police fired tear gas canisters. it's not clear if that's what caused his wound. olson's injury prompted occupy wall street protesters in new york to rally in his support the movement continues to show life around the world. occupy protesters in pakistan marched on the world bank's offices in islamabad chanting down with capitalism. a deal made in europe is putting money in your pocket this morning. stocks jumped at the open after european leaders agreed on a plan to end their debt crisis. the dow jones up right now. we are looking at about 240 is the latest there. the deal hammered out in brussels aims to stabilize european banks and the european bailout fund. the u.s. economy picked up speed during the third quarter. more good news. the government says gdp grew 2.5% between july and september. so that's almost double second quarter growth. gdp it's a broad gauge of goods and services that are produced by american workers. a grim revelation from the wife of the man behind the biggest ponzi scheme in history. >> i don't know whose idea it was. but we decided to kill ourselves because it was so horrendous who was happening. we had terrible phone calls, hate mail. just beyond anything. and i said i just can't go on anymore. >> bernie madoff's wife told "60 minutes" that the couple swallowed a handful of pills on christmas eve 2008. it was 13 days after madoff was arrested and his scheme cost investors billions got him 150 years in prison. well tropical storm rina is on track to hit mexico tonight or friday. it was a category one hurricane, a few minutes ago forcasters said winds are below hurricane status. >> we were upset. we waited a long time to come here. and we thought we were going to have fun. and the first thing they told us is we have to evacuate. >> just enjoying the last bit of sun we can get on the beach. so we'll be all right. they took real good care of us. >> forecasters think that rina will loop around and die out over cuba. thousands of folks are rushing to get out of bangkok today. the river that runs through the heart of the thai capital is expected to be the city under water in the next several days. monsoon floods have killed 373 people this season. an opposition group reports 17 people have been killed in syria's crackdown on protests against the government. a separate opposition group based in london claims that syrian groups are attacking protesters with nail bombs. nail bombs are banned by international law. here's your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. today's question, are there too many presidential debates? carol costello joins us from new york. i don't think so. i moderated a few. i say the more the merrier. let's see what they're made of here? >> oh, suzanne, you are a political nerd. >> that's true. what do you think? >> well, i do think this, every time you turn around there seems to be another republican debate. eight so far and at least another dozen or so to go. it's fair to say there are more debates this election cycle than ever before. one candidate rick perry appears to be saying enough is enough. >> these debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. it's pretty hard to be able to sit and layout your ideas and concepts with a one-minute response. >> coincidently perry's campaign spokesman says his guy may be skipping some future debate and prefers answering questions directly from the voter or maybe perry just prefers not to have debate moments like this. >> is it the mitt romney that was on the side -- against the second amendment before he was for the second amendment? was it before he was before -- before the social programs from the standpoint of he was far standing up for roe versus wade. before he was against roe versus wade. he was for race to the top. he's for obama care and now he's against it. >> that was so painful. lots of voters witnessed that unfortunate moment. i'm talking lots of viewers. lots of voters. that's the thing. lots of viewers equal eager networks hungry to host more and more debates. the question is with so many debates on tap, when will voter fatigue set in and the s rick perry right? are voters learning anything new in these debates. the talk back question today are there too many presidential debates? i'll read your comments later this hour. >> it depends if viewers can weigh in and ask questions. i like the youtube debate. that was great. folks get to ask their own questions. >> well, maybe those kinds of questions will be inserted in the 12 or so debates to come. there may be as many as 18, suzanne. >> even i might get tired of it. >> we'll see what folks think. >> so how does a piece jafl protest get so ugly? this is video of scott olson being carried away by fellow demonstrators after a clash with police in oakland on tuesday night. olson is a former marine. he served two tours in iraq. i want to bring in amber with the latest. amber, what are we seeing here? do we have any clear sense of what actually happened to this guy, olson? >> i spoke with olson's mother and friends, they say that they believe some type of a police projectile hit him in the head fracturing his skull. some people say it might have been tear gas. there's a lot of speculation going on right now. we have no confirmation as to what object hit scott olson. this area of downtown oakland looked like almost a war zone late tuesday night as it was filled with tear gas also some protesters say they were hit with rubber bullets. we spoke with one protesters who says he was actually trying to help carry away scott olson when he saw him lying in the road with blood coming out of his head. he said that's when he was hit by a rubber bullet. he showed us a welt the size of a baseball on his side. we spoke with scott's mom. she said her son served two tours in iraq as a marine. she said he was never injured. she was shocked it happened here in the u.s. one thing's for sure this has not caused this movement to fade away. it's really galvanized the movement across the country. we saw protests and marches in hon nonof scott olson all across the country. last night protesters filled this street. what caused the protest, what sparked everything on tuesday was police had come out here in front of city hall and removed the occupation camp. that led to some violence, some frustration. we're already seeing people this morning repost their tents and kind of retake this area in front of city hall. and we spoke with oakland p.d., as of now they say they're investigating the situation as to what happened to this 24-year-old marine. he is still many the hospital in critical condition with a fractured skull. >> amber, did the police department say anything else? did they release a statement or try to explain how this actually occurred? are they saying that didn't happen what olson is claiming? >> we contacted oakland p.d. for some type of a comment. all they told us is they are currently investigating and cannot comment on that particular case. we did speak with some witnesses out here. they say what really escalated the violence was that some types of objects were initially thrown at police and then that's what caused the response with tear gas and rubber bullets. >> all right. amber, thank you very much. here's a look at the rundown what's ahead. we're going to walk you through a deal that could help the u.s. from falling into a new recession. also ark 12-story dam is destroyed on purpose. can we get just one more person squeezed in there. all 7 billion and counting. then, the pentagon says other nations are trying to get their hands on the latest drone technology. >> they glide deep underwater. no crew on board, sensors gather intelligence about everything from the movement of warships to port security. and the peace and quiet of a small north dakota town interrupted by oil and money. woman: day care can be expensive. so to save some money, i found one that uses robots instead of real people. 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what would happen if these negotiations had fallen apart? what would it mean for the u.s. economy? >> the best way to explain it is it's an old saying, when one country has a cold, the other one, the u.s. can start sneezing. that's the thinking with europe as well. if greece were to default, you would see europe fall into a recession. it could bring down the u.s. economy as well. it's because we're all so interconnected. think about what pd in 2008. the u.s. housing crisis caused a global recession. the reality is that europe it could still fall into a recession. it could be in a recession right now. but the reality is that this deal that gets a handle on the european debt crisis it's really lessening the severity of a recession. for the u.s. it puts talk of a recession on the back burner. >> how closely are we tied to europe when it comes to the economy? >> for one, we trade an awful lot with europe. the brookings institute said we had $400 million of u.s. exports go there. it means they're buying less stuff here in the u.s. and that would wind up hurting u.s. manufacturing and jobs right here at home. u.s. businesses and banks they are heavily invested in the european union. they could also take a hit. the fact is the fact that europe came to this deal, it is definitely helping economies worldwide. >> how are the markets looking today? >> we've got the dow up 250 points. there's kind of a the coast is clear mentality going on here at the new york stock exchange. investors are dipping their toes and their entire bodies back into the water. putting their money back into stocks. this is really what investors have been waiting for. these european debt problems have been years in the making. investors have been waiting for some solid deal to come out of it. there is some skepticism. there is a need to see more details to see this move forward in concrete steps. at this point you're seeing this rally because finally a deal has been done. >> a little bit of good news there. tensions over economic reforms in europe are so high now that two italian politicians got into a fistfight in parliament. that's right. a photographer captured this picture of the two men from opposing parties grabbing each other by the throat. they came to blows because of a debate over changing italy's pension system as part of the reforms that european leaders demanded. lawmakers in congress are under the gun to deal with the debt crisis here in the united states. the deadline for the so-called supercommittee to come up with spending cuts just one month away. we're going to talk about what's at stake if they don't reach a deal. and population explosion. do you know how many people are in the world today? the global population is about to hit a milestone. find out what's behind the spike and what it means for you personally. and you've heard a lot about corporate greed. ceo salaries from the occupy wall street protest. here's the question, how much money do you think that fortune 500 corporate board of directors were making per hour last year? are we talking $154 -- i'm sorry, are we talking $934 per hour. $154 or $313 we'll have the $154 or $313 we'll have the answer for you in just a minute. ...was it something big? ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe... it's something you haven't seen yet. the 2nd generation of intel core processors. stunning visuals, intelligent performance. this is visibly smart. we asked you how much money you thought fortune 500 board directors made per hour last year. was it $154 per hour, $313 or $934 per hour. the answer is c, $934 per hour. unbelievable. amazing. that's a lot of money. thousands of people have left some of mexico's most popular beach areas as a powerful tropical storm is getting closer. i want to bring back chad myers with the latest on the forecast. we're talking playa dell carman, cozumel and cancun. by the time it gets to cancun it will lose some stuffing. here is cozumel right there. you can take the ferry across or on up here to the seven which is cancun. we are seeing rainshowers come into cancun, that's why people have been evacuate from the hotels or getting them on the ocean side away from the windows and things like that. 70 miles per hour right now. forecast to be a little bit weaker about five miles per hour weaker as it makes its way over the island of cozumel tonight and into tomorrow. the big story is that this storm, although it's right here will not get up go the gulf of mexico as first predicted by a few models and it went goat to havana. this will make a loop and come back down and die an ugly death down here after it's worn out its welcome and the warm water. if you put a hurricane on the trapical storm in the same place for too long, you'll lose the heat of the ocean. and then water gets colder and the storm goes away. >> one of my favorite places over there. >> i do, too. >> i hope it all goes well today. >> the winds will be about 65 miles per hour. they can handle that. >> thanks, chad. colorado's first snow of the season top stories making news across the country. it's a thick plankt of white covering autumn leaves in denver. about five inches of snow came down wednesday. just yesterday knocking out power to thousands of folks. believe it or not denver had a record high of 80 degrees on monday. in washington state a power supplier decided it was easier to demolish this dam than to install a passageway for fish to get around it. it was about $07 million cheaper. the 12-story dam on the white salmon river was built back in 1913. and in north carolina, archaeologists have raised another cannon from the sunken wreck of pirate black beard's ship, the queen anne's revenge. the cannon weighs about a ton. it's been on the ocean floor for almost 300 years. pretty cool. and here's something you might find a little bit a alarming, this halloween the world's population expected to hit seven billion. what does that mean? the population explosion likely to put strain on the earth's resources. what does that mean for all of us? errol joins us. good to see you. our planet getting crowded fast. >> good to see you. lots of kids are being born in the developed world and people are living longer. all of this information is coming out from a population report released from tun. it includes some stunning sums. on monday the world's population will hit seven billion. in just 40 years there will be more than nine billion of us. the fear is that scenes like this could become common. take a look at what they have to do on tokyo on the metro there. these individuals are called pushers. it's their job to shove people into the trains during rush hours. why is the world getting so packed? here's a breakdown for you. people are living longer. in the u.n. report they say rapid global population growth began in 1950 that was when people lived to be 47 years old. now people make it to 68. a number of young people in the world, the u.n. says about 43% of the world's population is people who are under 25. so where exactly is this growth? i can tell you that in developed countries like the u.s., women have having fewer kids than they did 50 years ago. it's the high fertility rates in poorer and developing countries that's fuelling this surge specifically on the african continent, niger has the world's highest fertility rate. the good news in the report is this record growth reflects a sign of better living conditions, economic opportunities and education, for example. the problem is that there are great disparities still in the world between countries as far as how they use their resources. so in the u.s., they use much more energy and fuel per person while in the developing countries people still struggle. according to the global footprint network, quote, if everyone lived a lifestyle of the average american we would need five planets. >> wow. do they have any information about how much it would cost to get birthrates down or under control? >> it's all about family planning resources in. the developing world getting access to those resources to women who don't have it would cost about $6.7 billion a year. that's just one estimate. to put this number in perspective, americans will spend $6.9 billion on halloween this year. so the cost to get birthrates under control isn't astronomical when you think of it in this way. let's go back to japan, the aging population there is growing. over the past 20 years people over the age of 65 have doubled. you've got all these things happening. people are live longer in the developed world as the developing world has its own baby boom. the cost to get it under control is less than we're going to spend on candy and costumes this weekend. >> wow. i'm glad we don't have that where they cram everybody into the subway. >> that would not work on the new york metro line. they'd push back. >> i know some people feel like it's that way. that's amazing. thank you, errol, appreciate it. here's a run down of some stories we're wokking on. they move through the waters sleek and stealthy. they're underwater drone. we'll tell you why so many want to steal this american technology. then why one drag on a signature is causing herman cain's chief of staff so much pain. and later they're reeling in big cash from an oil boom, but some in north dakota say the money isn't worth losing their small town feel. or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business. it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities. that's why we extended $7.8 billion to small businesses across the country so far this year. because the more we help them, the more we help make opportunity possible. i'm a wife, i'm a mom... and chantix worked for me. it's a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system. 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