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Friend. >> and then the ambulance showed up, they strapped him in. all of this happened within a few minutes of time but it felt like a lifetime. >> reporter: vishnu pandit died on the way to the hospital. a doctor later said his injuries were not survivable. lavern describes her feelings for a man she used to joke with every morning. >> that i miss him and i wont be able to say good morning to him. that i will not be able to say good morning to him, but i know that hes in my heart, and i know t...

Battle with the democratic-led senate. >> and with just over a week before the affordable care act opens for enrollment, were seeing a wave of advertisements trying to convince people to buy in or stay away. >> now, one new campaign aimed at turning young people against signing up is being called provocative. some people say its shocking. other people call it downright creepy. cnns rene marsh has the story. >> jessica and victor, the new rules are intended to cut carbon pollution generated from ...

Theyre not focused on you. >> well, you know who is focused on whats happening in d.c.? the folks on wall street, and theyre getting a case of the shutdown jitters. now, the dow soared during the first half of the week, toughing really record territory, then it sank the end of the week when talk of a shutdown got louder and louder with the house vote. for the week, the dow gained 75 points cnns alison kosik joins us. good morning. >> reporter: it was a record-setting week on wall street, victor ...

You can still be catholic. god looks at a gay person does if he endorse the existence of this person with love or reject and condemn this person. he says you simply dont have to talk about this things all the time. now to mexico where more than 100 people have died after both a hurricane and tropical storm hit the country. the resort town of acapulco was one of the hardest hid areas. dozens of people still missing. cnns chaft that darlington is there are >> reporter: weve seen some of the most...

Watch this. cnns chris cuomo sat down and got into a heated debate about the sexuality and the churchs sex abuse scandals. >> we men have sex with young men, it is not pedophilia. it is not a conservative right-ring organization. i will never stop telling the truth. the pope never said. im against gay bashing to say because you are gay, you will be a molester. >> that is what it sounds like. >> if most of the molesters are gay, it is not true. that is a gay bashing comment. people have to make c...

Training. it would probably be effective. if. >> reporter: also, its important to note that stun guns arent legal everywhere. but as this promotional video claims, many would-be victims now have a new high-tech tool to defend themselves. dan simon, cnn, san francisco. >> is that supposed to be fun? >> i dont know. i dont think its supposed to be funny. >> im a notorious butt dialer. i call people with my hip all the time. if im just walking down the street all of a sudden, i just toss over, you ...

Drugs and alcohol. hey, good morning, everyone, im jessica yellin. >> im victor blackwell. 7:00 here on the east coast. this is "new day saturday." well, first came the floods and the water. that was enough. but now an entire colorado towns drinking water is contaminated with e. coli. it could be months before the water in lyons is fit to drink. cnns dan simon is following this for us out in boulder, colorado. dan, tell us whats happened in lyons. are people still there? and tell us kind of ...

Detected in the water supply in lyons, forcing the water to be shut off. while most of the strains of the bacteria are harmless, e. coli can cause diarrhea, pneumonia and other illnesses. authorities are warning residents not to return to their homes until the water supply has been cleared and that could take months. >> wow, talking about water, a lot of people dealing with it because theres rain for a lot of communities this weekend. >> it is that time of year. >> lets bring in cnns alexandra s...