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With wind, rain and maybe even snow. It will go down in the history books when its all done. I know its been tough these last four years but things are about to get better. It is crunch time for the white house. President obama is in the midstative 40hour coast to Coast Campaign marathon. No sleep. If youre not going to sleep you may as well be in vegas. Wildfire tearing through Southern California has destroyed at least 14 homes. Hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate as the flame spre spread, fueled by winds nearing 80 miles an hour. A man has been arrested over last months attack on the u. S. Consulate. Emails officials knew that a terror group had claimed responsibility on terror and on facebook. Posting something on facebook is not, in and of itself, evidence. Pablo sand dbls oval with a threehomer game. Giants win game one. Social media, monkey of tampa bay on runt for three years is now in custody. All that employees at a jackson, mississippi, business had an unexpected visitor drop in. Trump will give 5 million to obamas charity of choice if he releases his passport. What do you attribute this to . This all goes back to when we were growing up together in kenya. The records must be given by october 3 st at 5 00 in the afternoon. He has to have it by 5 00 on halloween. Because that night hes renting out his enormous orange head as because that night hes renting out his enormous orange head as a jackolantern. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs cbs this morning. The atlantic Hurricane Season has been very quiet this season until now. Hurricane sandy is lashing the caribbean this morning as it moves north. It has the potential to become a super storm for the eastern United States. Sandy is a powerful category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 miles per hour. As of this morning, the storm is blamed for at least two deaths, one in swra majamaica, one in h. It is in cuba this morning. It could affect the eastern coast by the weekend. And sandy could combine with weather systems to pose a threat to the entire northeast coast. Overnight sandy slammed eastern cuba with 110mileperhour winds. This morning, the situation there is described as grave. One witness said that sandy was worse than the hurricane back in 19 1963, one of the deadliest hurricanes ever. Thousands were forced to evacuate. Widespread Power Outages, including at the u. S. Base at guantanamo bay. Sandy hit jamaica and haiti. In jamaica, a boulder slammed into a house, killing one person. And in hateiti a woman was swep away as she tried to cross a river. David, talk about the size and strength of this storm. Well, norah, overnight this storm got really strong, pictures from the caribbean, from cuba just proved that. Here is the latest information we have this morning. We are talking about a category 2 storm, emerging from the cuban coastline now, about 185 miles south of the central bahamas. The thinking is today, tonight and tomorrow, the storm will maintain hurricane intensity aas it moves through the bahamas. Thats why we could see Tropical Storm force conditions in south florida. But beyond that, as we go into the weekend, were going to look for this storm to continue to parallel the east coast and then possibly be somewhere off of the new england or northeastern coastline, maybe just east of the delmarva as well sunday night into monday. Thats when things could definitely get a little bit tricky. David, how bad could it get . Well, charlie, we are talking about a confluence of events here. A powerful hurricane, as weve mentioned, category 2 storm in the bahamas. That is a lot of warm air, a lot of heat. A lot of energy. Of course, were deep into fall now and we have aan unusual strong jet stream dip with winterlike cold air. And you put those two things together, thats the possibility thats on the weather maps right now. And that can lead to a powerhouse low pressure forming sunday and monday. You have Storm Force Winds, coastal flooding, very heavy inland snows could be possible through parts of the appalachians and western pennsylvania. And, of course, with that heavy snow and strong winds at the coast we could be looking at significant Power Outages as well. So its kind of the worst of everything coming together. Winter and what the tropical season has to offer. There is still a possibility this low stays out to sea. Right now were thinking theres a good chance there could be worst Case Scenario . It is if that low forms and it sits right off the coast and back from the ocean, back into land. We saw kind of a similar thing with with the perfect storm in 1991, how it moved from east to west in portions of new england. We could see something similar with this. David bernard, thank you. Everyone can follow progress of Hurricane Sandy around the clock at cbs news. Com. Now to the race for the white house, the president ial election is 10 days away. President obama crossing the country on aa campaign trip, visiting florida, virginy, illinois and ohio today. Governor mitt romney is holding three events in ohio. New press poll of nearly 2,300 people shows romney in front among likely voters. Na nationwide poll also shows romney has wiped out the president s doubledigit advantage among women voters. The two men are now tied in that category. Closing the gap among male voters, romney leads now by just five points. Nancy cordes is in tampa florida. Reporter after pulling an allnighter, flying across the country on air force one. In fact, his voice has gone somewhat hoarse, but he has several more Campaign Stops to do today. He was on the tonight show with jay leno last night, asked about those controversial remarks by the Indiana Senate republican conditioned date who said babyies born of rape are part of gods plan. Seems like were back to todd akin. Let me make a very simple proposition. Rape is rape. It is a crime. Reporter reacting to comments made by indiana state treasurer Richard Mourdock in his Senate Debate tuesday night. Even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. Reporter governor romney has released a statement saying he disagrees with mourdock, though he did not pull his endorsement of him. Campaigning in iowa and nevada, romney says the president has no secondterm agenda. Its been tough these past four years but things are about to get better. Reporter getting backup from clint eastwood, back in the g gops good graces and narrating this new tv ad. Obamas second term would be a rebound of the first and our country just couldnt survive that. Reporter what he hes describing as a campaign mayrathon extravaganza. Reporter flew first to davenport, iowa, to denver, on to los angeles, topping off the day with a latenight rally in las vegas. Worry pulling an allnighter. No sleep. And if youre not going to sleep, you might as well be in vegas. Reporter he flew overnight to tampa, florida. From here, he heads to richmond, virginia, on to cleveland, ohio, with a quick side trip to his hometown of chicago to cast his ballot, the first sitting president to vote early. I cant tell you who im voting for. Its a secret ballot. But michelle said she voted for me. Reporter this is the kind of Campaign Swing you normally see right at the end of a race. The goal is to try to convince the president s supporters to get out and cast their ballots now if they can. Early voting is already under way or about to be in all but one of the battleground states the president is visiting. And it is key to the Obama Campaign strategy. In fact, a new Time Magazine poll shows the president with a 21 advantage over governor romney when it comes to ohio voters who have already cast their ballots. For cbs this morning, im nancy cordes, tampa, florida. Haley barbour joins us now, who served as chair of the national committee. Good morning. Good morning, charlie. The question arises, could this mourdock controversy impact the election . People in america are focused on jobs and the economy, men or women. Thats whats affected their daily jobs, seeing their children not being able to get a job, seeing their children coming home to live with them. When the president says now he has a job plan and the front page of the Washington Post says obama to focus on the debt . You can see why the American People are shaking their head about the last four years. Jobs and the economy are what are on peoples minds, and they know that the huge deficits over 5 trillion added to the debt under obama has made it harder to grow the economy in the United States and made the future much less bright for america. So it doesnt surprise me that women are just as focused on the Economic Security of their families as men are. But, governor, do you think, as senator mccain suggested, that mourdock should apologize for his comments . Well, i dont agree with what he said. I thought that what he said was sounded crazy. But having said that, this election for president is not about that. This election for president is about obamas failed economic record in job creation, in exploding debt, sky rocketing spending, Terrible Health kir reform thats already costing the American People money. Thats what families are talking about, noraah at the kitchen table. Theyre not talking about some guy who is secretary of state in indiana. If you think it was crazy, shouldnt he be in a position to consider apologizing to set the record straight . Look, he has to decide that. Its not what i think is i wouldnt have said or how i wouldnt have characterized something. But i can tell you, barack obama loves it when cbs news or cnn or fox news is talking about what some guy running for senator said instead of what the American People are really concerned about. Because the more this election is about the economy and jobs, the worse obama does. Lets turn now to the latest Time Magazine poll that shows the race in ohio is very close. Obama leading by five points. But the president has a 21 advantage when it comes to those who voted early. Are you concerned that republicans may have been out organized on the ground . Well, not because of that data. First of all, polling not being very reliable but historically in ohio and some other states, cuyahoga county, franklin county, cleveland, columbus, the democrats turn out there early voting, very early right from the beginning. Yet for what we see on the actual data of party registration, they have less an advantage this year than normal. Republicans have turned out at a higher than normal percentage in those two big democratic counties as well as in republican counties. So, i actually am optimistic about the ground game that the Republican National committee and the Obama Administration has i mean the Romney Campaign has. The obama people go on muscle and manpower, driven by the labor unions. For us its energy and enthusiasm. Right now it looks like energy and enthusiasm is keeping up pretty good. We just showed a graphic that shows that the atlantic magazine that obama and their campaign has three times as many field offices in ohio as mitt romney and also in florida, and in virginia. How do the republicans counter that . I know the Republican National committee, which you once headed, has great practice at the ground game. How are they being out manned, out officed, if you will, by the democrats . Good news for the republicans is that its not about how many offices you have. Its a matter of how many voter confidence you make. You can manufacture yourself in to lots of little offices or bigger with more outreach but the question is, how many voters do you contact . How compelling is your message . And what kind of job do you do, getting those voters to actually go to the polls and vote . And so the number of offices, to me, is irrelevant. Governor barbour, thank you very much. Thank you, charlie, norah. Questions are still flying over when u. S. Officials knew the attack on the u. S. Consulate in libya was terror related. A suspect in tunisia claimed responsibility on facebook hours after the attack. Deputy director john miller is here. What do we make of this arrest in tunisia . This is an individual who was in custody a couple of weeks ago in turkey and the fbi was actively trying to get an interview with him in turkey. And the turks deported him to tunisia. Now theyre negotiating with the tunisian government. He is reportedly behind that post claiming responsibility. The question about him is that probably doesnt make him a leader of ansar al sharia, claiming responsibility but he may have access to leaders who instructed him. Theyre anxious to talk to him. What about the i should also add in, they believe he was there at the scene of the attack, not just posting in information. What about these emails that have been obtained . Many say that they are a smoking gun. Hours after the attack, we have this group claiming responsibility on facebook. We heard secretary clinton say posting something on facebook is not in and of itself evidence. What do you think . Based on the number of terrorist attacks weve seen, the early claims of responsibility are often inaccurate. Sometimes one group will try to claim responsibility for somebody elses attack. When you see a claim you make note of that. Its certainly a good indicator but not evidence, certainly on facebook. Whats happened since this is of significance theyve gotten intelligence, intercepts, human source information, and video of the group on scene. Now they can lay a lot more evidence on top of that claim saying its probably correct. Sharyl attkisson of cbs was the first to report on these emails, we should say. What about the fact that there were terrorists claiming responsibility . Was it wrong for the administration to go out with talking points provided by the Intelligence Community and say that it was based on antiislam film on youtube . If it were in a vacuum, thats true. But they were already reporting on protest that is got out of hand. Ive been through dozen of crises where youre watching realtime intelligence come in, flash points, and you get that information, analyze it. You get new information, reassess. Youre constantly updating. The only difference is that the crisis i was running and taking intelligence in werent happening in the hotly contested president ial election. Everything here is always the way it goes, its just being distorted. John miller, thank you. The government is suing bank of america for alleged mortgage fraud. Countrywide financial, which b of a bought in 2008 just before the banking meltdown. Countrywide made loans without making sure borrowers could afford them, then sold those loans to fannie mae and freddie mac. The bank has resisted buying back the bad mortgages. B of a Spokesman Says that is simply false. Time to show you this mornings headlines from around the globe. Britains guardian interviews the new ceo of the new york times. He was head of the bbc when it killed a story allegedly of a star sexually abusing children. They say that the company should think again of putting thompson in charge. Wall street journal says the ceos of more than 80 companies are pushing congress to reduce the federal deficit using tax revenue increases as well as spending cuts. The ceos say any plan has to limit the growth of Health Care Spending and keep Social Security solvent. San franciscos Pablo Sandoval, nicknamed kung fu panda, hit three home runs last night. Only three other players have done that in a World Series Game. We have the rally monkey at the San Francisco zoo. We have cloudy skies around the bay area. We are seeing some raindrops showing up outside right now so if you are heading out there the roads are slick. But the skies are going to part as we head throughout the day today. Hidef doppler picking up some of that moisture a lot of low level hit and miss out there but as we head toward the latter part of the day we are expecting clouds to break up a bit. Temperatures running in the 50s now. By the afternoon hours, we are planning on those highs soaring up to the 60s, maybe some low 70s. This National Weather report sponsored by citi private pass. Get more access with a citi card. Four years ago general colin powell supported barack obama for president. The former republican secretary of state has not yet endorsed anyone this time. So well ask him this morning about the candidates and who hes backing. And a father sells a multimillion dollar autograph e collection to help his daughter over a devastating disease. Trying to raise two daughters. 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The suspects and the female victim knew one another. There is one arrest after shots were fired at a San Francisco Police Officer this morning. A search for two other suspects in the Mission District has now been called off. The officer by the way is okay. And how about the giants taking game one of the world series . Pablo sandoval hit three home runs against the tigers tying a record. San francisco wins it 83. Game two starts at 5 07 at at t park. Traffic and weather coming up. ,,,, good morning. Well, traffic is still slow through walnut creek. They just cleared an accident southbound 680 right there approach treat boulevard. But as you can see, our traffic sensors are still backed up towards 242. Elsewhere, if you are crossing the nimitz 880 through oakland not too bad right now past the coliseum. At the bay bridge its stacked up about a 20minute wait through the macarthur maze. Thats traffic. Heres lawrence. Still wet outside around the bay area. The last gasp of the storm system moving by and then clouds parting a bit. Hidef doppler picking up on all that lowlevel moisture. You can see its hit and miss but very damp on the roads. By the afternoon, though well sneak some sunshine in between the clouds. We are planning on 60s even some 70s. The next couple of days the ridge builds in 80s by the week and rain on halloween. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com ,,,, welcome back to cbs this morning. We know that you know him he was the former secretary of state general colin powell broke with the Republican Party in 2008 to endorse barack obama for president. He called him then a transformational figure. The former National Security adviser and former chief of staff is this morning. His memoir is called it worked for me in life and leadership. Good morning. Will you endorse president obama this race . Well, you know i voted for him in 2008 and i plan to tick with him in 2012 and oil vote for him and Vice President joe biden next month. So thats an endorsement for president obama for reelection. Let me say why. When he took over the country was in very, very difficult straits, we were in one of the worst recessions we had seen in recent times, close to a depression. The fiscal system was collapsing. Wall street was in chaos. We had 800,000 jobs lost in the first month of Obama Administration and unemployment peaked at 10 a few months later. We were in real trouble. The you a is to industry was collapsing. The housing industry was starting to collapse. We were in very difficult straits. I saw over the next several years stabilization come back in the financial community, housing is now starting to pick up after four years, its starting to pick up. Consumer confidence is rising. So i think generally weve come out of the dive and starting to gain altitude. It doesnt mean we are problem solved, theres lots of problems still out there. The Unemployment Rate is too high. People are still hurting in housing. But i see that we are starting to wise up. I also saw the president get us out of one war, start to get us out of a second war and did not get us into any new warriors and finally i think that the actions hes taken with respect to protecting us from terrorism have been very solid. So i think we ought to keep on the track that were on. With respect to governor romney i have the utmost respect to him but as i listen to what his proposals are especially with respect to dealing with our most significant issue the economy, its essentially lets cut taxes and compensate for that with other things. But that compensation does not cover all of the cuts intended or the new expenses associated with defense. New said you have listened to governor romney. Have you talked to governor romney about this . Did you give him an early notice that you plan to endorse the president again . No, i didnt give anybody an early notice. I have spoken to governor romney. We had a very good conversation a few weeks back. Did he ask you for an endorsement of him back then . No. And how far spoken with president obama . I speak to the president on a regular basis. He didnt ask either. This is my decision based on my looking at it as a citizen. I think this is an exciting race between two very capable men, and i signed on for patrol with president obama and i dont think this is the time to make such a sudden change. And not only am i comfortable with what governor romney is propose for his economic plan i have concerns about his views on Foreign Policy. The governor who is speaking on monday night at the debate was saying things that were quite different from what he said earlier. Im not quite sure which governor romney we would be getting with respect to Foreign Policy. What concern do you have about governor romneys Foreign Policy . Well, its hard to fix it. Its a moving target. One day he has a certain strong view about staying in afghanistan but then on monday night he agrees with the withdrawal. Same thing in iraq. On every issue that was discussed on monday night governor romney agreed with the president with some nuances. But this is quite a different set of Foreign Policy views than he had earlier in the campaign. My concern, which ive expressed previously in a public way is that sometimes i dont sense that want he has thought through these issues as thoroughly as he should have and he gets advice from his Campaign Staff that he then has to adjust to modify as he goes along. New year concerned about the people that are advising governor romney. I think theres some very, very strong neoconservative views that are presented by the governor that i have some trouble with. There are other issues as well. Im more comfortable with president obama and his administration when it comes to issues about what will we do about climate and immigration. What will we do about education. Lots of things like that. I dont want to see the new obama care plan thrown off the table. It has issues, you have to fix some things in that plan. But what i see when i look at that plan is 30 million of our fell fellow citizens will be covered with insurance. Thats good. Were one of the few nation in the world that does not have universal health care. You know the criticism about the president is they do not know how the second term will be different and he hasnt laid that out and thats some concern. I think it is a concern. I think the president has started with a plan he issued yesterday, that hes going to focus on the economy, focus on debt. Regardless whether you focus on debt and jobs they are interlinked. The major jobs faced by governor romney or president obama, whoever should win the election is going to be what to do about the fiscal cliff were about to fly over. This is something that was put in place by congress and while were talking about the two candidates for president , lets not forget that congress bears a lot of the responsibility for many of the problems that we have now. They are the once that write the appropriations bill. They are the ones that pass the legislation for more spending and for the various entitlement programs that people have trouble with. And so i think its a close race. I think every american should look at both candidates carefully, measure them against your own personal views. I really am pleased the way the president saved the Auto Industry and i think that brought a lot of jobs back to ohio and michigan and other parts of the northwest. You blame the failure to find a grand bargain on the congress and not on the president . The failure to find a grand bargain, why do we need a grand bargain . Why do we need simpsonbowles . This is Work Congress is supposed to be doing opinion you dont need special committees. We have a congress of 535 people with dozens and dozens of committees. Why cant they up on the hill Start Talking to one another, reach across the aisle but it will take greater president ial leadership and i think what the president said in one of his remarks yesterday is that he intends to spend more time trying to bring that leadership up to the hill and get both parties both sides Start Talking to one another. But every candidate can say im going to do this, im going to do that but in reality its the congress that actually does it or doesnt do it and i dont think congress has been meeting its responsibilities. General you worked for several republican president s. Are you still a republican in yes. I think im a republican of more moderate mold and thats something of a dying breed im sorry to say. But, you know, the republicans i work for are president reagan, president bush 41, howard bakers of the world, people who were conservative, people who were willing to push their conservative views but people who recognized at the end of the day you got to find a basis for compromise. Compromise is how this country runs. General your then saying you may have to leave the Republican Party . No. I didnt say that at all, charlie. But nice try. I said im a moderate republican and there are fewer of us. What party are you in, charlie . Im an independent. General powell any time you want to come and make news please come here. We love having you here to talk about important issues because of the number of important roles you have served so thank you very much for this. Thank you, charlie. Ill call you, maybe. [ laughter ] a song in your heart. Gayle wants you to come back on set so we can enjoy that. Thank you, again. A florida man loved collecting autographs and using that valuable memorabilia for a purpose. Well show you why hes selling everything and not thinking tw [ male announcer ] theres chicken and theres juicy chicken best foods is the secret to making parmesan crusted chicken so juicy so delicious its your secret to making dinner disappear best foods. Bring out the best but lately shes been coming in with less gray than usual. Whats she up to . [ female announcer ] root touchup by nicen easy has the most shade choices, designed to match even salon color in just 10 minutes. With root touchup, all they see is you. Ancr desigat jennieoh even salon color in just 10 minutes. 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The goal has been accomplished and nice to set a goal and finally reach it. Reporter it belongs to 67yearold ken kallin. She pulled out old vintage photos. Reporter hollywood didnt work out but over the past three decades any time a celebrity drew near he had their photograph and a pen ready to go. He looked for autographed books in Thrift Stores making diskoifrs like this one signed by Nelson Mandela. How much did you pay for it . Jumped up and down when i got this one. Two bucks. 2 for a Nelson Mandela book. Reporter his Sports Memorabilia includes thousands of rare baseball cards, virtually all of them sign. This one is the hall of fame placard of yogi berra. Now its all going up for auction and experts say the sale may be a record breaker. I believe that once the books change hands it will be the largest personal collection of books autographed ever changing hands. Reporter for kallin, getting rich isnt his objective. Hes hoping to save his daughters life. She suffers from a rare auto immune disease. I want to sleep all day but i still get up, i have a 17 and a 15yearold that im trying to raise and two women to be productive women and so i have to be there for them. Reporter at her skyrocketing medical bills mounted her father decided the best way to help is to sell his prized possession. I was amazed. I sat there for probably about 30 minutes just looking and you may be playing word games to keep your brain in shape but other games may be smarter. Well show you all that. Thats coming up on cbs this morning. How you doing . Alright, alright. Now this is a party. What is that . Go, go, go. Mmm. Give me some of that sauce. I dont know, i think i might bail. Yeah, its pretty dead. [ male announcer ] one is never enough. New kfc dipems. Freshly prepared tenders dipped in irresistible sauces. This is it. Now this is a party. [ male announcer ] try a 20 pc bucket with 6 sauces. Today tastes so good. 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Right now an important heads up from dr. Holly phillips. Good morning. Todays health watch a boost for your brain. Conventional wisdom says the key to a healthy brain is an active mind. A new study shows exercise may better preserve your ability to think. Researchers measured brain shrinkage in people in their early 70s. Those that engaged in mental activities showed little change but people who were physically active had less deterioration and the more they exercised the stronger the benefit. The average human brain shrinks 1. 9 every ten years. Now the small amount of atrophy doesnt much federal government on our brain function but the more severe shrinkage has been linked to dementia as well as alzheimer and language difficulties. According to the cdc less than a quarter of men over 75 exercise on a regular basis. For women the numbers are even worse. Seniors who get 2 1 2 hours of aerobic activity weekly and get a couple of muscle strengthening sessions. 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Like chicken noodle soup from campbells. A new poll shows governor browns tax proposal could n trouble. Proposition 30 calls for higher income taxs for the wealthiest californians. And a tempoy quartercent sales tax incr. A survey. By the Public Policy institute of california. Shows prop 30 with a very slight 48to44 percent lead. Analysts say, in general, people undecided this late tend to vote agait such measures. The san francsico giants hae struck first. Beating the detroit tigers, eight to th, in game one of the world se. The giants Pablo Sandoval t three home runs. The two teams meet again in the baya this evening. Traffic and weather. In ja moment. The early show continues. N ,,, northbound 880 approaching high street an accident approaching one lane stop and go past the coliseum. And continues to be slow up towards downtown oakland. Elsewhere, we got a lot of heavy traffic as well coming through the caldecott tunnel. Westbound 24 actually lafayette approaching the area, slow there. Lawrence has the forecast. Throughout the day i think the sky is going to part nicely but even inland right now, still seeing some of those drops showing up and hidef doppler picking up on it, as well. Just widely scattered light showers. That will taper off through the Morning Hours and by the afternoon well squeeze some sunshine in and the temperatures up in the 60s, a couple of 70s, even warmer as we look toward the weekend. But we can see some changes as we head toward late next week maybe some rain on halloween. Jack, you said you wanted a whole new breakfast item. I give you. Flap jacks. Hmm yeah. Um. The thing is, i dont know if im comfortable with people eating my face. How bout a loaded breakfast sandwich with countrygrilled sausage, bacon, ham, two fried eggs, and melting cheese on toasted sourdough. Dont do it. Dont eat my face. Do not eat my. You ate his face . our schools shouldnt be 47th in anything. When i see that our schools are 47th in spending per student, i just cant accept that. Proposition 38 bypasses sacramento, and makes education a real priority with the funding, to our local schools and the accountability from our local schools. That well need to improve Student Learning in every classroom. So we can stay 47th. Or we can choose proposition 38. Im voting yes on 38. Because it makes our children 1. It is 8 00. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Hurricane sandy tears across the caribbean, how soon could it affect the United States . And donald trump offers a 5 million challenge to president obama, but nobody seems to be taking him seriously. But first, heres a look at whats happening in the world and what weve been covering on cbs this morning. We are talking about a category 2 storm. Its emerging from the cuban coastline now. The hurricane is blamed for at least two deaths. Sandy has the potential to become a super storm for the eastern United States. Its the worst of everything coming together, winter and with what the tropical season has to offer. Will you endorse president obama . I voted for him in 2008 and i plan to stick with him in 2012. President obama is crisscrossing on a 7600 campaign trip. We are pulling an allnighter. A new Associated Press poll shows romney in front. For us its energy and enthusiasm and right now its keeping up pretty good. His collection is now worth millions. Hes selling it all in a bid to save his daughters life. I was amazed. My father, you know, this is it for him. I know last year michelle gave out fruit. It is true. Michelle takes this Healthy Eating seriously but it is an Election Year so candy for everybody. Only two members of n sync were invited to Justin Timberlakes wedding but the other two appeared as caterers. Millions of people on the east coast are on alert because of Hurricane Sandy. David bernard our chief meteorologist for our miami station, cbs 4, is tracking sandy right now. David, what can you tell us . This can be a real problem. Right now this morning sandy is still a category 2 storm as of 8 00 this morning. Its emerging off the cuban coastline, moving through the bahamas over the next 24 hours or so and then the big question is where does it go from here . I thought we would take a look at our latest computer guidance that came in. We have two camps of models. The first one bends the storm back into areas of the delaware coastline or as far north as southern new england as we go into early next week and only one other model is turning this potential storm out to sea. So it seems like its becoming more likely that were going to have to contend with sandy in the northeast and midatlantic as we go into late in the weekend and early next week. Heres whats happening. The Tropical Storm hurricane is moving from the south, very warm air. Winterlike cold thats now coming in through the midwest. Those two are going to combine and we could be looking at a noreaster hurricane situation with heavy snow, Storm Force Winds and potentially a lot of Power Outages. Coastal flooding could be widespread. We could see Hurricane Force gusts up to new england if this forecast pans out. David bernard thank you. President obama is making a marathon Cross Country Campaign Swing. Hell visit four states today including ohio where governor mitt romney will also be campaigning and in a just a released poll shows romney has erased the president s advantage with women. They are tied. The president has erased romneys advantage with men. With 12 days to go the candidates are hitting the battleground states hard. We dont turn backwards. We look forward. We look forward. We look forward to the distant horizon. To new possibilities. To new frontiers. Thats what we believe in. Thats who we are. Our destiny is not written for us, its written by us and we can write the next chapter together right now. Thats why im asking for your vote. They have been unable to lay out an agenda for what they will do to help america. They have been unable to defend and describe what they will do to get our economy going. With a president out of ideas and excuses why on november 6th make sure we put him out of office. And earlier this morning retired general colin powell revealed to us hes supporting president obama again this year. You know i voted for him in 2008 and i plan to stick with him in 2012 and ill be voting for he and Vice President joe biden next month. After making that endorsement powell met up with Governor Haley barbour the former chairman of the Republican National committee. Barbour didnt endorse romney but didnt endorse in 2008 either. General powell is leaving our studios in washington. Donald trump promised a huge announcement wednesday that he would change the president ial election so did he deliver . Mo rocca is here with the answer. Good morning. Yes. So great. Ever since donald trump announced his upcoming announcement, speculation swirled but as it turned out trump didnt have any dirt on the president. Just a bizarre deal that leaves many on both sides of the aisle wondering if trump has jumped the shark. I have something very, very big concerning the president of the United States. Give us a hint. Donald trumps big announcement arrived yesterday via youtube. I have a deal for the president. Billed as a bombshell but more of a bust. If barack obama opens up and gives his College Records and applications and if he gives his passport applications and records, i will give to a charity of his choice innercity children in chicago, american cancer society, aids research, anything he wants, a check, immediately, for 5 million. First of all 5 million thats chump change to you. You are a very rich man. Hes never going to do this. What was the primary others couldnt resist the punch line. He has to have it by 5 00 on halloween. Because that night hes renting out his orange head as a jackolantern. We have footage of the announcement. The president joined in. Whats this thing with trump and you. Me and letterman. What does he have against you here . This all dates back to when we were growing up together in kenya. Trump typically has been a friend to the Republican Party. In february mitt romney sought his endorsement for president. Governor romney, go out and get him. This latest move has many on the right feeling a little wronged. Conservative writer of the National Review tweeted, if at any point you seriously considered donald trump for president , please study the error of your ways in quiet, private contemplation. Fox news bill oreilly had this to say to david letterman. Was it ever important . Its not important. Hes the president of the United States and whats important is whether he can turn the economy around. Thats whats important. Hopefully this puts all doubts to rest. Last year president obama even released his birth certificate in an effort to silent people like trump. Nobody is happier or prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the donald. And thats because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter. Did we fake the moon landing . What really happened in roswell. And where are biggy and tupac. As the president ial election approaches its 11th hour trump is looking for any way to move the needle no matter how far he has to reach. I cant tell if im on cbs or comedy central. The world has turned upside down. Thats the kind of behavior that would get one of the contestants on his show fired. So what do you make of this . All of us are responding to this in humor or observation of the humor. Yeah. I wonder you know its like the last days of reality show. In this case its the campaign where this desperate, crazy behavior is coming out. Its like hes doubling down on stupidity. Maybe just because hes embarrassed about what happened last time with this issue. The birther thing is so early 2012. Its done. I remember that white house dinner that night and donald trump did not think the jokes were funny and im wondering do you think hes operating from any publicity is good publicity . What is his strategy . We couldnt find that, but whoever said it, this puts that to doubt now because im not sure that it is. To be continued im sure. Yeah. I dont think hes done. Thank you. Tampa bay elusive wild monkey has finally been captured. He had been on the loose for nearly three years. On wednesday trappers shot it with a tranquilizer dart. The monkey had bitten and scratched a local woman two weeks ago. They are now trying to find a safe home for the monkey. Any takers . No one is signing up for that job. Undecided voter. Get to him now. Hes one of the few undecideds. All right. A scottish brewery says it has produced the worlds strongest beer, its called armageddon. It has an alcohol content of 65 afr it gs through an elaborate freezing process. Budweiser is just 5 alcohol. Even scotch whiskey is 40 to 50 . Single bottle of armageddon will americans he americans have a very tough time talking about dying. Well speak with a doctor who wants to give death a makeover. What does that mean . Well explain next on cbs this morning. Cbs this morning. Unless you happen to be this guy. [ sniffing ] [ male announcer ] you dont want to be this guy. Trust me. Get irresistibly fresh with gain. Gain originals now available with clean boost. With 20 more cleaning power. I need all the help i can get. Thats why i like nutella. Mom, whats the capital of West Virginia . Charleston. Nutella is a delicious hazelnut spread my whole family loves. Mom, have you seen my backpack . Nutella goes great on wholewheat toast or wholegrain waffles. And its great taste comes from a unique combination of simple ingredients like hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa. Yeah, bye. 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With a little luck green toys could be the next Great American brand. Find whats next for your business im dying and im having fun. And im going to keep having fun every day i have left. Because theres no other way to play it. Boy i remember that. Thats from professor randy pausch famous last lecture. He was open and up front sharing the life lessons hes learned from dying. It inspired millions of people. Now a study in the new england medical journal said the Health Care System would benefit if all of us could be more honest. Dr. Thomas smith is the leading expert on health care for the dying and he wrote a commentary published along with the study. Good morning, doctor. Thank you. Lets talk about the study. I want reveals about misconception about life threatening illnesses. What are they . These researchers interviewed 1,200 patients who had colon rectal cancer or lung cancer which couldnt be cured and almost three quarters of the patients thought a person like themselves could be cured of their disease when essentially none of them will be. Thats a major change in what we would expect people to think. So how do you need to improve the communication then with those people facing these life threatening illnesses. We start when youre well. But when youre faced with a life threatening illness, dont be afraid to get information. People who plan, people who make their choices known so that we as Health Care Professionals can follow their choices, do a lot better. Their families do better. In fact in one study where patients got care along their usual care, thats honest and open communication, goal set, careful attention to symptoms, people had less depression, less anxiety, lived longer. Its such a difficult conversation to have though, doctor. How do you sit down and tell someone and keep it positive that youre not going to live much longer. How do you do that . The first thing is to ask permission. We do ask, tell, ask. What do you want to know about your illness . 90 of the pambts and will say tell me everything. In need to know so i can plan. A few wont. Then tell people in very understandable terms. None of us know exactly when someone will die but we can say you have weeks or months based on people like you. Everybody feels i can be the one that beats it. I have a positive attitude. I have faith. What do you say to those people . I say thats wonderful and we promise not stand in the way of any miracles. But we can hope for the best but we need to plan for the worst. Doctor, one of the important things about this conversation is how much of our medical dollars are being spent at the very end of life. What is that figure . Ive been told it before. It necessitates that people be responsible including doctors about end of life decisions. Yes, it is. About 25 of medicare dollars are spent in the last year of life and 9 of medicare dollars is spent in the last month of life. This really isnt about saving money so much as honoring peoples choices. We have to know what peoples choices are by having these Difficult Conversations so that we know what people want. Most people really want to focus on being at home. They dont want to be in the hospital. So if you can be at home, have symptoms relieved by people around you that love you. Difficult conversation but important conversation to have. You know someone is doing very well because when they say when i die i want to come back as me. Mark cuban said that a couple of years ago. Hes here to talk about sports, stocks and success. Thats what success looks like on cbs this morning. This portion of cbs this morning is sponsored by mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. 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At least one suspect is under arrest right now as many as two still at large this after multiple shots were fired from a moving car at bryant and 23rd streets. There are no reports though of injuries. Two women under arrest after a shooting outside the plant Shopping Center in san jose. Police say two men and a woman were in the parking lot when a silver car pulled up, a fight ensued and a woman in the car opened fire. The woman in the parking lot was hit and now has nonlife threatening injuries. And calosha is looking into the death of a mechanic in the crane accident at the port of oakland. The 52yearold man was crushed yesterday morning as he was inspecting the crane. Calosha says the victim had head and chest injuries and died at the hospital. Traffic and weather coming right up. ,,,,,, good morning. We are watching a multivehicle crash blocking several lanes northbound 880 approaching whipple. It is stop and go from dakota road. You can see the red traffic sensors. Those are live drive time sensors showing speeds below 25 miles per hour. Once you get past whipple it continues to be heavy all the way up past the Oakland Coliseum and towards downtown oakland. There was an earlier crash on northbound 880 by high street. Thats now cleared to the right hand shoulder. Lets get a quick look at what we can see anyway at the bay bridge toll plaza. Obviously it is going to be slick this morning for the start of your morning drive. Its backed up through the macarthur maze. That is traffic. For your wet forecast heres lawrence. Thats a very artsy looking shot. We have had a lot of moisture around the bay area this morning. This is the last gasp of that storm system moving on by. Clouds continuing to move across the bay area with some light sprinkles but things beginning to wind down already. In fact, High Pressure building overhead. You can see hidef doppler showing you that moisture tailing off somewhat. Throughout the Morning Hours, the skies going to part. By the afternoon, partly cloudy skies, 60s, maybe even a few 70s. And then the next couple of days much warmer weather, some 80s possible over saturday and sunday at least in the valleys. But we could see rain on halloween. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. Oh. Oh look the lion is out no mommy no dont worry honey, it only works on checks. Deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. Just snap a picture, hit send and done. Take a step forward and chase what matters. Today were mixing this together. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Dallas mavericks owner mark cuban often gets in trouble defending his nba team but off the court hes an Angel Investor with a devilish side. He owns magnolia. Of all those things which one brings you the greatest satisfaction . Id say the mavericks just because one of the things when i bought the team i dont own the team the community owns the team and theres no other business in the world where somebody calls you and says, you know, my son is ill and, you know, will somebody from the team come visit or even worse, you know, my son just died and his dream was to be buried in a mavs jersey and can we get it signed. You realize very quickly the community owns your team and thats just a sense of joy you cant give in any other type of business. You clearly have a passion for the team. There was a time when you were fined close to 2 million because you disagreed with the referee. Over a period of time. Youre very outspoke. Do you regret those out bursts . No. I was improving the product. Thats the goal. Have you mellowed in time . One of your players said the owner shouldnt eclipse the team. That was six or seven years ago. Ive had kids and that changes your perspective. When i came home after i lost a game it would take me all day to get over. Now when a 3yearold or 6yearold climbs in your lap it changes your perspective. At the same time i always looked at it in every business you have to strive to be better. Because its a visible sports team mean you shouldnt change. You can argue about my tactics but cant argue about my intention. Remember when he sold his company to yahoo that made him a billionaire. Whats going to happen to yahoo . It will be fine. Marissa mayer is smart. You can always see in the last quarter much better. To be honest when i heard she got appointed ceo i bought a bunch of stock. So far a good investment. When you look at what happened to yahoo and zynga, are you worried about some bubble . No. Im not worried about a bubble in the internet sector for public companies. But where there is a bulb simple in evaluations in Silicon Valley for private companies because whats happened in the stock market is there are companies raising 15 million or less, the number of Companies Going public in that range has decline by 60 to 80 in the last 15 years. Since those small to Medium Size Companies cant go public theyve to raise private money and those valuations have gone through the roof. Look at groupon. And the Facebook Stock is way down. Was it over valued . Those are individual those companies thats more a reflection of whats happening with the private company valuations. They had to go public. That bubble, when they were private actually impacted negatively the publics shareholder. I wouldnt call it a the mavs were the first team to sign him as a free agent. We loved him. He was smart. He went to harvard. He was a lot more athletic than people expected. We signed him for summer league. We wanted to sign him to a contract for the mavs. But he wanted to play close to home. He grew up in the bay area so he went with the golden state warriors. Can he be another steve nash . Absolutely could. But part of what made steve nash great when nash went from the mavericks to the suns and became mvp, it was a system that he just excelled at. So jeremys got to play in the right environment with the right players and he can be a star. Ive heard you say you never invest in businesses, that you dont believe in yourself. Right. I heard that you recently invested in a guy who does cat drawings. What do you know about cat drawings . Absolutely nothing. But every now and then you have to invest in the person. Where the company is almost a sideline to the skill set of the individual. So steve, the guy who runs this company, is crazy. But hes also technological. Hes got great tech skills, great marketing skills a great sense for p. R. , obviously. To get the opportunity to work with somebody like that, if i had to invest in his company to do it, it was a cheap way to do it. Does crazy and offbeat appeal to you . Yes. Because . To be incredibly successful, i think a lot of people think, im going to do the next great version of something, when in reality the big hits always come elsewhere. I always tell people, if you look where people are looking, youre never going to find the next biggest thing. Let me look over here. President obama was endorsed by general powell on this program this morning. Have you made an endorsement . I havent made an endorsement. But im leaning towards obama. Enough credit for having drawing us out of the doldrums four years ago. I dont think people realize our back was against the wall. Four wears ago we were having the five worst days in the stock market we ever had and to try to recover in that type of an economy and to get to us this point where were continuing to grow is a major accomplishment. When people look back well get a lot more credit. Right now were in a bipartisan world that nobody wants to give credit to anybody. Does politics fascinate you scares me. You cant be honest. Everything is talking point. Everything is driven by consultants. Neither candidate wants to say what they think or feel. They just do what their consultants tell them. Its a poor reflection on this country. At the same time i think its an obligation to vote so ill pick somebody. Think about sports, think about business, think about all the things youve done. Who is the most impressive person youve ever met . Thats a great question. Most impressive is my dad for a lot of different reasons. His best line to me is today is the youngest youll ever be. Live like it. Thats my motto. In terms of really smart people, you know, i dont know. Its hard. I would have to think about it. Do you still want to come back as you . Absolutely. In a heart beat. I have to be the luckiest guy in the world and im glad its me. T not easy to get 45 minutes to talk to the president especially during campaign season. But Douglas Brinkley did that. Hell tell us about the president s road map for t,,, i got to ask you about this. Whats this thing with trump and you . Its like me and letterman. What has he against you . I dont get it. This all dates back to when we were growing up together in kenya. Yeah. How did you come up with romnesia . Well, obama care covers preexisting conditions. Well for weeks now governor mitt romney has told voters president obama has no agenda for a second term. Bri douglas bringly interviews president obama in the new edition of Rolling Stone magazine. Welcome. Thanks for having me. What did you find . Well, i interviewed him october 11th, shortly after denver. He was very buoyant. Its amazing to go into the oval office and turn on the tape recorder and ask anything you want to ask. Hes starting to play to the base heart and will use the overturning of roe v. Wade as a possible incentive to make sure he keeps women on his side. Its been a year of women in 12 and pushing that hard. What will he do in the next four years if he wins. Do you have some firm sense of what he wants to do, what is his great ambition . What he hasnt mentioned or never came up in the debates is Climate Change and how freakish the weather has been. He talked about a green grid of wind and solar and how to get a new energy infrastructure. I think in the second term hell push for that hard. It will include oil, natural gas and all the rest but i think he sees that as a big part of his second term legacy. Hes selfreserved by nature. Do you feel you saw real moments with him when you spent time with him . You observed him for quite a length of time. A very natural person. Barack obama hes over written about how much hes like dr. Spock. As you saw on the jay leno clip he lays back and talks. Some of the off time when we werent with the tape recorder out and more fun showing me different artifacts around the white house. Hes a warm and genial person. He exudes family values. Hes a great father. He has his motherinlaw around all the time. Hes a great husband. Were you on the campaign trail . I grew up in ohio. I was at putinbay. I went to where the president was and i brought my three kids and a story i tell in here is there were two children behind me and one was 11, one was 14 screaming for the president. I pulled the one 11yearold to the rope line and then the 14 so they could go meet the president. He got a sharpy and signed the shirt of one who was 11 but when he went to the 14 he said how old are you . She said im 14. He said youre too old for your clothes to be ruined, ill give you a fist pump. Its mayhem around him and he does this thing between an 11 and 14yearold. You spent 45 minutes with him at the white house. What did he say about governor romney and i know he even use ad word in talking about governor romney that we cant say on television. Bser, he thinks hes full of it, romnesia. Working mans romnesia. Youve studied a lot of president s. Youre a historian. Is it unusual to have this kind of dislike for your opponent or is it natural . It depends. Certainly barack obama had a lot of respect for john mccain last time around. After all remember that famous moment mccain said no hes a great man. They served together in the senate. Mccain is a war hero. Mitt romney comes from a whole different cut, barack obama was a Community Oregon whats the state of politic . Shouldnt you at least respect your opponent or have some respect for them . Im just wondering where this fits in the history of challengers . I could pick you different place. Theres no love between john f. Ken dean and Lyndon Johnson let alone harry truman who once said about eisenhower he knows no more about politics than a pig knows about sunday. There was no love between trueman and ike. We can go true and find good and bad relationships. One thing the president said is how much he respects governor romney and his own family values. Why do you think this race is so close . Well, i think each have an albatross. President obamas albatross is by saying unemployment would be down to 5 and its down 7. 8 . Mitt romney has a big problem with saying let detroit go bankrupt. No one wants to hear bankrupt. Detroit is not just detroit its ohio, toledo akron, dayton. If president obama wins its going to be because of the fire wall in ohio and the saving of those electoral votes. If you had to rate president obama on one term where would you put him . A lot of accomplishments. Its a difference of two terms in his case. One term the killing of bin laden will live on forever. The gm bailout. Bill clinton . First term. He had a lot of accomplishments but its key for him because if he loses its going to be the fire, progressive fire wall. With old ideas. Designee needs a bold idea in the second term. Unlike bill clinton there arent moderate republicans in congress and the senate to negotiate with. Its over. I was with Lowell Whittaker last night they are a dinosaur breed. Thank you douglas brink lie. New issue of Rolling Stone is on sale right now. Melissa etheridge has had a fascinating journey from kansas to superstar stardom. Shes here to talk about it, her home town, her career and her new album coming up next on cbs this morning. ,,,,,,,, falling up first single for melissa etheridge. The oscar and grammy winner from kansas. She was here in january for our first broadcast. I remember that day well. Do you . I do. We were excited to have you. You say about this album its the most favorite enjoyable time in the studio. You believe in yourself and this album ever before. You hit your creative stride. Wow, what does that mean for you its been 25 years now ive been doing this. The music business is so, gone like this. It always does. And making this album, i had a certain selfconfidence, a certain understanding that i had a fan base that wants to hear the music that i want to make and that i love. And so it was my responsibility to go into the studio and make the music that it love and just have a good time with it because thats whats going to be on the recording. That was my whole purpose. Youre incredibly prolific. How do you keep staying creative . Life is what is inspirational. Certainly my life ive had many journeys. And its rich and ripe. Thats what i do. I just did a show last night here in new york city, and performing these songs live and performing my, you know, the greatest hits along with it im able to tell a story of my life and say this is what ive been going through. Maybe you might feel this way. Maybe we can celebrate this work this out. I just feel very fortunate to be able to do what i do. I love doing it. Up say in rock and roll me i think im ready to try my hand at love again. You had two exs. Four children. I wonder how you navigate having two exs. Are you reluctant to open up your heart now . How do you navigate two exs . They are wonderful people and the thing that makes it doable is that the kids come first. I have children two with julie and two with tammy. The priority is the children and how do we you get them through. Childhood is hard no matter what. But with two households it really takes cooperation. Yours and tammys was a little messy. It was messy. But also to her credit, she kept that outside. The kids didnt know. Good. So, that is the most important. Yeah. October is Breast Cancer awareness month. You are a survivor. Tell us about that. Well, i was diagnosed in october. So it kind of so Breast Cancer awareness comes around oh, yes, now im going on my ninth year cancer free. Totally. You dont worry about it. Do you still think or do you think youre out of the woods. Thats part of the thats part of the acidic behavior is what i say. My understanding of health now is we are, we are these amazing bodies that can do anything if we put the correct stuff in it, its about food. I am what i eat. Stress is going to kill me. Those things. To keep that going and also the not worrying but believing that when i put the things that need to go in me it will be ,,,,, your realtime captioner linda Marie Macdonald good morning, everybody. 8 55 your time. Im frank mallicoat. Authorities have at least one suspect in custody after shots were fired at an undercover officer. This is in San Francisco. Police say the shots came from a moving car about 1 30 this morning. The officer was able to dodge the bullets and capture one of the suspects. A former Police Officer in san jose says time sheet fraud is rampant in the department. In a lawsuit against the city, he says he refused to take part in the fraud and was then forced to retire after 27 years on the force. The suit claims the time sheet abuse is especially bad in their airport division. A superintendent is commenting on reports about a socalled sex Fantasy League at piedmont high school. Principal informed parents about the existence of the league and asked them to talk to their children. And now that superintendent says the district does not condone the students alleged behavior but has no information of criminal conduct. How about a little traffic and weather . Weather, we have a big World Series Game tonight, lawrence. Yeah. I think its going to work out okay. Very damp if you are heading outside this morning. We have some light sprinkles and light showers but the clouds are going to part. And then it looks like more sunshine by the afternoon. In the meantime, though, if you are heading out, hidef doppler still showing some of that moisture in the bay area but starting to dissipate somewhat. This afternoon partly cloudy skies, temperatures warming upper 60s and 70s. Next couple of days well heat things up even some 80s returning to the valleys over the weekend then the possibility of more showers as we look toward halloween. We are going to have a look at your timesaver traffic coming up next. ,,,,,,. Good morning. Were still watching hot spots across the bay area. It is slick out there. So be extra careful. Youre looking at the san mateo bridge westbound 92 stop and go from the toll plaza all the way out towards the highrise. Elsewhere if you are heading out of walnut creek southbound 680 still backed up down through the San Ramon Valley because of a couple of earlier accidents. And if you are going to the giants game tonight, bart is running longer trains. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com ,,,,