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at. >> how a 30-year-old playwright is challenging the way we remember the last day of dr. martin luther king jr.'s life. plastic wars. why is this man wearing 500 plastic bags and hanging off the side of a boat? and why is the plastic industry out to get him? hunting down sharks. they're the most feared predators in the ocean. but we reveal how sharks have more to fear from us. revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is "cnn presents" with your hosts tonight, soledad o'brien and sanjay gupta. we begin this evening with a cnn presents special...

and when kenya smith left the navy after 14 years, show thought that two -- she thought that two masters degrees and military experience would help her get a job. two years later she's still looking. and a special welcome to the service men and women watching on the armed forces network. thanks for joining us. we're glad you're with us. and we begin with a major storm battering the northeast. right now around two million people are without power. four states have declared emergencies. new york, new jersey, connecticut, and massachusetts. want to take a live look now at new york c...

the region are calling snowtober. right now 2 million people are without power. four states have declared emergencies -- new york, new jersey, connecticut and massachusetts. officials predicted the downed trees were going to be a major problem and they were right. take a look. the storm is being blamed for three deaths so far. a man in pennsylvania was killed when a snow-covered tree fell into his house. two others died in connecticut and massachusetts. people in connecticut have lost power there. they're being told it will be a while before it comes back. the governor says they've...

unexpected, no question about it. but this has to be startling. >> i have to say that things don't shock me. i was shocked by this. >> reporter: did your heart skip a beat? could you -- what happened? >> i don't know. i think i called home and said, i'm coming home. i'm stopping my errands for saturday and first i thought that she should come get me, my wife should come get me, and i said, no, the car's drivable, but no back window. >> reporter: you were out here for about 36 hours or so without power. finally the power's back up. we take for granted so much what it's like to have el...

the prism of halloween. with ellen davis of the national retail federation. >> when the economy is suffering, halloween spending soars. >> i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." an economic trifecta thursday boosted the administration and maybe the president's re-election chances, too. new figures show the economy grew by 2.5% in the third quarter, almost double the growth in the previous quarter. and european leaders struck a deal to settle greek debt and bolster the euro. then world markets surged in response. wall street ending thursday up over 300 points. meanwh...