back now. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. police in colorado say there is a definite link between the killing of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway and the attempted kidnapping of a jogger in the same area. in may a woman was jogging around this lake in westminster. she says a guy tried to grab her, but she got away. jessica ridgeway was supposed to meet friends at the same park earlier this month. her body was found a few days later. the miami marlins fired their controversial manager after one season. joe is in for carlos with what happened this time. remember back in, i guess it was april, when the marlins had optimism and hope around baseball, they opened that shiny $600 million stadium, brought in the big name players. and then they hired the fiery ozzie guillen. they tied it all together and managed the team. the guillen experiment did not go as planned at all. thousand in september it all started when they signed that four-year, $10 million contract. then in april he caused a lot of waves when he said he admired fidel castro and got a bushback from the cuban-american community and wanted him fire. in may he retired from twitter after he had been on the site ranting for months. in september, this past month, the marlins finished in last place in the national league east. then yesterday they said, no mas and gave him the pink slip. they still have to pay the guy $7 million. masters champion bubba watson getting his tan on in bermuda taking part in the grand slam of golf there. it's an event that basically pits the winners of this year's four major champions together. of course our own robin meade, we saw her yesterday in the pro-am with bubba watson and she asked him to reflect on his golf career. >> what is it about golf that makes you emotional or is it just about reaching your goals? >> it's funny. it's something that's taught me a lot of life lessons, now teaching the life lessons to other juniors out there but for me it was a time to spend with my mom, my dad on the golf course at a young age, and that's what we did as a family. my dad played. my mom never played but carried my bag around as a junior. took me around to tournaments, spent a lot of time, sweat, money for me to get where i am today. >> you can watch the final round of the grand slam of golf on tnt today and starts at 4:00 p.m. eastern. another example of mom, dad, having an influence on son/child. >> big support system for him. thanks, joe. there was a small funeral for one big texan yesterday. mourners gathered to remember big tex. there was some dancing in the aisles and some singing, too. big tex was the mascot at the state fair of texas for 60 years. there he is. the metal structure went up in flames last week. a lot of people have a lot of memories from him. >> big tex, that was something. i had never seen anything animated, animated something like that, that large. and they said, well, in texas we do everything big. >> welcome, folks, to the state fair of texas. welcome, welcome, welcome. >> howdy, folks, this is big tex. that's what i remember. look at this. organizers promised to rebuild big tex for the next year's state fair. i used to do my live shots under him when i worked in texas. bye, tex. a camera you wear takes a picture twice a minute. see if you'd buy it. plus, book buyers beware. barns &your information may have been hacked. on the road. so, what do you think? 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hair back down his back so he could donate it to kids battling cancer. but his school said he's got to cut it off. >> try to fit everybody's needs. that's where we cut the line, the length of hair. he went beyond that boundary. >> i'm going to keep doing it. these kids less fortunate than myself. i'm going to let them have a chance at a normal life. >> zachery's hair will be long enough to cut and donate to locks of love when it gross one more inch. this morning he did start serving in-school suspension because he didn't cut it off. gangnam style. ♪ >> they joined partners in freestyle dance. some of them are almost naked. they should run around in their ubd wear more. judges loved it. they gave everyone nine points out of ten. no one faced elimination this week. i wonder why. the pour man trying to work that for all its worth. good morning to you. i'm natasha curry in for robin meade this morning. there's a lot to talk about. a missing 12-year-old found murdered, now cops say teen brothers killed her for her bike. pregnancies from rape are god's will. plus an arby's manager gets fired after she's robbed on the job. first, two teen brothers arrested for murdering a 12-year-old girl. the mom is the one that turned them into police. they lived around the corner from autumn pasquale. prosecutors believe they lured her into their home for her bmx bike but ended up killing her. police found the girl's bike in their home. neighbors are devastated. >> i'm scared. it's devastating, unnerve, this is a night quiet town. >> we have lost a precious, precious child. >> gut wrenching. to see anybody do this to a child, it's terrible. >> hundreds of people honored autumn at a memorial last night. prosecutors say the 15 and 17-year-old suspects may be tried as adults. there is now a criminal investigation into the fungal meningitis outbreak that's killed at least 23 people. in massachusetts is permanently pulling the license of a company that made the shots blamed in the outbreak. there's physical black matter in the vial. the pharmacy failed to sterilize products and floor mats at the lab were visibly dirty. >> they were operating beyond the scope of their compounding license, instead operating as a manufacturer. >> the very questions you're asking, i'm asking. the investigation continues. georgia is the latest state to report a case of fungal meningitis. more than 300 people have gotten sick from contaminated steroid shots. again, 23 people have died. finally, apple got a look at the newest creation, the ipad mini. surprised everyone with an ipad 4. jennifer westhoven's here. let's hear about this. >> first there was a mini. that's something people are searching. even now one of the most popular searches. apple says thin as a pencil, light as a pad of paper. but the price still too high for a lot of people. i had a lot of people tweet me and say $329. there was a lot of hope it would be cheaper since its competitors are around $200. preorders do start friday for this. shipping starts a few weeks later. obviously apple is thinking it's going to be perfect in your stocking, hoping it will be a big holiday hit. another big surprise, though, an ipad 4. i really hadn't seen any speculation about it, shows apple can still keep a secret. the people with the ipad 3, the old, slow ipad. the new one has the lightning connector, like the latest iphone as well. that basically means that apple has moved on to change the spaghetti, right, the way you plug it in and all the other ones are getting obsolete. if you just bought a new one, you may be able to take it back. depends on the store. >> jenn, thank you. new this morning two hours after the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya, the white house new islamic militants were taking credit for it, according to e-mails obtained by cnn. minutes after the attack began, the white house and the pentagon were alerted that the consulate was under attack with heavy rockets and gunfire. the u.s. ambassador and three other diplomats were killed in that attack on the 9/11 anniversary. it's become a big issue in the election. mitt romney slammed the president saying he sent mixed messages on the attack. president obama did refer to it as an act of terror the day afterward. the white house suggested for more than a week that the attack may have been a protest that got out of hand. a cnn foreign affairs reporter talked about what was known that night. >> reporter: this was sent out it seems by the state department operation center. this went to the white house situation room many officials at the fbi, white house, cia, many different agencies. i don't think president obama or vice president biden would have gotten these messages. certainly they were briefed that night and this claim of responsibility that they are militants, i'm sure they were notified that night about what was going on. what the azment was, what the intelligence was about how this attack came to be, was it preplanned? was there a protest? these are the kind of things that shook out over the coming days. >> so what impact will this have less than two weeks before the election? there's no comment so far from the white house. parts of a meth lab were discovered on a playground. police in tennessee had to hose down an entire playground after a teacher found an empty pop bottle and tubing there. those are said to be telltale signs of a meth lab. cops say no actual drugs were found and kids never came in contact with the equipment. tropical storm sandy is heading toward jamaica right now. meteorologist bob van dillen watching it closely for us. good morning, bob. >> good morning, natasha. 74-mile-an-hour winds. the reason i say this, look at the latest satellite picture. here is jamaica. you see in this part here, notice the circulation around the center, more uniform, more circular, bad news, probably doing strengthening right now. it is expected to become a hurricane before it reaches toward jamaica. let me show you video out of jamaica yesterday. they will take a direct hit. tropical storm force winds will get there within the hour or two you see the hurricane force winds by this evening meaning winds sustained at 80 miles an hour. already taking precautions. kingston closed last night, montego bay at 9:00 this morning in case you're wondering. up north farther. away from jamaica and overnight towards cuba, still as a hurricane and races towards the bahamas and ultimately bends away from the united states coastline but it will probably get picked up by a cold front, a major nor'easter by this time next week. that's something to be concerned with. show you what else is going on. hurricane warnings for jamaica, that's cuba. up farther tropical storm in yellow by bahamas. warnings by central bahamas. tropical storm watch, jupiter inland all the way to upper keys. a web cam out of palm beach. i want to show you now. winds today directly friday morning. the gust today at 30 miles an hour. a little chop in the ocean already. passing showers a possibility. that's west palm. up north farther, see what else is happening. not just tropical weather but a warm front in the northern part of the country, snaking east around new england. some clouds, light rain showers, rain and snow with severe weather possible, look at that and air travel coming up. real busy day. britney spears ex-manager said he had drug sniffing dogs search her house and once flushed a baggy of white powder down the toilet. he testified against the spears family yesterday. her mom accused him in her book of drugging britney and isolating her from family leading up to her meltdown in 2008. he says he protected her. the family's attorney will cross-examine him today. britney spears has not commented on this and will not be testifying. this will make you put down your cell phone. there might be nasty germs lurking on it. a senate candidate made controversial comments about rape and pregnancy. now 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what will you do? it's the hit show now on hln. >> reporter: inspired by real events, we wondered what people would do if they witnessed emts that neglect their sworn duty because technically they are on their break. luckily this woman doesn't need help. she's a stunt actress. these negligent emts aren't either. they are actors in hoboken. when this woman collapses, these emts don't move a muscle. not a second goes by before this woman rushes over. are you okay? >> there's an ambulance on the way. >> the bystanders are looking for help, but these emts are more worried about their food? >> do you want fries? >> i want fries with like a muffin. >> you want a muffin. >> this is amazing to me. >> i know, right? >> they are medical technicians. >> did she slip or something. >> you look so board about it. >> well, i'm on break right now. >> even though the paramedics walk off, amazingly clarissa keeps her cool. >> i don't want to yell and scream at these people because i don't think it's good to be yelling around someone who fell. >> hi, i'm john quinones. >> when we introduce ourselves, she tells us why. >> what were you trying to do? 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39-year-old surfer was out with three friends yesterday. one saw what happened and pulled him out of the water. the surfer is not affiliated with the base. the beach is closed for now. startling surveillance video shows a teenager girl whipping out a gun on a school bus. look at the top of your screen. you can see the girl stand up and load a gun. sheriff's deputies in jackson, mississippi said she had five rounds in it. another student eventually tackled her and grabbed the gun. when they got to school the gun was confiscated and the 14-year-old was arrested. with the election day just less than two weeks away now, the zingers are really flying on the campaign trail. yesterday in florida president obama accused mitt romney of forgetting policy decisions during the debate. romney said the debates gave him the momentum. >> we've come up with a name for this condition. it's called romnesia. we had -- we had a severe outbreak last night. >> we've gone through four debates now. we've gone through four debates with the vice presidential debate and my debates. we haven't heard an agenda from the president. that's why his campaign is taking on water and my campaign is full speed ahead. >> both candidates will cam paper in iowa today as they make their way through several battleground states. thirty minutes past the hour. i'm natasha curry. let's get right to the headlines we're working on this morning. e-mails obtained by cnn showed the white house knew win hours terrorists had claimed responsibility for the attack on the consulate in libya. the white house did call it an act of terror. for nearly a week the administration said they had no reason for believe it was a planned attack. there is now a criminal investigation into the deadly meningitis outbreak. a massachusetts compounding pharmacy had its license revoked because of what investigators found there. the department of health said the lab was filthy and there was stuff floating in vials of medicine produced there. disney wants the world to know their new princess is not latina. sophia i debuts on disney channel. she was called disney's first latina princess. some people complained she didn't look, quote, hispanic enough. now the company is clarifying saying she's of mixed heritage. jerry sandusky has been moved to a state prison. he'll get a physical and mental evaluation then moved to another state prison where he will serve out the rest of his sentence. that's from pennsylvania's corrections department. sandusky was sentenced 30 to 60 years for sexually abusing boys. he's appealing his conviction. a small home built airplane crashed into a field in central california. take a look. it happened in costa county less than five miles from an airport. two people on board the single engine plane were killed. you can see the wreckage smoldering. witnesses say it looked like the pilot lost control 1500 feet aboveground. the crash is under investigation. a woman found with burns all over her body is now accused of making up a story about being a hate crime victim. sharmeka moffitt was found burned in winnsboro. she said three men kkd her in this park and wrote kkk on her car. police now say she lit herself up. >> evidence was recovered from a faulty cigarette lighter and a charcoal starter bottle with her fingerprints on the bottle. >> moffitt is in critical but stable condition. one of the best ways to keep your brain fit may be to get up and get moving. researchers say that exercise might help prevent alzheimer's disease. that contradicts traditional thinking that keeping your brain busy with puzzles and games will do the trick. physical activity helps promote a healthy heart and heart and brain health are connected. there was a small funeral for one big texan yesterday. mourners gathered to remember big tex. there was some dancing in the aisles and some singing, too. big tex was the mascot at the state fairgrounds for 60 years. the metal structure went up in flames last week and a lot of people have a lot of memories. >> big tex, that was something. i had never seen anything animated that large. >> i remember that voice. welcome, folks, to the state fair of texas. welcome, welcome, welcome. >> organizers promised to rebuild big tex for next week's state fair. look at him. >> breaks your heart. >> it's a little bitaumic. a lot of people got lost, go and meet there. >> they are going to rebuild him. >> they are going to rebuild big tex. he'll be new and improved if that's possible. good morning, bob. >> good morning. show you what's going on. southern florida. zoom into the air. the clouds there, tropical storm sandy. we're waiting for the national hurricane center. we should get an update at 8:00. within the next half hour, should have new details. right now 70-mile-an-hour winds headed to jamaica. rain outside miami, mostly florida straits out of the bahamas. couple of pockets of rain, around fort lauderdale, north miami, too. we have a time lapse out of miami. you have the wind picking up today, tropical storm watch. i think you get the real tropical storm force winds friday morning. today winds off the owing, may be 30, 35 miles per hour. look at that time lapse, nice tropical atmosphere. no doubt about it. >> go north farther, warm front snakes out of the ohio valley to the northeast. see the clouds wrapped up as well. light scattered showers around the ohio valley into the northeast. might slow you down in the air later today. have the details as well. the rain south dakota, north dakota, that could turn severe later today. severe thunderstorms from minnesota to iowa. winter weather in place as well. let me show you this. loveland, colorado. ski resort open for business. first chair went up yesterday morning. one guy camped out all afternoon so he could be the first in the chair. that's man made stuff, a little natural stuff later today. a storm headed to the rockies. full update from the "weather center." their numbers at 8:00. >> looks 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wkmg talked with election officials about this. >> this is a completely fake letter. this has no bearing on their eligibility at all. >> it may scare some people into not voting. >> true. true. >> that's what you're worried about. >> right. >> you should not expect a letter saying you're not registered to vote. please don't go to the polls. i mean, that's ridiculous. >> there's no return address on these letters. the post mark is from seattle. have you ever wondered if that painting or broach that got handed down to you is actually worth money? in today's making it in america, the show auction kings will be here to check out your treasures. he went to our producer natalie's home to see what he could find. >> i have my grandfather's stuff i kept in here. this i thought was neat. >> this is the stuff i love. >> yeah. >> furniture doesn't always do it. >> these are a book of silver dollars and half dollars. >> oh, my. how many of these do you have? >> that whole book is full. >> holy smokes, this is great. just scrap $40 apiece. just to melt them. >> that's $1 worth $40. i'll take that all day long. >> some of them will have a considerably larger value. these are great. these are spectacular. i love -- this is why i do what i do. >> really? see, that's so cool. i've just had them sitting around in a drawer for years. >> honest to god, this is a couple thousand dollars worth a book. >> unreal. >> so much more liquid than a secretary or table or chest. every town has coin dealers. that's just tarnish. if you're board one night watching tv, sit and polish your coins. >> i've never been a big silver polisher, maybe i can start. >> that's the thing. i don't think i would take it up as a hobby. >> natalie. there were a lot of surprises in her house. you can watch much more of that on making it in america hosted by vinnie politan 4:00 p.m. eastern on hln. i want that guy at my house. he's the kind of guy you want to take him home so he can look at your stuff. that didn't sound right but you know what i mean. >> i know what you money. >> move onto business news, 100,000 eddie bauer bassinets are being recalled. this is very serious. they can seriously hurt your child, jenn. >> this is a very popular line. officials say they have more than a dozen reports where the bottom doesn't click. what happens when the bassinet rocks, it can track baby in the side. rocking a little bit. next thing you know to the side. baby can get stuck and babies can suffocate that way. that hasn't happened. there has been trouble. the bassinets sold online and at major stories like target and toys "r" us. details on the website, hlntv.com/robin. there's a question out there burning up the internet to protect people. if someone steals your cell phone and uses an app to track it down, are you violating the robber's privacy? get this? a famous "new york times" tech writer lost his phone so he did what anybody else might do. he taps find iphone and it shows up at a stranger's house in maryland. he posted, hey, can somebody help me get it. police got involved and got it. some pointed out it was a gross violation of the stranger's privacy. we wanted to know what you think about all this. a lot of people have been tweeting me about this. of course i was expecting to show that to you. here we government it's going to pop up. if you are forgetful like me, i would say every single person who tweeted me here has been saying forget the robber, forget his privacy, this is the way it goes, you've got to know. if you have not used something like this, why is it handy if you're somebody like me. you tap the thing that says find iphone and it finds it. so if you're going did i leave it in my car, at work, here is my iphone right here at the cnn center. >> good app to have on your phone. jose and sylvia in singapore get up early like you do. here is their shoutout for the good morning wakeup club. >> this is sylvia, i'm jose from singapore. we'd like to give a wakeup call to our families in singapore. hel hello, sunshine. >> leave a shoutout 1-888-robin-hln. she can't wait to hear from you. the miami marlins manager who got in hot water for saying he loved fidel castro is getting the boot. also a little girl in colorado may have escaped a potential kidnapping. the 8-year-old says one word stopped the guy who tried to grab her. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and get back to work. everyday you see all of us serving you, around the country, around the corner. us bank. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ a colorado girl said after hearing about jessica ridgeway she knew exactly what to do when two strangers approached her. >> i was standing at the bus stop. there was a black man, he told me to get in the car and i said no. he drove away. i was really, really scared. >> i think about what happened to the little girl and i didn't want that to happen to her. we almost lost her. >> they are looking for two men, one african-american, one white in a green suv. they are warning parents about what happened. 10-year-old jessica ridgeway's body was found earlier this month. that happened 20 miles from this attempted kidnapping. i'm glad she's okay. guess what, pole dancing and lap dances are not considered an art form. really? that's what a new york state court ruled. that's in response to a ruling that said it did not qualify as art. a dance is a dance. the lawyers said they are considering taking this to the u.s. supreme court. the miami marlins fired their controversial manager after just one season. joe is in for carlos this morning. what happened to him now. >> this is not how it was smofd to play out. miami was so optimistic at the start of the season. they opened the new $600 million stadium, signed big name players and had the fiery ozzie guillen to manage the whole thing but the guillen experiment did not go well at all. it happened when they simd him to a four-year $10 million contract. then the cuban-american community wanted him fired after he said he respected fidel castro. in may he retired from twitter after months of ranting on the site. then the marlins finished in last place in the nl east. yesterday they gave him the old pink slip but they still have to pay him $7 million. master's champion bubba watson in bermuda taking part in the grand slam of golf. it's the event that pits the winners against four major championships. of course our own robin meade is there, too. yesterday she got to play with him in the pro-am. she also had a chance on the course to ask him to reflect on his golf career. >> what is it about golf that makes you emotional or is it just about reaching your goals? >> it's funny. it's something that's taught me a lot of life lessons, now teaching the life lessons to other juniors out there. for me, it was a time to spend with my mom, my dad on the golf course at a young age. that's what we did as a family. my dad played. my mom never played but carried my bag around as a junior. took me around to tournaments, spent a lot of time, sweat, money for me to get where i am today. >> beautiful backdrop there. you can watch pga grand slam of golf. the final round today on tnt and starts at 4:00 p.m. eastern. tough job there, robin has got this week. >> she's doing a great job, though. the shot you showed us yesterday, know, right? >> thank you very much. >> after a couple lessons, she's like a pro. 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"the huffington post" says so-called parasite porn websites have found different ways to steal photos without anyone's permission. from reuters, the reality show focusing on whitney houston's family debuts tonight. it's called "the houstonons: on our own." houston's daughter, bobbi kristina, will be a big focus. and what if you could have a dashboard cam for life? a network developed a mini cam that's worn as a necklace and takes a picture every 30 seconds. they say the first cameras could be sold in february. so, people wouldn't forget to turn those off when necessary? police in colorado say there is a definite link between the killing of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway and the attempted kidnapping of a jogger. in may, a woman was jogging around the lake in westminster. she says a man tried to grab her, but she got away. jessica ridgeway was supposed to meet friends at that same park earlier this month. her body was found a few days later. get over to bob van dillen. that camera that you can wear, what is it, every 30 seconds it takes a picture? what do you think of that? >> i think you have to be an egomaniac to think someone's going to watch that. we're waiting for the 8:00 numbers from the national hurricane center on tropical storm sandy. it's a hair away from being a hurricane, so we're watching for that. but you can see behind me, a cloud shield making it through the bahamas to close to miami. the rain is out there as well, so we'll probably get some delays. here's what we're calling for, an hour plus around san francisco. you got it. bay area rain is back with the cloud cover, some wind as well. could see afteran hour. half-hour to hour delays around new york because of the clouds. miami, wind and rain off and on today. minneapolis, fog and storms later. salt lake city, rain. the latest on sandy coming up. it's not often you see the u.n. secretary-general doing the "gangnam style" dance. ban ki-moon is getting down with the man who created the dance craze. he joked that they're the two most famous south koreans. the u.n. secretary-general says he's thinking of throwing "gangnam style" dances at the u.n. to lighten up negotiations. he's got a funny laugh. the controversy over what the white house knew and when after the terrorist attack in libya just got more complicated. we're looking at e-mails that went from the state department straight to the white house. ♪ parts of a meth lab were discovered on a school playground. police in murphiesboro, tennessee, had to hose down the entire playground after a teacher found an empty pop bottle and tubing there, said to be the tell tale signs of a meth lab. cops say no actual drugs were found and kids never came in contact with the equipment. your cell phone could be a big old germ magnet. the "wall street journal" had several phones test'd and they had abnormally high levels of bacteria on them. one doctor says you can get the flu, pinkeye and other problems from the germs. unfortunately, many effective cleaning solutions may damage the touchscreen. the major phone companies would only say to follow the cleaning instructions on the owner's manual. guilty pleasures we caught the "dancing with the stars" with "gangnam style." ♪ >> they joined their partners in the freestyle dance. some of them were nearly naked! judges loved it. they gave everyone nine points out of ten. no one faced elimination this week. and of course, yeah, the money shot, i suppose. okay, good morning! it's wednesday. happy video. i'm natasha curry in for robin meade. we'll get to breaking news in just a second. first, though, did the white house know who was behind the libya terror attack? new e-mail suggests an islamic group took credit just two hours after the deadly attack. and which airports apparently hired the most thieves? what? we're going to tell you where to use extra caution when you're flying. and apple unveils its smaller, sleeker ipad. so, why is this mini version causing major disappointment? first, our top story. two hours after the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya, the white house knew that islamic militants were taking credit for it. that's according to a state department e-mails obtained by cnn. minutes after the attack began, the white house and the pentagon were alerted that the consulate was under attack with heavy rockets and gunfire. the u.s. ambassador and three other diplomats were killed in that attack on the 9/11 anniversary. it's become a hot topic for the election. mitt romney slammed the president, saying he sent mixed messages on the attack. president obama did refer to it as an act of terror the day afterward, but the white house also suggested for more than a week the attack may have been a protest that got out of hand. a cnn foreign affairs reporter talked about the information the white house was getting that night. >> ansar al sharia claims responsibility. this was sent at 6:07 p.m., which would be about a midnight tripoli time. it says "embassy tripoli reports the group claimed responsibility on facebook and twitter and has called for an attack on embassy tripoli." i think this shows that even that night that the u.s. knew that perhaps this group, ansar al sharia, which does have some ties to al qaeda and the islamic maghreb. this al qaeda affiliate in north afri africa. it shows that they knew militants were involved. of course, over the coming days and weeks, there was a lot of back-and-forth about whether this was a preplanned attack. >> so, what impact will this have less than two weeks before the election? there's no comment so far from the white house. two teen brothers were arrested for murdering a 12-year-old girl. their mom's the one who turned them in to police. the teens lived around the corner from autumn pasquale in new jersey. authorities believe they lured her into their home for her bike but wound up killing per. police found autumn's bike in the boys' home. neighbors are devastated. >> i'm scared. it's devastating. it's unnerving. this is a nice, quiet town. >> we have lost a precious, precious child. >> gut-wrenching, to see anybody do this to a child. it's just, it's terrible. >> hundreds of people honored autumn at this memorial last night. prosecutors say the 15 and 17-year-old suspects may be tried as adults. how safe is your stuff when you go through airport security? for the first time, we're learning which airports have had the most tsa employees fired for theft. the top three are miami, where 29 tsa workers have been fired, new york's jfk and l.a.x. the tsa gave the numbers to abc news. in all, the tsa has fired nearly 400 employees for allegedly stealing from passengers. there is now a criminal investigation into the fungal meningitis outbreak that's killed at least 23 people. and massachusetts is permanently pulling the license of the company that made the shots blamed in the outbreak. the state department of health says that there was visible black matter in sealed vials at the new england compounding center. the pharmacy failed to sterilize products! and floor mats at the lab were visibly dirty. >> necc was operating beyond the scope of their compounding license, instead acting as a manufacturer. >> the very questions you're asking, i'm asking, and the investigation continues around it. >> georgia is the latest state to report a case of fungal meningitis. more than 300 people have gotten sick from contaminated steroid shots. again, 23 people have died. here's something you don't see every day, mitt romney in a cornfield? take a look here. farmers in boone, iowa, have an image of governor romney -- there it is -- in their crop. they also wrote a strong endorsement from him below there, and you can see they put him in the company of abraham lincoln! now, i don't know how they did it exactly, but it does look like romney, i think, and like lincoln. can you believe there is less than two weeks until election day? and you can tell it's getting really close by the new zingers on the campaign trail. that's coming up in about 25 minutes. first, let's get over to bob van dillen, who just got an update on tropical storm sandy as it's heading toward jamaica. bob? >> good news, it hasn't gained strength or changed direction, so we're pretty sure where it's going to head up. here's how it looks. there's the kobt intental u.s., the lower 48 there. the cloud shield is wrapped up with tropical storm sandy as it moves north at 14 miles per hour, 70-mile-per-hour winds, 95 miles away from kingston, jamaica. looks like they're going to take a direct hit, so they're preparing. let me show you video from yesterday. it appears they'll start seeing the tropical storm force winds shortly, and then by early afternoon, hurricane-force winds. looks like it will make landfall around jamaica some time 2:00 to 3:00 this afternoon, and then it heads to cuba overnight tonight. let me show you the exact path. here's what it looks like. here we are 2:00 p.m. today, around kingston, jamaica, gets into cuba overnight tonight, still a category 1 storm, but then it begins to get disrupted by the land, so we're watching for that to weaken possibly to a tropical storm, and then it moves on through the bahamas, edges over towards the atlantic ocean, but from here, it could get picked up by a cold front that will push it out to sea, transfer that energy, may turn into a major nor'easter for the northeast this time next week. so we're watching it. hurricane warnings, the areas in purple, all of jamaica, parts of cuba. we have watches for tropical storm conditions lower part of the bahamas. most of the bahamas, middle bahamas up to the north, tropical storm warnings. we have a tropical storm watch from jupiter inlet, florida, down to the upper keys. that's what we're watching there. look at the rainfall now, in between miami and ft. lauderdale. it's going to be like this most of the day today through tonight. passing showers, winds about 30, maybe 35 miles per hour near miami. we'll get a look at that coming up. air travel delays as well, in just a couple minutes. >> i imagine it's really going to affect that, bob, thank you. she's tried everything to try to save her daughter. >> hoping with all my heart that this will work. >> she's trying to solve the little girl's medical mystery. my wife the dentist allows only one mouthwash in our home. [ male announcer ] act for kids, with maximum fluoride for up to 40% fewer cavities act. stronger teeth and better checkups in every bottle. time for today's "salute the troops." join me here. >> hi. my name is kacey. i want to send out a big salute to my husband, lieutenant john kash with the raging bulls fighter squadron here in virginia beach. i wanted to let him know that i'm so proud of him for all of his hard work, bravery and overwhelming love for his country. i also wanted to thank him for the endless sacrifices he makes in order to defend our great nation. it is because of great men and women like him that we live so freely in the good old usa. so, cheers to all you soldiers out there, but more importantly, to the one that has my heart. i love you, maverick, and thanks again. >> do you want us to salute someone that you love in the military? we're happy to oblige. just go to hlntv.com/robin. if you bought something at some barnes & noble stores last month, your debit card information may have been ripped off! scammers rigged some of those p.i.n. pads where you swipe your card. jennifer westhoven's here. are they called skimmers? >> they can be called that. one of the things that's amazing to think that right under the nose of you and the cashier, they rigged the swipe tab and got people's card numbers and even their p.i.n.s! this happened across the country, 63 stores, including new york, chicago, miami. now, the book store had to keep it quiet for a little while because police needed them to do that so they could keep investigating, but it means if you have shopped at a barnes & noble in the past few months, first of all, check your credit card statement. second of all, look on the list, find out if your local store was affected. we've got all the details on our website, hlntv.com/robin. >> all right, jen, thank you so much for the heads-up. the director behind "top gun" had no major health problems when he committed suicide this summer. that's from the new autopsy report on tony scott. some media reports initially suggested that he had an inoperable brain tumor. his family denied that. toxicology tests showed a sleep aid and an antidepressant in his system when he jumped off a bridge. taking charge of your technology here, apple pulled a big surprise, bringing out a fourth-generation ipad at the same event where they noticed the ipad mini. digital lifestyles expert mario armstrong is here to talk about it. mario, apple still can keep a few secrets, i guess. but the question is, the ipad mini- mini, will it compete with the other smaller tablets? what do you think? >> yeah, die think it will. i have some of the other smaller tablets here. this is the nexus 7 and this is the kindle fire. a lot of people are familiar with these devices. and it's a smaller device. it's a little bit bigger than these, though. its actual size is 7.9 inches, which is just shy of about 2 inches of the regular-sized ipad. so, i think this is going to be good for those people that really like to travel a lot. maybe you want to put this in your purse. you want an ipad, but you don't want to carry the full ipad with you. the issue, though, natasha, is that most of these 7-inch tablets are $249 or less. in fact, most of them start around $159 and go up from there, and the ipad mini starts at 329 bucks. >> that's a big difference. but what makes the ipad mini, you know, better than the other, smaller tablets, if it is better? >> well, you know, apple is saying, look, it's a premium product. you know how apple is. they're not going to discount their products. they're going to keep them at a premium rate. and they believe in their product. they're going to take the same ecosystem, the ability to have apps and all the things that you like about apple on the ipad will basically be put down into this smaller screen, into this smaller handheld device with one hand that you can hold. so, they feel as though it's still a premium product. it's just really the ipad in a smaller structure. so, for them, $329 seems like a sweet spot in between the lower-end 7-inch models at 199 bucks and an ipad or tablet that starts around $499. >> but i can see some women justifying buying a smaller one to fit in their smaller purse and keep the other one for the big one, and maybe this could help them, too, because the big surprise, apple says, is that it's bringing out a new regular-sized ipad, right? but what if you just bought a new ipad just a few months ago? >> this is the problem with technology! this is the problem. sometimes it moves too quick. and so, we've been hearing some rumors. what i suggest people do is if you just recently bought the newest ipad, the third-generation ipad, that you call the store that you bought it from and see if they're willing to work out some type of arrangement for you for some type of credit or return. other than that, we don't have any official word from apple on what they would be doing with the previous generations. >> you feel like you're jumping on the last one so quickly, then you feel like you've been duped! >> i know. >> at least some people do. mario, thanks. >> thank you. a new election controversy now after one candidate says that pregnancies from rape are god's will. and the guy who hit that triple in the giants' crazy win over the cardinals wants his bat, but it's gone! i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ get this, a senate candidate from indiana says that pregnancies that result from rape are god's will. republican richard mourdock said that during a debate last night. he was explaining why he's against abortion, including in cases of rape and incest. >> i believe that life begins at conception. the only exception i have to have an abortion is in that case of the life of the mother. i just, i struggled with it myself for a long time, but i came to realize, life is that gift from god, and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> now, mourdock later wrote he didn't mean that god wants anyone to be raped. his opponent, democrat joe donnelly, called the statement disrespectful of rape survivors. before the san francisco giants play in the world series tonight, one of their players is working hard to get back his lucky charm. he's going to need some luck. joe's in for carlos. >> oh, yeah, when he faces that pitcher tonight, sure. hunter pence is who we're talking about. he's like most athletes, very, very superstitious. so, what he does, actually, for a superstition, is he likes to name all of his baseball bats. and before he takes the field for game one of the world series tonight, he'd like to get back the bat he calls friar. that is the bat he broke during game seven monday night. you remember this video, pz awesome. the bat magically shatters and still makes contact with the ball three separate times. now, of course, this historic bat, i should say, was taken from pence and then put into a merchandise stall, and it was sold to a fan for 400 bucks. apparently, there's been some messages exchanged between the giants and this fan. they might get the bat back. they're also looking for a baseball, if anyone's seen one, the one that was caught on the last out. so, if you've seen the baseball, please, give the giants a call. they'd like it back. nascar's most popular driver is going to be back on the track this weekend. dale jr., he's been medically cleared to race at martinsville. he's missed the past two races with concussion symptoms after he crashed in that big one at talladega. funny side note, though, the neurosurgeon who cleared him to race this weekend, the doctor's name is jerry petty. funny that a petty would clear an earnhardt to race. and finally, hard-hitting news coming across this morning. new york jets quarterback mark sanchez and actress eva longoria have apparently called it quits. i know, i know, i know. >> but people are saying it's good news, because they're like, ooh, there's a chance for me now! >> yeah, they're back on the market. it was a quick one, three months, that's all. >> oh. at least she didn't waste her time, or he didn't, looking at it that way. >> they're cutting it clean. apparently, their schedules got in the way. others say it might have been the 12-year age difference, sanchez 25 and longoria 37. i think he looks 37 and she looks 25. just saying. >> aren't you sweet. thanks. forget word games and puzzles, some experts say physical exercise is much better, a workout, anyway, for your brain. plus, is the media spotlight wearing out honey boo boo? see what's happening during her interviews. 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"this will end badly." already, she's been portrayed on "snl." >> and always been telling off no one in particular! >> reporter: debuted on "south park." >> and i've already had three heart attacks, girlfriend! >> reporter: and been mentioned by the president. >> honey boo boo endorsed me. >> barack obama. >> so, that's a big relief. >> reporter: she almost swatted dr. drew. >> hi, hi. >> don't hit. >> reporter: these days, she's less honey and more boo-boo. >> is there something exciting you'd like to talk about? >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> don't know what to say. i've never seen the show, but honey boo boo's show, anyway, but it's kind of hard to watch. >> as a parent myself, i'm like, yeah, why are we rewarding this girl? >> yeah, yeah. >> i mean, you know -- >> let's hope she's okay. >> yeah. >> okay, so, bob, the latest on this sandy storm. what's going on with it? >> we've got problems right now, a lot of wind out there, potentially getting in towards southern florida, so we have tropical storm watches. the bulk of the rain and wind probably won't get there until friday morning. in miami, a little breeze. the high pressure to the north and the storm to the south. you'll see winds pick up to maybe 30 miles per hour. there is the rain from the tower cam. let me show you what's going on air travelwise. no delays yet, but give it time. san francisco, rain and clouds back. that's a major delay. then minor delays, a half hour to an hour new york. miami, wind and rain still a possibility. minneapolis, fine in the morning, storms in the afternoon. salt lake city, rain and snow. there you go. latest on sandy coming up in a few minutes. >> just busy for you today! >> running around. >> bob, thank you. an ohio teenager says he'll cut his hair as soon as it grows one more inch. in the meantime, oh, he's suspended! at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies. that's why we're supplying natural gas to generate cleaner electricity... that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and it's also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol - a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane. >>a minute, mom! let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking advair. if you're still having difficulty breathing, ask your doctor if including advair could help improve your lung function. get your first full prescription free and save on refills at advaircopd.com. who shared the same great love, stargazing. so what better holiday gift for charlotte than a few million billion stars? with his ultrabook™, inspired by intel, featuring intel® core™ processors, billy captured the entire cosmos in all its glory and sent it to her. happy holidays charlotte. 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researchers say that exercise might help prevent alzheimer's disease. that contradicts traditional thinking that keeping your brain busy with puzzles and games would do the trick. doctors say physical activity helps promote a healthy heart and heart and brain health are related. bob's been up and moving all over the building this morning, keeping a close eye on tropical storm sandy this morning. what's the latest, bob? >> we're looking at it right now. hasn't gained any strength in the last six hours, and that's good news. 75-mile-per-hour windstorm, but you can see the proximate yim towards the bo hamahamas, cuba jamaica, cuts off around the bahamas, but gets close to miami, too. let me show you the numbers on this, because i think it will gain strength over the next couple hours. as of 8:00 a.m., 70-mile-per-hour sustained windstorm, moving north, about 90 miles away from kingston, jamaica. look at the path, goes all the way north over the next couple days, goes over cuba and ultimately in towards the bahamas, then bends away from the u.s. mainland towards bermuda, but it could get picked up by a cold front to the north there, transfers its energy and may be a major nor'easter next week. that's up in the air, but we'll watch that. you can see the purple shaded hurricane warnings, tropical storm warnings in blue, tropical storm watches in yellow, and that includes parts of florida from jupiter inlet all the way to the keys. that's the way it goes. all right, back to the maps, show you what's happening. rain coming in between west palm and ft. lauderdale, getting in towards hollywood. a good shot of rain here is off-and-on stuff. it's a little breezy today for middle florida. you get up to the north, a lot of low-level clouds with the warm front. let me take you to new york. the warm front is almost directly overhead and that means showers. you can see it on the lens right there. there's the way it looks, cloudy skies and rain showers. that means, yep, air travel delays. more details in a little bit. all right, if you use a tracking feature to find your stolen smartphone, you are violating the thief's privacy. some people say yes. is that true? hmm. and look at this, this little girl in a white shirt at the top of your screen whipped out a gun on a school bus. an 11, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you one-to-one. together for your future. ♪ ♪ mile after mile, to and from ♪ now there are four for all to use ♪ ♪ tell the neighbors, friends, everyone the news ♪ ♪ and let's hum, hum, hum, hum ♪ ♪ let's hum ♪ a prius for everyone ♪ there's a bigger one, if you want more space ♪ ♪ a small one if the city's your place ♪ ♪ and even one you can plug in ♪ so hop on in and give one a spin ♪ ♪ and let's hum, hum, hum, hum ♪ ♪ let's hum ♪ a prius for everyone so, say someone steals your iphone. you use an app to track it down. are you violating the robber's privacy? are you kidding me? i'm jennifer westhoven. but get this, a famous "the new york times" tech writer, david pope, lost his iphone, so he tapped "find my iphone" and found it at a stranger's house in maryland. so, he posted the address online and said, hey, can somebody help me find that? well, police stepped in and helped, but there was some controversy here. some people pointed out that this was a gross violation of the stranger's privacy! so, i've been asking, what do you think? you can tweet me @jenwesthoven. here's a couple people. one said "i think thieves should unionize." yeah, they could get a representation and uphold their rights. but most people said if they don't want their privacy violated, maybe they shouldn't steal someone else's property. i got 11 tweets on that, but you can tweet me any time. if you are forgetful about me and don't know about apps like this, they are a blessing. i tend to leave my phone many places, usually just the place where i'm not, home or work. there's an app called find iphone, also works for ipad. you just click it once you get it set up in your settings and it will let you know that, for instance, right now my iphone is here at the cnn center, but there are plenty of instances where it says it's at home, probably under the bed. two businessmen gave up their suits and ties to scare people for a living. halloween keeps them pretty busy. we're going to take you behind the screams in this "small business success." ♪ >> i'm chris stafford. >> i'm warren connor. >> and we're in the business of scaring people. >> zombies everywhere! >> we actually met working at a haunted house as teenagers. in 2002, we opened our first haunted house. at the time, it was kind of a hobby. >> i have my own company. i had a lighting company. >> i was in the banking industry. eventually just grew legs and took on a life of its own. >> in the beginning, we did everything, from painting, taking out the trash, building. >> in 2008, we opened our 13th haunted house in denver. that's when we started bringing people on full time to work with us. we own and operate four attractions in three separate markets now. >> this is part of our backstage area. about 30 minutes to an hour, this place will be pretty chaotic. >> i have a spider room. >> we have a ton of people getting things together, sound, light, fog, actors, makeup. >> i don't think any business is truly recession-proof, but people still want to be entertained. we only come once a year, so i think that's helped us. >> i've described it as a pinball machine, so many moving parts and everything has to work perfectly to put on a good show. >> oh, my god, i ran into the wall! >> oh, that's thrill you get after a place like that. that's so fun. i've never seen a business like that, only individual homes. well, if you'd like to see more small business stories like that one, get some ideas for your own business, maybe think about starting your own, go to hlntv.com/robin. all right, weird or helpful? it's a camera that you wear that snaps a picture every 30 seconds. would you buy it? and the miami marlins manager once got in hot water for saying he loved fidel castro. he is getting the zipato. he's getting the boot! with the spark cash card from capital one, sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! 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"the huffington post" says so-called parasite porn websites have found different ways to steal photos to use without anyone's permission. this from reuters. the reality show focusing on whitney houston's family debuts tonight. it's called "the houstons: on our own." houston's daughter, bobbi kristina, will be the focus. and what if you could have some sort of dashboard cam for your life? a company developed a mini cam that you can wear as a necklace that takes a picture every 30 seconds. the business insider says the first cameras could be sold in february. all right, good morning. i'm joe carter. that was quick! the marlins fired their controversial manager after just one season. at the start of the season, miami was so optimistic, they built and opened that beautiful $600 million stadium, signed all those big-name players, and they hired the fiery ozzie guillen to, you know, manage it all, but that managerial experience did not pan out well for them. it started in september when he signed that four-year, $10 million contract. and then in april, the cuban-american community wanted him out after he said he respected fidel castro. then in may, ozzie retired from twitter after months and months of ranting on the site. then in september, the marlins finished in last place in the national league east. and that was it. yesterday, the marlins said no mas! you're done! here's the pink slip. but he actually walks away still getting $7 million from the team. ooh! masters champion bubba watson is in bermuda right now working on his tan and also playing in the grand slam of golf, an event that pits the winners of this year's four major championships against each other and our robin meade is also working on her tan and she's a newbie to golf. she played in the pro-am with bubba this week and asked him for advice for folks who want to start swinging the wrenches. >> so, for our viewers who are like, i don't know if i want to try golf, you taught yourself. >> the first part is, what i learned as a kid, my dad, my mom, they told me to go out there and get out of the house, don't play video games. get out of the house and enjoy the atmosphere, the scenery and mingling with other people. and it's not about how good you are at the game, it's just about the other side of it. >> see? there's more to life than just video games. get out and play. you can catch the grand slam of golf after you play outside at 4:00 p.m. eastern today. that's sports. [ laughter ] it's my initiative to get kids moving. >> let's get out of here. let's go outside. all right, you love "morning express," but have you checked out "evening express" yet? it starts at 5:00 p.m. eastern and is based in many ways on our format. so if you love our show, you'll love theirs, too. it's ryan smith. he's got a look at what they're working on for tonight's show. >> well, are you one of those prepared patients who writes down your questions for the doctor? i'm going to tell you about one woman who got charged extra just for doing that. we're going to also tell you about ways you can make sure you're prepared for the doctor without getting punished for p tp that's "evening express," 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. eastern here on hln. all right, e-mails to the white house shed some light on who knew what and when about that attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. and a teenager brought a loaded gun on a school bus while another student decided to bring her to the ground. good morning, if you are traveling by air, a couple of problems we're watching, down in southern florida and we have a web cam out of jamaica, the entire island under a hurricane warning. this is what it looks like on the western tip, so far so good. the camera is not shaking around but we'll see the wind pick up later this morning and hurricane force winds approach jamaica by mid to late afternoon. an hour or more delay around san francisco, that's rain and clouds with the storm out west. then half hour to hour long delays a possibility around new york. low clouds will be out and same with miami. showers off and on around miami as well. winds to 35 miles per hour. then minneapolis, fog in the morning and storms coming late in the afternoon. salt lake city, rain and snow. full details in a little bit. >> rain and snow, a little bit of both. thanks. >> startling surveillance video shows a teenage girl whipping out a gun on a school bus. look at the top of your screen here. you can see the girl stand up and load a gun. sheriff's deputies in jackson, mississippi, say she had five rounds in it. another student eventually tackled her and grabbed the gun. when they got to school the gun was confiscated and the girl arrested. there was a small funeral for one big texan for big text. there was dancing and singing in the aisles. who is big tex? the mascot that went up in flames last week and a lot of people have a lot of memories. >> big tex, that was something, i ain't never seen anything animated something like that, that large. and they said, well in texas we do everything big. >> welcome, folks to state fair of texas. welcome, welcome, welcome. >> organizers have promised to rebuild big tex for next year's state fair of texas. late night hosts won't get another chance to make hay out of the event. so they had to make a final showdown. >> i thought bob schieffer did a great job. he instructed the audience not to clap for any reason because in his house that makes the lights go on and off. well, this is not bob schieffer's first time, he also moderated the bush/kerry debate in 2004 and douglas debate in 1858. >> experts agreed that obama, president obama won on substance. and i said, big deal lance armstrong won on several substances. one, what's that? >> the tsa has fired hundreds of employees for stealing stuff. mike rowe here at a ford dealer with a little q&a for fiona. tell me fiona, who's having a big tire event? 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for first time we're learning which airports had the most tsa employees fired for theft. the top three were miami, where 29 were fired and new york's jfk and lax, the tsa gave the numbers to abc news and in all fired 400 employees for allegedly stealing from passengers. a florida mom is hoping to find a cure for her wheelchair bound daughter, tammy says her daughter brianna was a healthy 5-year-old girl but after immunizations things changed. eventually she wasn't able to eat or talk or even stand up. after five years of treatment at some of the best hospitals, her mom is trying a different approach, iv treatments of antioxidants. the doctor hopes it will detox her cells. the family reached their insurance cap so they are trying to raise $25,000 for the little girl's treatment. guilty pleasures week on quts dancing with the star went gangnam style. ♪ >> are you staring and like huh? maybe you've seen the dance before. four celebrities joined their partners and some of them were nearly naked. judges loved this though, couldn't get enough. they gave everybody 9 points out of 10 points. maybe that's why. nobody faced elimination this week. >> waking up on the right side of the bed? i'm natasha curry for robin meade. a missing 12-year-old found murdered now cops say a pair of teen brothers killed her for her bike. and a new election controversy after one candidate says pregnancies from rape are god's will. i want you to look at this, we have sandy and here's florida. it's heading to the north to jamaica as possibly a hurricane later today. i'll show you that track in a couple of minutes. first this, two teen brothers arrested for murdering a 12-year-old girl. their mom is the one who turned them into police. the teens lived around the corner from autumn pasquale and prosecutors believe they lured her into her home for her bmx bike but ended up killing her. they found autumn's bike in the boys' home and neighbors are devastated. >> i'm scared. it's devastating and unnerving, this is a quiet town. >> we have lost a precious, precious child. >> gut wrenching. to see anybody do this to a child, it's terrible. >> hundreds of people honored autumn at this memorial last night. prosecutors say the 15 and 17-year-old suspects may be tried as adults. two hours after the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya, the white house knew islamic militants were taking credit for it, that's according to state department e-mails obtained by cnn. minutes after the attack began, the white house and the pentagon were alerted that the consulate was under attack with rockets and heavy gunfire. the u.s. ambassador and three other diplomats were killed in the attack on the 9/11 anniversary. >> republican senator is calling for hearings by the way. it's already a big issue. mitt romney slammed the president saying he sent mixed messages on the attack. president obama did refer to it as an act of terror the day afterward but the white house also suggested for more than a week that the attack may have been a protest that got out of hand. a cnn foreign affairs reporter talks about what was known that night. >> this was sent out it seems by the state department operation center. so this went to the white house situation room, many officials at the white house, fbi, pentagon, cia, many different agencies. i don't think president obama or vice president biden would have gotten these messages per se but certainly the president and vice president were briefed that night and certainly this claim of responsibility, the idea they were militants i'm sure they were notified that night about what was going on. but what the assessment was, what the intelligence was about how this attack came to be, was it preplanned? was there a protest? these are the kind of things that sthook out over the coming days. >> what impact will this have less than two weeks before the election? there's no comment so far from the white house. finally, apple fans got a look at this newest creation, the ipad mini and apple surprised everyone with a new ipad 4. all of these new gadget. >> there are lots of -- it did seem like they managed to bring back the ooh and ahh at this meeting after months of speculation about a mini ipad. apple finally showed off its latest little darling. the price though, $330. that had a lot of people say, i was hoping it would cost less, many people even getting their hopes up as a christmas present. because a lot of competitors like the kindle or nexus 7 they are more like $250 and there's talk some of those might be $100 for the holidays on sale. for this to be so much more, some people went oh. apple wants to boast, we are better in their opinion. thin as a pencil and light as a pad of paper. should start shipping in a couple of weeks. they also showed off an ipad 4. so i guess they can still keep a secret. i hadn't seen much about that. it is faster both inside and its connection as well. so that means what the ipad 3 i'm holding here, which is not very old and was hundreds of dollars, is now the old slow ipad. but natasha, it means that all of their new products, the big ones out there, the iphone 5 and new ipad and mini pad use that lightning connector so they say a real fans, they don't have that problem with spaghetti that you have with the rest of us. >> the lightning thing, that the adapter switch -- >> okay. jennifer, thank you. >> there is now a criminal investigation into the fungal meningitis outbreak that killed at least 23 people. and massachusetts is permanently pulling the license of the company that made the shots blamed in the outbreak. the state department of health says there was visible black matter in seals viales at the compounding center and the pharmacy failed to sterilize products. >> they were operating beyond the scope of their compounding license, instead acting as a manufacturer. >> the very questions you're asking, i'm asking. and the investigation continues around that. >> georgia is the latest state to report a case of fungal meningitis. more than 300 people have gotten sick from contaminated steroid shots. again, 23 people have died. someone sent bogus letters to voters in florida questioning their citizenship and right to vote. officials are investigating what may be an effort to keep some people from voting. republicans have been targeted. but people supporting both parties have gotten letters. our affiliate wkmg talked to election officials. >> this is a completely fake letter, has no bearing on their eligibility at all. >> it may scare people into voting. >> true. >> you should not expect a letter from the registration office you're not registered, don't go to the polls. that's ridiculous. the other tipoff, no return address on the letters. postmark is from seattle. a woman found with burns all over her body is accused of making up a story about being a hate crime victim. sharmeka was found with 90% of her body burned and said three men attacked her in a park and wrote kkk on her car. police now say she lit herself on fire. >> evidence has recovered that from a cigarette lighter and charcoal starter bottle with her fingerprints was on the bottle. >> moffett is in critical condition but stable. >> wow, that one is hard to wrap your brain around. let's get over to bob van dillen. is it a hurricane yet? i know you've been closely watching it. >> it's going to be close when it comes to jamaica, probably be a hurricane once it hits later this afternoon. here's cloud cover across the caribbean and lower part of the atlantic. there's florida too. there it is, just south of kingston moving on up towards the north and should make landfall as a category one storm then it chugs into cuba. then the bahamas and all the while losing strength and losing that tropical characteristics and moving into cooler water and interacts with the cold front. the cold front across the united states will take it and most likely turn it into a major nor'easter storm. that track is still up in the air. let me show you jamaica, thr under a hurricane warning right now. they took preparations yesterday, montego bay shut down. you can see the hurricane-force winds there by early afternoon hours. hurricane warnings are out there. let me show you the rest of the region. we have the track towards the north. hurricane warnings are in purple. slide it up north farther, the yellow and blue, blue is a tropical storm warning for most of the bahamas and a tropical storm watch now, jupiter inlet down to the florida keys. you can see the winds 30 to 35 miles per hour but the real tropical storm force stuff won't reach florida for a couple of days. west palm beach, a warm front snakes across the northeast. a lot of clouds out there and maybe air travel delays here and severe weather is a possibility around the cold front and you can see the way it looks and get out to the west. more winter weather. we'll look at that in a bit. we've been rolling on this all morning, miami time lapse. you talk about tropical in nature. you had the high pressure up to the north and storm down to the south. that means winds off the ocean today for everybody in the east coast of florida, maybe 30 to 35 miles per hour. look at the clouds. heavy rain makers are a possibility as well. what about air travel? we'll get to that in a little bit. >> thanks so much. >> this will make you put your cell phone down real fast. there might be a lot of nasty germs lurking on it. a senate candidate makes some very controversial comments about rape and pregnancy. 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a shark attacked and killed a surfer off the coast of an air force base. here's where it happened. vandenberg, near santa barbara, the surfer was out with friends and one of them saw what happened and pulled his friend out of the water. the surfer is not affiliated with the base but the beach is closed for now. the cost of going to college is rising a lot faster than almost anything else. tuition and fees at public schools are up 5%. that's more than twice the rate of inflation, dorms and books and meals all cost more too. but college board said states have cut aid and more students are going to college. people fainted and ran away when a man showed up at his own wake. what? his family thought he was murdereded in brazil because the body they identified looked like him. he says that a friend saw him and said, everyone thinks you're dead. he tried to call somebody at the wake but they thought it was a prank. so he just showed up instead and told them, i'm alive. pinch me. >> startling surveillance video shows a teenage girl whipping out a gun on a school bus. look at the top of the screen in the video. you can see the girl there stand up and load the gun. sheriff's deputies in jackson, mississippi, say she had five rounds in it. another student eventually tackled her and grabbed that gun when they got to school. tefs confiscated and the 14-year-old girl was arrested. >> one the best ways to keep your brain fit, maybe to just get up and get moving. researchers say that exercise might help prevent alz himer's disease. that contradicts traditional thinking that keeping your brain busy with puzzles and games would do the trick. doctors say physical activity promotes a healthy heart and heart and brain health are related. a colorado girl says after hearing about the murder of jessica ridgeway, she knew what to do when two strangers approached her. >> i was standing at the bus stop and there was a black man, he told me to get in the car. i said no. and then he drove away. i was really, really scared. >> i just think about what happened to the little girl and i didn't want that to happen to her. we almost lost her. >> thank god she's okay. aurora police are looking for two men, one white and one african-american in a green suv and warning parents about what happened. jessica ridgeway's body was found earlier this month just 20 miles from this kidnapping attempt. nearly 100,000 eddie bauer bass nets are being recalled. they could be dangerous for your child. i'll let you tell the details there. you're looking out for us this morning. >> good morning, thank you. we were trying to get things ready for on the air. safety officials and makers say they had more than a dozen reports where if you've seen these rocking bassinettes, it has a bottom lock and if it doesn't click, it can trap the baby on the side. can you come out to me. if it's rocking and it gets stuck this way, then the baby basically gets trapped and then you have the possibility of suffocation. the bass net was sold at major stores like target and toys "r" us, the details are on our website in case you have one. they are not letting me do the hobbit story. facebook is finally making money as it starts to crack the mobile business. and also shares of netflix are moving a little bit lower. >> back to the basinettes, reminds me of the bump story. i'm glad no babies have died because of that. can sexting lead to porn? 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able to eat, talk, or even stand up. after five years of treatment, at some of the best hospitals, her mom is trying a different approach. i.v. treatments of antioxidants. the doctor hopes it will detox her cells. the family reached their insurance cap so they're trying to raise $25,000 for the little girl's treatment. guilty pleasures week on "dancing with the stars" went gangnam style. ♪ >> maybe you've seen the dance before. the four celebs joined their professional dancers. judges loved this. they gave everybody nine points out of ten points. maybe that's why. no one faced elimination this week. waking up on the right side of the bed. i'm natasha curry in for robin meade. a missing 12-year-old found murdered, now cops say a pair of teen brothers killed her for her bike. and a new election controversy after one candidate says pregnancies from rape are god's pregnancies from rape are god's will. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we have sandy right here, will hit jamaica possibly as a hurricane today. i'll show you that track in a couple of minutes. first this, two teen brothers arrested for murdering a 12-year-old girl. their mom's the one who turned them in to police. the teens lived around the corner from the little girl. prosecutors believe they lured her into their home, for her bmx bike but ended up killing her. police found autumn's bike in the boys' home. neighbors are devastated. >> i'm scared. it's devastating, it's unnerving. this is a nice quiet town. >> we have lost a precious, precious child. >> gut wrenching. that anybody would do this to a child, it's terrible. >> hundreds of people honored autumn at this memorial last night. prosecutors say the 15 and 17-year-old suspects may be tried as adults. two hours after the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya, the white house knew islamic militants were taking credit for it, according to state department e-mails obtained by cnn. minutes after the attack began, the white house and the pentagon were alerted that the consulate was under attack with rockets and heavy gunfire. the u.s. ambassador and three other diplomats were killed in that attack on the 9/11 anniversary. republican senator saxby chambliss is calling for hearings, already a big issue in the election, mitt romney slammed the president when he said he sent mixed messages on the attack. the white house suggested for more than a week that the attack may have been a protest that got out of hand. a cnn foreign affairs reporter talked about what was known that night. >> this was sent out, it seems, by the state department operations center. so this went to the white house situation room, many officials at the white house, fbi, pentagon, cia, many different agencies. i don't think president obama or vice president biden would have gotten these messages per se, but certainly the president and vice president were briefed that night and certainly this claim of responsibility, the idea that there were armed militants, i'm sure they were notified that night about what was going on. but what the assessment was, what the intelligence was about how this attack came to be, was it pre-planned, was there a protest, these are the kind of things that shook out over the coming days. >> so what impact will this have less than two weeks before the election. no comment so far from the white house. finally, apple fans got a look at this newest creation, ipad mini. apple surprised everyone with a new ipad 4. jennifer westhoven is here with the new gadgets. >> there were lots of -- it did seem like they managed to bring back some of the ooh and ah at this meeting after months of speculation about a mini ipad, apple finally showed och the latest little darling, let's call it. the price, though, $330. that had a lot of people saying, oh, i was hoping it would cost less. many getting their hopes up as a christmas present. the kindle or the nexus 7, they're more like $250. there's even talk that some of those might be $100 for the holidays on sale. for this one to be so much more, a lot of people went, ah. but apple likes to boast, we're better, in their opinion. they call it thin as a pencil, light as a pad of paper and hope it will be a hit with students as well. should start shipping in a couple of weeks. surprise, though, they also showed off an ipad 4. i guess they can still keep a secret. i haven't seen much about that. the new one is factorable inside and connection as well. that means what the ipad 3 i'm holding here, which is not very old, and was hundreds of dollars, is now the old slow ipad. but natasha, it means basically all of their new products, the iphone 5, the new ipad and the mini pad use the lightning connector. they said, well, our real fan, they don't have that problem with spaghetti that you have with the rest of us. >> the lightning thing, is that the little adapter switch? >> yeah. >> okay. jennifer, thank you. there is now a criminal investigation into the fungal meningitis outbreak that's killed 23 people. massachusetts is permanently pulling the license of a company that made the shots blamed in the outbreak. the state department of health says there was visible black matter in sealed vials at the new england compounding center. the pharmacy failed to sterilize products. and floor mats was obviously dirty. >> they were beyond the scope of their compounding license. >> the very questions you're asking, i'm asking. and the investigation continues around it. >> georgia is the latest state to report a case of fungal meningitis. more than 300 people have gotten sick from contaminated steroid shots. again, 23 people have died. someone sent bogus letters to voters in florida questioning their citizenship and the right to vote. officials are investigating what may be an effort to keep some people from voting. republicans have been targeted. but people supporting both parties have gotten letters. our affiliate wkmg talked with election officials. >> this is a completely fake letter. this has no bearing on their eligibility at all. >> it scared some people into not voting. >> true. >> that's what you're worried about. >> right. >> you should not expect a letter from your elections office saying you're not registered to vote. please don't go to the polls. >> another tip-off, no return address on the letters. the postmark is from seattle. a woman found with burns all over her body is now accused of making up a story about being a hate crime victim. she was found with 90% of her body burned sunday. she said three men attacked her in a park and wrote kkk on her car. but police now say she lit herself on fire. >> evidence has recovered 245 from a faulty cigarette lighter with her fingerprints on the bottle. >> she's in critical condition, but stable. that one is hard to wrap your brain around. let's go to bob van dillen who is tracking tropical storm sandy. is it a hurricane yet? >> it's going to be close when it comes to jamaica, probably a hurricane later this afternoon. here's the cloud cover across the caribbean, in the low part of the atlantic. there's florida. the track over the next couple days, there it is, just south of kingston. should make landfall as a category 1 storm maybe with 80-mile-per-hour winds. then the bahamas. but all the while losing a little bit of strength and the tropical characteristics. now, the cold front across the united states will take this and most likely turn it into a major nor'easter storm by this time next week. that track is still up in the air. we'll watch that over the next couple of days. let me show you jamaica. they are in a hurricane warning right now. they made preparations yesterday. right now montego bay, the airport is closed. rains will pick up shortly here. you can see the hurricane force winds there by early afternoon hours. the hurricane warnings are out there. we do have the track going up to the north. hurricane warnings in purple. north a little farther, the blue is a tropical storm warning for most of the bahamas, a tropical storm watch now all the way down to the florida keys. the winds today about 30, 35 miles an hour. the real tropical storm force stuff won't reach florida until probably early friday morning. so you've got a couple of days. rain at west palm beach. a lot of clouds out there. maybe some air traffic delays here. severe weather a possibility around this cold front into minnesota, iowa, too. you see the area out to the west, more winter weather. this is cool. we've been rolling on this all morning. miami time lapse. you talk about tropical nature. the high pressure up to the north, the storm down to your south. that means winds off the ocean today for everybody in the east coast of florida, maybe 30 to 35 miles per hour. look at the clouds. heavy rainmakers are a possibility here today. what about air travel, it will be affected. >> bob, thanks so much. this will make you put your cell phone down real fast. there might be a lot of nasty germs 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even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> mourdock later wrote he didn't mean that god wants anyone to be raped, but his opponent called it disrespectful of rape survivors. an ohio school student grew his hair long down his back. here it is. he was hoping to donate it to kids battling cancer, but his school says you've got to cut it off. >> you set guidelines to fit everybody's needs. that's where we cut the line is the length of hair. and he went beyond that boundary. >> i'm going to keep doing this. these kids, who are less fortunate than myself, i'm going to let them have a chance at a normal life. >> zachary's hair will be long enough to donate to locks of love for one more week. he served suspension because he wouldn't cut it off immediately. in suspension for a good cause it sounds like, bob. depends how you look at it. >> there you go. natas natasha, good morning to you. southern florida, let me show you the 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the next day, but for more than a week administration officials still were saying they had no reason to believe it was a planned attack. a small homemade airplane crashed into a field in california. two people onboard the single-engine plane were killed. witnesses say it looked like the pilot lost control 1,500 feet above ground. the crash is under investigation. disney wants the world to know their new princess is not latina. sophia, the first debuts next month. she was called disney's first latina princess. some people complained she didn't look, quote, hispanic enough. now the company is clarifying saying that she is of mixed heritage. with the election day less than two weeks away now, the zingers are really flying on the campaign trail. yesterday in florida, president obama accused mitt romney of forgetting his foreign policy positions during monday's debate. but romney says the debates gave him the momentum. >> we've come up with a name for this condition. it's called romneshia. we had a severe outbreak last night. >> we've gone through four debates now. we've gone through four debates with the vice presidential debate and my debates. and we haven't heard an agenda from the president. and that's why his campaign is taking on water and our campaign is full speed ahead. >> both candidates will campaign in iowa today as they make their way through several battleground states. did you hear about this? a shark attacked and killed a surfer off the coast of an air force base? here's where it happened, vandenberg air force base, the 39-year-old surfer was out with three of his friends yesterday. one of them actually saw what happened and pulled his friend out of the water. the surfer is not affiliated with the base, by the way, but the beach is closed for now. the cost of going to college is rising a lot faster than almost anything else. tuition and fees at public schools are up nearly 5%. that's more than twice the rate of inflation. dorms, books and meals all cost more, too. the college board said states have cut aid, plus more students are going to college. people fainted and ran away when a man showed up at his own wake. what? his family thought he was murdered in brazil, because the body they identified looked like him. he says that a friend saw him and said, everyone thinks you're dead. so he tried to call somebody at the wake but they thought it was a prank. so he just showed up instead and told them, i'm alive. pinch me. startling surveillance video shows a teenage girl whipping out a gun on a school bus. you can see the girl there, stand up and load the gun. sheriff's deputies in jackson, mississippi, say she had five rounds in it. another student eventually tackled her and grabbed that gun when they got to school. the gun was confiscated. the 14-year-old girl was arrested. one of the best ways to keep your brain fit. maybe just get up and get moving. researchers say that exercise might help prevent alzheimer's disease. that contradicts traditional thinking that keeping your brain buzz i with puzzles and games would do the trick. doctors say physical activity helps promote a healthy heart, and heart and brain health are related. this is scary. a colorado girl says after hearing about the murder of jessica ridgeway, she knew what to do when two strangers approached her. >> i was standing at the bus stop, and there was a black man, he told me to get in the car. i said no. and then he drove away. i was really, really scared. >> i just think about what happened to the little girl and i didn't want that to happen to her. and we almost lost her. >> thank god she's okay. aurora police are looking for two men, one white, one african-american, in a green suv. they're also warning parents about what happened. 10-year-old jessica ridgeway's body was found earlier this month. that happened just 20 miles from this kidnapping attempt. nearly 100,000 eddie bauer bassinets are being recalled. they could be dangerous for your child. jen, i'll let you tell the details. you're looking out for us this morning. >> good morning, natasha. safety officials and the makers say they've had more than a dozen reports where if you've seen these rocking bassinets, it does this, there's a bottom lock. but if it doesn't click, when the bassinet rocks, it can trap the baby on the side. let's see if i can show you that. can you come out to me? if it's rocking and gets stuck this way, then the baby basically gets trapped. then you have the possibility of suffocation. it was sold online. the details are all on our website in case you have one. they're not letting me do the hobbit story. facebook story moving higher, said it's finally making money as it starts to crack the mobile business. that's one stock we'll be watching this morning. shares of netflix are moving a little bit lower. back to the bassinets, though. that reminds me of the bumper pads. the baby could get caught right there in the corner. its nose could get caught or something. thank you for pointing that out. i'm glad no babies have died because of that. all right. can sexting lead to porn? what do you think? your private photos might actually end up on a porn site without your permission. think about your kids. also, investigators could be one step closer to finding jessica ridgeway's killer. they've linked the 10-year-old's disappearance to another case. f. did he catch the early flight home? will he surprise the kids? 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maybe you've seen the dance before. joining partners in the free-style dance. some of them ordinarily naked. yeah. judges loved this, though. couldn't get enough and gave everybody nine points out of ten points. maybe that's why. no one faced elimination this week. waking up on the right side of the bed. i'm natasha curry. it's wednesday, october 24th. so glad you joined us. a pair of teen brothers killed a girl for her bike. and election controversy after one candidate says pregnancies from rape are god's will? and look at this. sandy right here. here's florida. you can see it's headed towards the north. hitting jamaica as possibly a hurricane later today. i'll show thaw track coming up in a couple minutes. >> thanks, bob. first this. two teen brothers arrested for murdering a 12-year-old girl. their mom's the one who turned them into police. the teen's lived around the corner from autumn pasquale in clayton, new jersey. prosecutors believe he lured her into their home for her bmx bike but ended up murdering her. police found her bike in their home. neighbors are devastated. >> i'm scared. this is a nice, quiet town. >> we have lost a precious, precious child. >> gut wrenching. to see anybody do this to a child is just -- it's terrible. >> hundreds of people honored autumn at this memorial last night. prosecutors say the 15 and 17-year-old suspects may be tried as adults. two hours after the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya, the white house knew islamic militants were taking credit for it. that's according to state department e-mails obtained by cnn. minutes after the attack began, the white house and the pentagon were alerted that the consulate was under attack with rockets and heavy gunfire. the u.s. ambassador and three other diplomats were killed in that attack on the 9/11 anniversary. republican senators saxby chambliss is calling for hearing. it's a big issue in the election. mitt romney slammed the president saying he sent mixed messages on the attack. president obama did refer to it as an act of terror the day afterward, but the white house also suggested for more than a week that the attack may have been a protest that got out of hand. a cnn foreign affairs reporter talked about what was known that night. >> this was sent out, it seems, by the state department operations center. so this went to the white house situation room. many officials at the white house, fbi, pentagon, cia, many different agencies. i don't think president obama or vice president biden would have gotten these messages, per se, but certainly the president and the vice president were briefed that night, and certainly this claim of responsibility, the idea they were armed militants, i'm sure they were notified that night about what was going on, but what the assessment was, what the intelligence was about how this attack came to be, was it pre-planned? was there a protest? these are the kind of things that shook out over the coming days. so what impact will this have less than two weeks before the election? there's no comment so far from the white house. finally, apple fans got a look at this newest i-creation. the ipad mini. and apple surprised everyone with a new ipad 4. jennifer westhoven is here with the new gadgets. >> there were lots of -- it did seem like they managed to bring back some of the ooh and awe at this meeting after months of speculation about a mini ipad apple shows off its latest little daryl, let's call it. the price, $330 a head. a lot of people say, oh, hoped it would cost less. many people getting hopes up as a christmas present, because a lot of competitors like the kindle or the nexus 7 are more like $250 and even talk some might be $100 at the holidays on sale. this one to be so much more. some people went, oh. apple likes to sort of boast, well, we're better, in their opinion. apple calls it thin as a pencil, light as a pad of paper and clearly signaling they hope it will be a hit with students and well and should ship's in a couple weeks. surprise. also showed off an ipad 4. guess they can still keep a secret. hadn't heard about that. newest faster inside and its connection as well. that means what the ipad 3 i'm holding here, which is not very old, and was hundreds of dollars, is now -- the old, slow ipad. but, natasha, it means basically all new products, big ones out there, iphone 5, new ipad and mini pad all use that lightning connector. so they would say, real fans don't have that problem, spaghetti you have for the rest of us. >> the lightning thing, the new adapter switch? >> yeah. a new connector. >> oh.jennif jennifer, thank you. the fungal meningitis break killed at least 23 people and massachusetts is permanently pulling the license of the company that made the shots blamed in the outbreak. the state department of health says there was visible black matter in sealed vials at the new england compounding center. the pharmacy failed to sterilize products and floor mats visibly dirty. >> operating beyond the scope instead acting as a manufacturer. >> the very questions you're asking, i'm asking, and the investigation continues around it. >> georgia is the latest state to report a case of fungal meningitis. more than 300 people have gotten sick from contaminated steroid shots. again, 23 people have died. someone sent bogus letters to voters in florida questioning their citizenship and their right to vote. officials are investigating what may be an effort to keep some people from voting. republicans have been targeted. people supporting both parties have gotten letters. our affiliate wkmg talked with election officials. >> this is a completely fake letter, this has no bearing on their eligible at all. >> reporter: it could scare people into not voting? >> true. >> reporter: that's what you're worried about? >> you should not expect a letter, please don't go the polls. that's ridiculous. >> the other tip-off, no return address on the letters. the postmark is from seattle. a woman found with burns all over her body is now accused of making up a story about being a hate crime victim. sharmeka moffitt was found with 90% of her body burned in winnsborough, louisiana sunday. she said three men attacked her in a park, this park, and wrote kkk on her car. but police now say she lit herself on fire. >> evidence has recovered that from a faulty cigarette lighter and charcoal starter bottle with her fingerprints on it was on the bottle. >> moffitt is in critical condition but stable. >> wow. that one is hard to wrap your brain around. over to bob van dillen, following tropical storm sandy as it heads towards jamaica. a hurricane yet? >> close when it comes to jamaica. probably a hurricane once it hits later this afternoon. the cloud cover across the caribbean in towards the low part of the atlantic. there's florida. the track over the next couple days. there it is south of kingston towards the north. should make landfall as a category one storm with 80 mile-per-hour winds and chucks towards cuba and the bahamas all the while losing strength and characterist characteristics, oozing into colder water and interacts with the cold front. that will take this and most likely turn into a major nor'easter storm by this time next week. that track is still up in the air. watching it the next couple of days. jamaica, in a hurricane warning now. the preparations yesterday were taken. right now, montego bay and kingston airport is closed, shut down. rains will pick up shortly here. you see hurricane force winds by early afternoon hours. hurricane warnings are out there. the rest of the region nap track up towards the north. hurricane warnings in purple here. slide it up to the north farther. the yellow and blue. the sblu a tropical storm warning. that's for most of the bahamas. you see tropical storm watch now, jupiter inlet down to the florida keys. see the winds today about 30, maybe 35 miles per hour. the real tropical storm-force stuff doesn't reach florida until early friday morning. a couple days. and a warm front across the northeast. a lot of clouds. maybe air travel delays here and severe weather around this cold front possible around minnesota, and iowa, and out to the west, more winter weather. look at that in a bit. let me show you this. good morning. i wanted to get to an update on breaking news in the atlanta area. this morning, police are now searching for a man who walked into an atlanta church in a suit and tie and started shooting. our affiliate wxia reports one of the persons who worked at church was killed. officials are not releasing that person's name yet, but this happened at world changers international church. if you don't know the church, you may know its pastor. dollar, a famous televangelist. again, we just know of one person who's died in the shooting. the suspect ran off afterwards. more details for you as we get them. 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>> no. >> that a lot of people were upset. here's the story, what it comes to. famous "new york times" writer loses his phone. does what you might do. went online and said, find my iphone. showed up at a stranger's house in maryland so he posted the address online saying, can somebody help me? the police stepped in and got the phone. some pointed out because he wrote about this, this was violating the stranger's privacy. well, we wanted to know what you think. so i've been asking you guys to tweet and check in on this. @jenwesthoven on twitter. it tracks the device. not targeting the thief. craig says, no privacy for the criminal. looking great in that blouse. thanks, craig. that's the fun twitter. anyway, by the way, if you are forgetful, like me, apps like this are a blessing. i'm just going to show you this one. calmed find iphone. i just got it in a folder here. you open something like this and basically register your phone, ipad, any devices. it can be different on the different phones. it takes its time a little bit but then will locate and tell you where your phone is. sometimes if you left it at work, or at home, it's helpful to know it's not stolen or running around the country and, ah. here it is at the cnn center. i looked it up and realized my dad had accidentally taken it home to new jersey. say it isn't so. actress eva longoria and jets quarterback mark sanchez are calling it quits. hmm. what could have gone wrong there? welcome back. i'm joe carter. before the san francisco giants play in the world series tonight one of their players is working hard to give back a lucky charm. like a lot of athletes. superstitious. likes to name his baseball bats. before he takes the field he'd like to get back the bat he calls fryar. that's the bat he broke during game seven sunday night. it shattered, magically made contact with the ball three times. one of the coolest things i've seen. it wound up in a used merchandise stall after the game and sold to a fan for $400. so he wants it back, please. you know what? the giants, they're also looking for a baseball. if anyone's seen the baseball that was caught for the last out, please, give the giants a call. they would also like that back. nascar's most popular driver is going to be back on the track this weekend. dale earnhardt jr. medically cleared to race at martins vilg. he missed the past two races with concussion symptoms after that crash in talladega. the neurosurgeon who cleared him is dr. jerry petty. funny that a petty would clear an earnhardt to race. finally, new york jets quarterback mark sanchez and actress eva longoria have apparently called it quits. that was quick. only dated three months. the reps say their busy schedules got in the way. other reports say it was their 12-year age difference. sanchez, 25, longoria 37. in my opinion, it looks the opposite. she looks 25. he looks 37. >> she looks fantastic. like she never ages. >> she's embalmed. >> she's beautiful. thank you so much, joe. your cell phone can be a big, old germ magnet. several phones were tested and had about normally high levels of bacteria on them. one doctor says you could get the flu, pink eye and other problems from the germs. fortunately, though, many effective cleaning solutions may damage your touch screen. the major companies would say follow the cleaning instructions in the owner's manual. there was a small funeral for one big texan yesterday. mourners gathered in dallas yesterday to remember big tex. dancing in the aisles and singing, too. big tex was the mascot at the state fair of texas. fairgrounds for 60 years. look at this. the metal structure went up in flames last week. no one knows how the fire got started. organizers promised to rebuild big tex for next year's state fair. a stranger suddenly collapses on the sidewalk in front of two off-duty emts. they stand by and do nothing. now, they're actors, but not the people who witnessed their behavior. will anyone call them out? what would you do? it's the hit show now on hln. look. >> reporter: inspired by real events, we wondered what people would do if they witnessed emts who neglect their sworn duty because technically they're on their break. luckily, this woman doesn't need help. she's a stunt actress, and these neglect emts, they're not real either. they're actors hired by "what would you do?" our hidden cameras are rolling on this busy sidewalk in hoboken. when this woman collapses these emts don't move a muscle, not a second goes by before this woman rushes over. >> are you okay? there's an ambulance on the way. >> reporter: the bystanders are looking for help, but these emts are more worried about their food. >> do you want fries? >> i want fries with like a muffin or something. >> you want a muffin? >> yeah. >> what? did she just slip or something? >> you look so bored about it? >> well, i'm on break right now. >> reporter: even though the paramedics walk off -- >> tracy, let's get out of here. >> reporter: amazingly, she keeps her cool. >> i don't want to yell and scream at these people because i don't think it's good to be yelling around someone who fell. >> reporter: hi. >> when we introduce ourselves, she tells us why. >> reporter: what were you trying to do? 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your ford dealer. a senate candidate from ind says pregnancies that result from rape are god's will. republican richard mour dodock d that during a debate last night. >> i believe life begins at conception. the only exception i have for, to have an abortion is in that case of the life of the mother. i struggled with it myself for a long time but came to realize life is a gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> mourdock later wrote he didn't mean that god wants anybody to be raped, but his opponent democrat joe donnelly called the statement disrespectful of rape surviv survivesers. and ohio school student grew his hair long down his back. here it is. he was hoping to donate it to kids battling cancer, but his school says, you got to cut it off. >> when you set guidelines to try to fit everybody's needs, that's where we cut the line, was the length of hair and he went beyond that boundary. >> i'm going to keep doing this. these kids, let fortunate than myself, i'm going to let them have a chance for a normal life. >> he'll have a chance to donate it, when it grows one more inch. he started serving in-school suspension because he wouldn't cut it off immediately. in suspension for a good cause, sounds like, bob. depends how you look at it, though. >> there you go. good morning to you. problems across southern florida now. the wind. we've got a webcam coming out from lauderdale by the sea. look at that. choppy. yeah. the winds, high pressure to the winds. low pressure south of that storm. wind directly off the ocean. good waves. oh, boy. looks like in san francisco. an hour or more delay of clouds and rain. half hour to hour delay around new york and miami. probably minneapolis and salt lake city, too. the latest on sandy is coming up. >> thank you. let me ask you something. is this weird or helpful? 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[ laughing ] [ laughing ] [ laughing ] [ laughing ] ♪ tonight you're going to get the inside story behind the stunning engagement of whitney houston's daughter, bobbi kristina. >> what's what i tell krisy all the time. you're not groun. >> i'll be 20. >> but you're still not grown. >> that's a preview of life time's new reality series about the late singer's family. the engagement was revealed on it. the show premieres tonight and life time says the show is dedicated to remembering whitney and has never before seen home footage of it. and you saw pat houston, whitney's sister-in-law and manager. confidant. catch the show tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. on wall street, stocks could make a comeback today after a terrible day yesterday. the dow started the morning down more than 240 points, because of the profits at some big companies were disappointing. not facebook, though. it did better than expected and its stock went up. 30 minutes past the hour. i'm natasha curry in for robin meade. straight to the headlines we're working on right now. e-mails obtained by cnn show that the white house knew within hours terrorists had claimed responsibility for the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. the president did call it an act of terror of next day, but for more than a week administration officials still said they had no reason to believe it was a manned attack. a small homemade air plplan crashed into a field in california. two people onboard the single engine plane were killed. witnesses say it looked like the pilot lost control 1,500 feet above ground. the crash is under investigation. disney wants the world to know that their new princess is not latina. debuts on the disney channel next month. call eed disney's first latina princess. the company is clarifying saying she is of mixed heritage. wit election day less than two weeks away now, the zingers are really flying on the campaign trail. yesterday in florida, president obama accused mitt romney of forgetting his foreign policy positions during wednesday's debate, but romney says the debates gave him the momentum. >> we've come up with a name for this condition. [ cheers and applause ] it's called romnesia. [ cheers and applause ] [ chanting ] >> we had a -- we had a severe outbreak last night. >> we've gone through four debates now. we've gone through four debates with the vice presidential debate and my debates, and we haven't heard an agenda from the president, and that's why his campaign is taking on water and our campaign is full-speed ahead. >> both candidates will campaign in iowa today as they make their way through several battleground states. did you hear about this? a shark attacked and killed a surfer off the coast of an air force base? here's where it happened. vandenberg air force base near santa barbara, california. the 39-year-old cesir surfer. one saw what happened and pulled his friend out of the water. the surfer is not affiliated with the base, but the beach is closed at least for now. the cost of going to college is rising a lot faster than almost anything else. tuition and fees at public schools are up nearly 5%. that's more than twice the rate of inflation. dorm, books and meals all cost more, too. the college board said states cut aid plus more students are going to college. people fainted and ran away when a man showed up at his own wake. what? his family thought he was murdered in brazil, because the body they identified looked like him. he says that a friend saw him and said, everyone thinks you're dead. he tried to call somebody at the wake, but they thought it was a prank. so he just showed up instead and told them, i'm alive. pinch me. startling surveillance video show as teenage girl whipping out a gun on a school bus. look at the top of your screen in the video. you can see the girl there. stand up and load the gun. sheriff's deputies in jackson, mississippi say she had five rounds in it. another student eventually tackled her and grabbed that gun. when they got to school, the gun confiscated and the 14-year-old girl arrested. and one of the best ways to keep your brain fit. maybe, just get up and get moving. researchers say exercise might help prevent alzheimer's disease. that contradicts traditional thinking, of course, that keeping your brain busy, you know, with puzzles and games would do the trick. doctors say physical activity helps promote a healthy heart, and heart and brain health are related. this is scary. a colorado girl says after hearing about the murder of jessica ridgeway she knew what to do when two strangers approached her. >> i was standing at the bus stop, and there was a black man. he told me to get in the car. i said, no. and then he drove away. i was really, really scared. >> i just think about what happened to the little girl and i didn't want that to happen to her, and we almost lost her. >> thank god she's okay. the police are looking for two men. one white, one african-american in a green suv. they're also warning parents about what happened. 10-year-old jessica ridgeway's body was found earlier this month. that happened just 20 miles from this kidnapping attempt. nearly 100,000 eddie bauer bassinets are being recalled and could be really dangerous for your child. jen, you're looking out for us this morning. >> thank you, natasha. sorry. trying to get things ready here. safety officials and the makers say they've had more than a dozen reports, though, where if you have seen these rocking bassinets, it does this. there's a bottom lock, but if it doesn't click, then when the bassinet rocks, it can trap the baby on the side. let's see if i can show thaw. can you come up to me. so if it's rocking, right? and it gets stuck this way, then the baby basically gets trapped. then a possibility of suffocation. the bassinet sold online. details on our website. in case you have one. they're not letting me do the hobbit story. i get so mad about that. facebook store is moving hire, finally making money as it starts to crack the mobile business. that's one stock we'll be watching this morning. also shares of netflix are moving lower. thank you. >> okay, jen. back to the bassinets, though, reminds me of the bumper pads. a lot of times you hear don't use those. the baby could be caught right there in the corner. its nose caught or something. thank you for pointing that out. i'm glad no babies have died because of that. can sexting lead to porn? what do you think? your private photos might actually end up on a porn site without your permission. think about your kids. also, investigators could be one step closer to finding jessica ridgeway's killer. they've linked her disappearance to another case. ed my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a desktop in zurich... and a telepresence room in brazil. the secure cloud helped us get some numbers from my assistant's pc in new york. and before i reached the top, the board meeting became a congrats we sold the company party. wait til my wife's phone hears about this. 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>> i don't think they should make cameras like that. look at the cloud right there. that is sandy. right into it. show you the path of this thing. yes, it's going to affect ya make kaw and cujamaica and cuba. and watch it move towards the north affecting jamaica today. category 1. hurricane force winds by noontime, early afternoon, then to cuba. rolls through the bahamas out to the middle part of the atlantic coastline before veering away. i don't think it will take a direct hit from the u.s. cold front, remnants, could be a itch maer nor'easter by this time next week. what about warnings? hurricane warnings in pink. you can see the region. jamaica, parts of cuba. tropical storm in yellow. tropical storm warning in blue, and notice florida in a tropical storm watch. across the u.s. see miami, passing showers. going to the north. the way it looks. clouds through washington right through new york and boston, too. low cloudiness. probably a few air travel delays, and out to the midwest a cold front through the dakotas. rain around fargo. that could be severe later this afternoon. especially in minneapolis towards des moines. show you a picture coming out of minneapolis today. going to be warm. temperatures in the 70s. murky. cold front goes by. could see big thunderstorms develop by this afternoon. maybe even isolated tornadoes in minnesota through iowa. but that looks like it will be mid to late afternoon hours. away from there. what else is happening? west coast. watching the energy still around seattle and portland. all snow in higher elevations. winter weather advisories still posted. leave you with this. loveland, colorado. ski resort area. open for business yesterday. first chair went up yesterday morning. one of the guys actually camped out overnight to wait for the first chair lift. it's not natural yet. it's all man-made stuff but natural stuff is on the way especially tonight through tomorrow. there you go. >> looks like so much fun. i haven't been skiing since college, but, boy, is it fun. jerry sandusky moved from a county jail to a state prison. he'll get a physical and mental evaluation then moved to another state prison where he will serve out the rest of his sentence, from pennsylvania's corrections department. sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60er yaos for sexually abusing boys. he is appealing his conviction. the miami marlins manager who once got into hot water for saying he loved fidel castro is getting the boot. what happened? 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