9:00 a.m. eastern, 6:00 a.m. in california. i have to remember my family, and give a shoutout. >> they're tivo'ing you, anyway. >> have a great show. >> thanks, kyra. the so-called wallow fire is now the second biggest in state history. it has scorched almost 400,000 acres, still spreading. thousands of people have had to leave their homes. >> it's scary. the smoke over there is thick and dark, and you can see -- at night you can see the light. in orlando, florida, jurors will hear more forensic evidence in the trial of casey anthony, accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter back in 2008. tuesday experts testified about how a dog trained to find human remains acted around anthony's car.

>> comes out of the trunk with his front paws, to the right rear passenger taillight/bumper area, and gives me a final trend alert. he goes into a down position. >> that's the signal a dog gives when he's detected the scent of a dead bod,. joran van der sloot is in court today. he's also linked to the disappearance of american teen natalie holloway in aruba. the peruvian victim was killed last year in a hotel room. her father was expected at today's hearing. president obama discusses the road ahead for the u.s. in afghanistan. he's holding a videoconference with afghan president hammond car syne. president obama is deciding the size and scope of u.s. troop withdrawal in afghanistan. that is scheduled to begin next month. nato's involvement in the war in libya just got extended

by three months. for days nato warplanes have been battling gadhafi's compound in tripoli, but yesterday gadhafi told state television he would not surrender. in syria, the violence between the government and protesters is setting off a humanitarian crisis. tens of thousands of refugees are flooding out of syria's border towns, that is according to several witnesses. 120 refugees were reportedly allowed into neighboring turkey. while 100 more stood at the border fence chanting and waving the syrian flag. the ash cloud from a chilean volcano has reached abobuenas buenas aires.

a prominent democrat calls for anthony weiner to resign. tim kaine says his attempt to cover up the scandal makes him unfit for office. kaine says lying about the photo is unforgivable. firefighters are throwing all they have against this so-called wallow fire, but still not enough. the flames are spreading fast, and jim spellman is with the firefighters on the front lines. >> reporter: a fire bigger than new york city, so far 0% contained. >> the wind's our enemy right now. as soon as they die down to give us an opportunity to get a handle on the fire, that's what we're waiting for. >> reporter: it could be days until that break. until then, they're doing what they can to try to get ahead of the flames. >> right now we just completed

at least part of our buffer that we're creating just before the fire front hits here. we're trying to maintain it on this room. >> they've already created an intentional fire to eliminate as much fuel as they can. crewing are monitor this road to make sure no embers come across. >> this hotshot team has come from california to fight it. it's stifling heat, but you won't here any of them complaining. >> it's hard work. you take it one piece at a time. you just focus on your job. >> we go anywhere where anybody needs help. we're just here to do our part. >> reporter: it may be a wile before they can return home. winds are expected to pick up through the week. all right. jim spellman is on the phone near springerville, arizona, one of the towns threatened by the flames.

give us a sense what is taking place today? are we seeing any progress against this huge fire? >> reporter: despite nearly 3,000 firefighters on the scene here, and more on their way, it's zero containment. we just got that word. they're trying to create the buffer zones to get the fire to go around these communities. it's becoming a battle for springerville. this is what they're focusing on. the forest, there's just for way they can get in there and stop it. there's so much fuel, so dry, such low humidity and these constant winds are making it almost impossible. if they can save these communities from major harm, that's their goal for the next two, maybe three days. suzanne? >> are people still in their homes, in their communities that are perhaps in danger? >> reporter: there are people still here, for sure. lots of people have evacuated.

some people -- want to ride it out, saying they'll be okay. if they're not already out, getting ready, they're only keeping one road out of town, and closing off roads. they don't want to have to start evacuating people in the night, or when the fire can get ahead of them. the winds have been so high and erratic, they don't think they can reliably count on where the fire will do. we anticipate today they may change that to a mandatory order. >> jim, be safe, we appreciate your report. marshall reid is one of the evacuees who had to leave his home, which was in the fire zone. he told us yesterday he and his wife, they didn't want to go, but they had no choice. they're in and out at their daughter's. they have not been able to check on their homes, but here's what marshall told us as he level his belongings behind. >> when i was young, i was a

thrill seeker. i rode bulls and climbed poles, and painted multistory buildings, when it was just iron framework, no floors or stairs, so i don't scare easy, but this had me scared. >> they hope if the crews will allow them to check on their homes as well as their chickens. this is a rundown of the stories we'll cover in the next two hours. president obama and president karzai working on their relationship through videoconference. also a raging fire burns in rhode island landmark building to the ground. plus, from the midwest to the northeast, it is hot. we're talking major hot, some places dangerously hot. a man in miami reports a police shooting with his cell phone.

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president obama speaking with president karzai today about the future role of the u.s. in afghanistan. people are growinging increasingly wary about this war. more than 1,500 u.s. troops have been killed in afghanistan. the military operation costs the country about $10 billion a month, and u.s. foreign aid to afghanistan totals about $320 million a month. a congressional report says u.s. attempts at nation building in afghanistan have had some limited success, and may not even survive after u.s. troops pulls out. much of what happens depends on president karzai's government.

nick paton walsh is in kabul. first of all, what do we think, when you're on the ground there, what do we think? what do the afghans think? what do the soldiers think will happen once u.s. troops star to withdraw? >> reporter: it's really about the pace and the number of troops that leave. already practically we're seeing some suggestions that in the east along the border with pakistan, areas from which nato has withdrawn. -- it's when nato starts to talk about how quickly they can leave, afghans will have to work out who they need to land on, whether they trust the nato and u.s. or the afghan government. frankly when one side is saying how quickly it can withdraw and the other side, the taliban, who have been here in the past, are here now, and will be here in the future, you may wonder where

they turn. >> nick, what do they tell you? are they worried when u.s. troops leave that things will fall apart, that they're going to get worse? >> yeah, i think it's hard to say, actually. there's definitely a fear. people don't want to go back to those days, that kind of radicalized society. about the civilian casuals. about the corruption, which the vast amounts of money that nato have poured, has fueled and actually let get out of control, and frankly the promises that nato and the u.s. have made over the past ten years, haven't really changed the lives of ordinary afghans much at all. >> nick, we know that president obama will be speaking with hamid karzai, the leader there in afghanistan. there have been times when that's been a tense relationship as trying to get war from hamid karzai to take responsibility for governing there. what do they think of their

leader, hamid karzai? >> reporter: he keeps winning elections, but i think there's a brought feel he's not that popular, not that trusted. corruption is a word often associated with his administration, strongly denied by them. but there's a general feeling in the obama administration there's not much choice, apart from karzai. there were moves at the election to find a real challenger, before that to find ways of working around the administration, but i believe they feel they're stuck with him. one observation that it's a relationship between a child and a parent, but i think nato regards the karzai administration as a difficult partner who at times will be frankly obstinate and just try to upset them, but somebody they have tried to live without but eventually are stuck with. >> nick paton walsh, thank you.

will afghanistan become a haven for al qaeda terrorists when troops leave? we'll talk about that with peter bergen in the next hour. delta air lines is apologizing to some u.s. soldiers over baggage fees. the soldiers say they were charged $200 each for a fourth bag. delta says military personnel can check four bags for free. soldiers flying coach can check three. the soldiers posted their story on youtube. >> what happened to the soldiers, they actually had four bags. >> we ended up paying out of pocket, our own money, to allow that fourth bag to be taken. >> reporter: how did you pay? >> $200 per bag. >> how much did our unit end up paying out of pocket. >> other $2,800. >> what was that fourth bag? >> for me a weapons case the

tools i use to protect myself and afghan citizens while deployed in the country. >> in a statement, delta says we would like to publicly apologize to those service men and women for any miscommunication regarding our current policies, as well as any inconvenience we may have caused. we are currently looking further into the situation and will reaching out to each of them personally to address their concerns and work to correct any issues that they have faced. it's time to go cross country, for stories cnn affiliates are covering. first off is rhode island, where this raging fire destroyed a landmark building overnight just north of providence. it was one the largest rubber plant in the world. no word yet on what caused the fire. in florida police in boca rattan are looking for a man who brought into a pharmacy through the korean. the store's surveillance camera

caught him ransacking the place. now to baltimore, maryland, where a driving lesson ends up the family car in the lake. the woman was teaching her 14-year-old niece how to drive when the girl hit the accelerator causing the minivan to crash into a lake. thank god everyone got out okay. it's still a couple weeks ago from summer, but can't really tell when you're outside. much of the country is sizzling. that is true for, rob? who is in atlanta -- or piedmont park there. rob? i've just moved to atlanta. i didn't realize it doesn't get this hot in june here, but it is really hot now. is this typical? >> reporter: not this early in the season, and quite honestly suzanne, not for this long already. the heat has been on for a good 10, 12 days across much of the

southeast. it hasn't let up. now that heat is beginning to build into more populated cities. check out some of the record highs yesterday. as star north as minneapolis, up and over 100 degrees, shattering records there. these are measured in the shade and don't include humidity. let's include humidity. let's talk about the heat index. this is what it feels like right now if you're outside in places like d.c., new york city, detroit, even here in atlanta. everybody in the upper 80s and in some cases the lower 90s, and we're not even at noon. they'll soar to over 100 degrees, meaning that's what it would feel like. here's the forecast for today and the next couple days. you'll notice there's not much in relief certainly across the southeast, there's a cold front, a couple of them that will flirt with the western great lakes, so places like chicago, maybe new york city we'll see some brief

cooling, but everything south of the mason dixon, heat indices over 90 degrees as well. now for dangerous heat expected today and tomorrow, potentially the next day in places like d.c., detroit, philadelphia, and new york city. so take care of your neighbors, certainly the elderly ones, and those who may not be able to handle this heat. air quality is an issue, too. also ozone builds up in big cities like atlanta. so we're at a code orange today, not only for atlanta, but i think tomorrow over 80 cities will be in unhealthy categories. here in piedmont park where normally you would see more people with strollers, bicycles, only a handful of those today. the midtown skyline behind me will certainly be more hazy as we get into the heat of the afternoon. no rest for the weary across the

south, and dangerous heat now building into the northeast. >> how are you feeling out there, are you holding up okay? >> reporter: i'm all right. i haven't hit noon yet, but if you don't mind, we'd like to stop after that. >> okay. we'll give you a break. thanks, rob. falling home prices, high unemployment, we're listening about your concerns about the economy. our cnn in-depth report is up jest ahead. also motown recently re-released the hit song "what's going on?" "rolling stone" ranked it as the fourths greatest song of all time. do you know who sang backup? a clue -- think professional athletes. with honey nut cheerios cereal. kissed with real honey. and the 100% natural whole grain oats can help lower your cholesterol. you are so sweet to me. bee happy. bee healthy.

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nato forces have stepped in and banned them from using captured tanks. second, from secret service to senate candidate. a man recently paid to take a bullet for the president if necessary, now has harsh words for president obama. we're with the former agent as he hits the campaign trail. and third, driving in the fast lane. a woman from a billionaire background has the need for speed and risks her life as a professional drag racer. so vote by texting 22360. 1 for the tankless, 2 for the secret service candidate, or 3 for driving in the fast lane. president obama talks jobs at a community college inria alexandria, virginia. now, the sluggish job market and the economy are taking a toll on

the president's poll numbers. his overall approval rating is down six points since late last month. cnn in depth is on a listening tour to hear about your concerns about the economy and how those concerns are shaping your views when it comes to the presidential race. our correspondents are all across the country. david mattingly has been listening to florida voters struggling now in a very slow economy. >> reporter: four different people from four different walks of life, all feeling the pain of a down economy. in kissimmee, the biggest investment of her life withering away in a market. >> i'm stressed out because i need a house for my kids, and for me, and i'm trying to work with the bank. the bank doesn't want to work

with me. >> carl grooms in plant city knows what that feels like. >> i'm like most folks, feeling it in the pocketbook. >> reporter: rising costs of everything has him thinking there's a disconnect in d.c. >> i don't think they've got a clue. they have never walked in the shoe of the common person, never been down here at the level, never had to wonder what they're going to eat tomorrow or where they're going to live or how they get their fuel tank filled up. >> reporter: donna thomas of the villages worries about that all the time. >> we basically had to give up our regular insurance and go to an hmo, and we've had to cut back on everything. >> when her real estate company went up during the mortgage crisis, she lost everything she was saving for retirement. harold williams can't think that far ahead. >> especially because you don't want your family to be without. they look upon you to be the

strong leader, and i don't want to let them down. >> reporter: in two months this former other math teacher has had just two interviews. williams says the job market will affect his next vote for president. >> i don't want them to have sympathy for me, but empathy. >> david joins us from the villages, florida. a lot of people are talking they're suffering from the economy. what do they need? what do they say needs to be done? >> reporter: they believe that this economic recovery is going to start with putting more people back to work, so it comes down to jobs in their minds. every single person i talked to believes if more people had jobs, the housing market would stabilize, more businesses would stay solvent, so the economy recovery needs to start with putting more people to work. >> and villages is an upscale community. i imagine there are a lot of folks talking about protecting

social security. >> that's right. that's something we expected when we came down here, talking to people. they say don't touch my social security, but a very close second they were also saying it's going back to the jobs. we were surprised to find out how many people in retirement are now supporting their adult children who have lost their jobs. so, again, the big issue with most people seems to be putting people back to work to get this economy started. >> david mattingly, thank you so much. appreciate it. coming up on monday, cnn is going to host the new hampshire presidential debate. join us as republican hopefuls take on the issues as well as each other. the new hampshire presidential debate is next monday june 13th at 8:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. in lima, peru, a court hearing for jordan van der sloot, accused of killing a peruvian woman and linked to the disappearance of american teen natalie holloway. we'll go live to lima for the

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people running to this ike cream shop. and lima peru, jordan van der sloot is accused of killing a peruvian woman and linked to the disappearance of natalie holloway. the court in peru has been considering claiming a crime of passion plea, which could be 3 to 5 years. under a murder conviction, he could get 25 years. pa tria janiot is in lima. patricia, explain to us the difference here. >> joran van der sloot is scheduled to appear later this afternoon in court, alongside with the father of the woman he's charged with murdering, stephany flores. the hearing will take place in the castro castro jail, where van der sloot has been retained for over a year.

the purpose of this hearing is part of a process before a trial date is set, but also the purpose is to identify some of stephany flores' alleged personal belongings that joran had with him when he was arrested in chiller. we're also told a video will be shown in this hearing, a video from -- a surveillance video from the stilled of peru that is supposed to show van der sloot and his alleged victims in the streets of lima. so far we know he's been assigned a lawyer, because his former lawyer has withdrawn last week from the case, citing some opinion differences between the defense's strategy. >> patricia, we know that van der sloot has been linked to the disappearance of natalie

holloway. that case is still unresolved. is there anything you're hearing regarding in case, any connection that might help solve that one? >> reporter: well, we know that there is a reported -- technical report from the national police in peru that states that the van der sloot computer activity, surfing the internet about the holloway's case was done a day before stephany flores' death. so that leaves the defense with no case to say this was a passion crime, that this was -- this death was a -- because van der sloot was upset because he was surfing the 'net. this report says that the activity was done a day before. >> patricia, thank you very much. we appreciate it. a reminder to vote for the

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farmers in germany are throwing away hundreds of tons of perfectly ripe tomatoes and other produce. they simply ebbet sell the stuff, because the german government has warned the people not to eat raw lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers. today germany announced two people died from this rare form of e. coli. it has sickened more than 2,000 others. the source is still not known.

the european union says it will pak vegetable growers in compensation. while the u.s. isn't dealing with this particular form of e. coli, it's always had problems with the food borne illnesses. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta breaks it down for us. >> suzanne, there is good news and bad news. the good news is that if you look at some of the most common foodborne infections we're starting to see strides in the united states in terms of bringing the numbers down. e. coli, something we've been talking about a lot, those numbers have come down over the last 15 years, if you look at the top six causes, they're now near the bottom. salmonella tops the list right now, that is one of the areas where we've made no progress, the numbers have in fact gone up over the last ten years.

take a look 'a snapshot of food borne illness, still 1,000 outbreaks every year. that's in contrast to the number of confirmed cases, maybe a few bad days, not going to the hospital necessarily, but having a food borne illness. over 3,000 deaths, equivalent to the number of people who die from lung cancer who are nonsmokers. with regard to salmonella, part of the reason it's so problematic is because it can infect so many different times of foods, even processed foods, so it can be difficult to pinpoint to determines of from where it came. in regards to e. coli, the reason they've had good success, is they're focusing on preventing the bacteria from taking hold, as opposed to treating it after an outbreak has occurred. there'sing in known as the food safety modernization act, which gives the government more

authority to mandatorily shut down a plant if there's a concern and focus on the outbreak as opposed to just dealing with it. these are some of the steps being made, but again a couple areas of note, where we still need to do more to bring some of these numbers down. suzanne, back to you. just days after a lewd photo scandal rocked his career, a new poll suggests that new york voters might be ready to let anthony weiner get back to business as usual. the latest numbers in the cnn political ticker. was an archer drawing his bow. ♪ could that have also inspired its 556 horsepower supercharged engine? ♪ the all-new cadillac cts-v coupe. we don't just make luxury cars, we make cadillacs. red lobster like this before.

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you're looking at live pictures there. president obama at a community college in alexandria, virginia, addressing students there, and talking about the need to promote jobs, manufacturing jobs, creating new kinds of jobs in technology as well, all part of his message, the president addressing it. we may go live if we hear something that sparks our interest. the calls for congressman weiner to resign are getting louder, even from those inside his own party. but new york voters seem to be more forgiving. kate bolduan is live.

will he survive? >> reporter: good question. i will tell you that one of the items topping the ticker is tim kaine, former chair of the democratic committee is calling on anthony weiner to resign. he's the prominent high-protool democrat yet to call on the embattled congressman to step aside from his seat. kaine telling a local television -- something like this is unforgivable. he is running for the open seat in virginia, a key battleground state, so definitely making his point to let voters in virginia know his feelings. >> what do new yorkers think? >> reporter: this is interesting, a maris poll out today. this poll was conducted after the bizarre news conference where he admitted to this

contact. and a slim majority -- these are new york city residents. a slim majority, 51% think that anthony weiner should stay in office. 30% thought he should resign. 18% were unsure. many people, of course, still wondering what the man was thinking, but a slightly larger majority, this is interesting, 56% say they do not want him to run for mayor. mayor is a position he's long been rumored to want, kind of insinuated this is a position he would like. so new york city voters, they seem to be cutting him some slack, maybe, but also wondering. >> kate bolduan, thank you. for the latest go to cnn.com/politics. bad economic news has sent the stocks for a rise. perhaps there are safe places to stash your cash.

alison kosik joins us with more. tell us about some of those possibilities. >> you got it, suzanne. there's a lot of volatility. you're not alone if it's scaring you away from stocks, savings accounts, cds, money markets are considered safe places, but don't expect big returns. interest rates are still at rock bottom right now, but there are many economists who believe that sometime next year the fed is going to start raising rates. if you're looking to build that emergency fund, now may be the time. suzanne? >> is now a good time to invest in cds? >> you know what? cds traditionally offer a higher interest rates that's cd accounts, but it's important to remember that it winds up being locked up for a period of time. if you want to withdraw the money before then, you'll most likely face some hefty fees. also interest earned on a cd is typically fixed for the entire term, so if rates go up, you

won't benefit, but at the end of the term you will collect principal and interest accrued, that's garcht tee. the fdic says do your research, find out what the interest rate is, whether or not it's fixed, what are the penalties associated with withdrawing the money and whether or not the cd automatically renews once it matures. suzanne? >> alison, after the break we'll talk about money market accounts. that's up next. thanks. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle --

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we're back with alison kosik talking about safe places to invest your money. alison, just talking about savings accounts and cds. tell us about money market accounts. >> okay. suzanne, money market accounts are safe places to put money now as well. like cds and savings accounts, these are fdic insured. if you're bank fails your money is still safe. money market accounts typically pay higher interest rates than savings or checking accounts but require higher balances. yush

usually above $1,000. some up to $10,000. you get some check-writing privileges. some are limited and some require minimum dollar amounts. >> how do you decide what's better for you? a money market account or a cd? >> that's a good question. money market accounts are good for high-priced expenses. you have access to this money whenever you need it and rates are higher than on savings accounts. a cd is a better option if you know you won't needed money in less than six months and the return with cds is better. suzanne? >> alison, a question that doesn't really have anything to do with money. what would you do if you found a bug -- >> fine with me. >> if you found a bug in your food at a restaurant? >> well, i'd eat it, of course. just kidding. i would, of course, pick it out of my ice cream. >> you would not -- okay. you gave it away. you teased us a little bit. ice cream shop owner. the story in missouri. thought it would be a good idea to put cicadas, the loud summertime bugs in a bag of ice

cream. take a listen to this. >> ice cream, sounds disgifting. the batch would go slowly. but the batch flew out of here. so -- no pun intended nchtsds you're not biting into a whole is a kade georg cicada. they would match didn't was a nut. >> they actually -- >> a nut? >> yeah. a nut, right? so they actually made this batch of ice cream of iscicadas. >> you wonder if it's sitting next to a pick her of a cicada. people realize they're eating the bidi eyes and -- >> it's in the ice cream, but alison, i have to tell you, so that the health department, they said, don't do that again. don't make another batch of this special cicada ice cream. we don't have to deal with that. we've been spared. >> okay. yes. i'll stay with the chocolate in

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ends up with a gun pointed at him. it's all on video. our cnn's brian todd has the story. >> reporter: you're about to witness has appears to be a chaotic shooting scene in south miami beach. at just before 4:00 a.m. on memorial day, a car driven by a suspect comes to an abrupt stop on collins avenue. this video posted on youtube shows police rounding the car and then firing. police killed the suspect, raymond, miami beach police tell cnn he used his vehicle as a weapon that morning, that he'd struck and injured an officer with his car when the officer

tried to stop him, but an i witness says they used intimidation to cover up actions. here you see it from street level. >> he's got to be dead now. >> watch how police approached that iwitness. >> they're at a miami bureau. cnn purchased the video from he and hi girg friend. can you tell us what the miami beach police said and did to you when they first approached you? >> it was like, you get the f away from here. get away. get back to your car. and that's what i did. i walked back to the car with my hands up. i turned around, the officer had a gun to his head. >> reporter: the police got him out of the car, handcuffed him, made him lay face down on the ground. he says they later uncovered him, took him in for questioning and took his phone again demanding the video. he told them the phone was

broken. how were you able to hide the video and preserve it? >> the video was saved to my cell card. >> reporter: how did the memory card not get ruined being in your mouth? >> i do not know. >> reporter: erica, what is the motive of the police officers in behaving the way you say they? >> they just wanted the videos. that's all they were concerned about. >> reporter: miami beach police chief carlos noriega says this about the shooting. >> the officers who responded to what i consider to be these situations involving deadly force. >> erica davis says this looking back on the incident. >> my mother is even an officer, you know, and i'm used to dealing with police. i've nerve her a view like that, of an officer in my life. i'm shaken just thinking about it. >> since our report, miami beach police issued a statement in defense of the department saying officers did not smash his cell

phone as claimed and because mr. benoit matched the description of one of the subjects just reported fleeing the scene and further because he ignored repeated commands as he quickly walked towards and entered his vehicle he was detained by officers. i'm suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed. an extremely dangerous wildfire burned its way into the record books in arizona. the so-called wallow fire is now the second biggest in state history. it scorched almost 400,000 acres. it's still spreading. thousands of people have had to leave their homes. >> we packed up everything that we could. memories and clothes. >> i don't know. probably going to have to start over again. president obama discusses the road ahead for the u.s. in afghanistan in a videoconference with afghan president hamid

karzai, deciding the size of the troop withdrawal with afghanistan scheduled to begin next month. the senate panel is hearing testimony whether robert muller to stay on the job two more years. president obama asked for the extension. under current policy he can serve no more than ten years. his term is scheduled to end september 4th. more forensic evidence preb presented in the casey anthony trial a day after a cadaver dog reacted to two places, including the trunk of casey anthony's car. >> the odor is so distinctive and overpowering. no way you're going to mistake it from simple trash. the defense has a very difficult time with that type of issue. >> casey anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. she has pleaded not guilty.

if convicted, she could get the death penalty. in lima, peru, joran van der sloot is in court for the killing of a young peruvian woman and also linked to the dispassengers of natalee holloway in aruba. california's new plan to deal with overcrowding in state prisons sends some offenders back to local jails. state officials say the plan could affect as many as 33,000 inmates, but for it to happen, california voters would have to approve it at the voting booth this november. two more people have died in europe's e. coli outbreak bringing the death toll to at least 24. the cause of the crisis has still not been conclusively identified and officials still think it may have been bean sprouts from a north german farm, even though some of the farm sprouts tested negative for

the bacteria. facebook is rolling out new facial recognition technology. the feature scans every picture and suggests the names of people who appear in the images. if you think it's a little too close for comfort, you can opt out of the feature by going to your privacy settings page. well, a closer look now at the road ahead for the u.s. and afghanistan. president obama is deciding how many american troops are going to come home and draw down. that drawdown begins next month. also in the discussion, what happens in afghanistan after those troops leave? joining us from washington with some insight to discuss this, cnn national security analyst peter bergen. peter, thank you for joining us here. obviously, you've been there many times. you know the situation on the ground as well as the politics of all of this. the administration very much split whether u.s. troops should stay in or get out of afghanistan fairly quickly. vice president biden on one

side. defend secretary gates on the other. if you're advising the president, which side do you come down on now? >> reporter: well, lucky, suzanne, that's never going to happen. but let me instead of answering that directly sort of slay sleigh out what the choices are. a 2011 drawdown we're coming to. is it going to be a token withdrawal a small withdrawal, a sizable withdrawal? inside the defense department people expect to think the numbers are probably 10,000 out of the 100,000. of course, political pressures have grown for a sizable withdrawal, and on the military side, general petraeus and others will -- they're looking to consolidate gains and not make the mistake of pulling out too quickly. then the other even bigger decision, which is, what is the ramp down rate for the 30,000 soldiers of the surge between now and the end of 2012, and then what to do, as you implied,

in 2014. you know, the afghan government was very concerned about us pulling out substantially in july. at one point it seemed to be possible. i don't think that's going to happen. they do want a forces agreement similar to what happened in iraq. many people want some kind of recognition that the united states won't be leaving closing, turning off the lights completely in 2014. there are really three sets of decisions. the very quick one in july. what to do with the 30,000 troops in the surge, and finally what is the long-term deal we'll do with the afghan government after 2014? >> what is the end game here, peter? what do you think the u.s. mission is at this point? >> reporter: well, the end game -- look, we were to attack, afghanistan on 9/11. already run the experiment of doing nothing in afghanistan, closing embassy there in 19 89

on the post 9/11, little troops and the taliban came back. readily fully resourced mission is what's required, and if you look add afghan in, polling day in afghanistan, 68% of afghans had a favorable view of international forces and an abc news bbc news poll taken late last year. afghans don't want us to leave. they want us to perform. thing, going in the right direction in afghanistan. 1 million kids are in school -- go ahead. >> quick, we know things are improving in afghanistan, but what about the threat of al qaeda in afghanistan? what do we make of that? if we pull out u.s. troops we pull them out quickly, would that threat still be a big problem for the united states? >> reporter: well, you know, in the absence of effective government, that's where al qaeda thrives. right now based in the tribal regions of pakistan, in control of any government, including the

pakistanis. we kind of know if we don't get it right in afghanistan, not just al qaeda, suzanne, every terrorist group in the world who's headquartered in pre-9/11 afghanistan. they would all seek to move back into the vacuum if we don't get it right and we have a moral obligation in my view to get it right. >> all right. peter, thank you very much. appreciate it. a look at what's ahead this hour on the rundown. first, former alaskan governor sarah palin and congresswoman michele bachmann. do we see these conservative stars head to head. and gruesome evidence in the casey anthony trial. how important is it? we're going to ask an expert. and then, the sissy boy experiment. therapy meant to make little boys more masculine. and hurricanes, floods, wildfires. a look at this year's crazy weather. and finally, the long-term unemployed. those out of work for six months or longer.

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a strategist, and in a politico interview rollins said this, "people are going to say i gotta make a choice and go with the intelligent woman who's every bit as attractive." whew. cnn deputy director paul steinhauser, those are fighting words. joining us from the political desk in washington. paul, you've spoken with ed. what's behind this? >> reporter: tough talk, suzanne. back in 1984 had e was the campaign manager, ran ronald reagan's re-election campaign. most recently the guy ran mike huckabee's election campaign four years ago. remember, huckabee won iowa. a big success story. i spoke to rollins about the comments he made on politico and others on a radio show where he was equally tough at sarah palin. he said this is not part of a strategy. rollins has been hired. if bachmann jumps in to announce

candidacy he'll steer the campaign. it's nots part of the strategy and told me specifically i don't think palin will run. if she does, we'll deal with it. there is a trend in the media to link them, meaning both women. in the long run we want palin and her people as our allies. that's what he told me this morning. >> no accident they're going after palin here. they're going after some of the same voters, however. the tea party folks. what does he think he's going to be able to accomplish there? seems like palin has really got that wrapped up. >> reporter: you're exactly right. they seem to be going after similar voters. if palin announces later this year, that's still a big "if." the bus tour sparked speculation. she said she's contemplating. if she and bachmann runs, as we expect, going after tea party activists, both popular with these people. iowa, the first state to vote, of course, both of these groups vote in big numbers. there could be a battle for the same voters if palin runs, if

bachmann runs. stay tuned. this story is far from over. >> we are staying tuned. thank you, paul. appreciate it. coming up monday, cnn will host the new hampshire presidential debate. join us as republican hopefuls take on the issues as well as each other. new hampshire presidential debate. that is next monday, june 13th at 8:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. weird weather this spring. we've got tornadoes ripping apart cities like tuscaloosa, alabama. joplin, missouri. even massachusetts getting hit. floodwaters destroying homes and businesses in the south and the midwest. some of it record-breaking, and now huge wildfires in arizona and other parts of the southwest. a lot of folks are wondering, what's up? what's up with the weather, chad? explain to us why we're having such a weird -- and really, quite frankly, dangerous --

>> noaa is having a conference at 3:00. i called the guys. i can't wait until 3:00. we freed to know now. what are you going to say? we're on tv. what do you got? they said they don't have any information. they don't have one culprit. they just have a number of things. the aware's very warm. there's water all over the ground in the midwest. that's adding humidity. it's been a record slow pack season in the colorado rockies. in the sierra, it's still snowing. still skiing in utah. skiing every weekend. they think skiing to the fourth of july. it was 72 feet in heavenly valley in the sierra. 72 feet of snow? i can't imagine. how it all packs down, but the cold is still out west and the hot is here in the east. and it clashes. that cold and the warm have clashed all spring long. made a lot of rain, first of all made the floods. then the tornadoes. and it's not an affiliate, not one of our tv stations but national geographic had fabulous stuff. i don't know where they're getting the video from, because

i haven't seen it all. sometimes in the afternoon, i'm clicking back and forth, and the videos out of tuscaloosa people haven't even seen. video out of joplin people have seen. the damage is even more tremendous than we can see. when we're on the ground we try to show you. we got a couple city blocks. when you fly over it in a helicopter, you can truly see the enormity of all this. what are we doing now? what are we doing today? record back to yesterday. minneapolis, 103 degrees yesterday. the heat index. right now it feels like 98 degrees in d.c. it's only, what, only noon. god's time, only 11:00. eastern daylight time. not even standard time. well over 100. there will be a small cord frldt that tries to come in this weekend. trying to cool things down a little lit. only in the 80s and 90s. not out of the really hot weather especially d.c. southward. the new england states may get a little break if you want to go somewhere this week, get there.

talking about the heat in the west. here's the smoke. you can see smoke from the satellite, from the skies, from the fires in new mexico and into arizona. only five miles now from some of the bigger towns. for a lot of this fire, it's been out in the middle of interlands. now getting closer. people and their houses and structures and pets and their ranches are in danger. we'll keep watching that. >> chad, all right. we'll look out for 3:00. make sure we get the news out of noaa. appreciate it. be patient, chad. i know. we want that news. thanks. hit by shrapnel, badly burned, the president of yemen is licking his wounds in saudi arabia, but his return could potentially throw his country into civil war. michael holmes is going beyond the headlines for what that could mean for the rest of the region. time now for the health dlp. a personal finance author and

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>> i typically don't see it for a mod oeft income. you're saying, take a chunk of money i will never have access to the principle again. put it away. i can get income off of it. when i die the charty gets that money and i get a tax deduction. 's in a modest income those aren't typically the people that would do that versus making an outright gift to the charity where they could use the money now. we see it with higher income because of the tax benefit you do get. it can be done but not a common thing with a modest income. >> great advice. do you have a question you want us to answer? send an e-mail anytime to the cnn help desk at cnn.com. ♪ you love money ♪ well, you know i love it too ♪

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still rocking the arab world. in syria, a humanitarian crisis. tens of thousands of refugees trying to escape the violent government crackdowns by flooding out of the country. hundreds swarming the border of neighboring turkey. in libya, nato warplanes continue to battle moammar gadhafi's compound in tripoli. and there is no plan to let up the pressure. today nato commanders extended their commitment to the war

there for three more months. and finally, to yemen. this is where president ali abdullah saleh remains in a saudi arabian hospital after being badly injured when a bomb went off inside his compound on friday. the president insists he'll return to yemen after he heals from his wounds, his presence in saudi arabia highlights what a power player that country has become in the arab uprisings. michael holmes is going beyond the headlines to talk more about this. michael, saudi arabia has been trying to convince yemen's leader not to return. not to go back, because there's such fear that the blood and the violence and the civil war is just going to erupt if he returns. >> yes. right in the middle of all this, saudi arabia. they're trying to keep their own country under control. you and i have talked about this, too. saudi arabia is an oil-rich nation. the world's largest producer, next door to yemen, running out of oil and is the poorest country in the middle east. one of the poorest in the world,

actually. the deal offered by the council buy gcc and saudi arabia, it spearheaded those negotiations. to keep him out. getting him to step aside. now he's in saudi arabia, in hospital. they don't want to let him go. they want to convince him somehow to stay and not go back to yemen. >> can they actually do that? how would they do that, michael? >> money. money. i mean that would be the main thing, would be a financial inducement and to talk him around. talk sense into the guy. him being there is not working out for the country. even the u.s. who had wanted him to stay there for so long because of the tear ridge angle, the fact he was helping with the terrorism angle, even the u.s. is saying, he's got to go. now out of the country with these wounds, worse than first thought. they're hoping they'll be able to keep him there. he took 35 members of his family. maybe lea that in mind, too. >> the worst scenario, if he returns to yemen. what can happen next? >> more violence.

the man taking over, the prime minister, he's already talking cease-fire. talking with the tribes. the worst case scenario if he went back a further explosion of violence. country's teetering on what you could call a civil war now. you're going to remember people cheered when this guy left the country. him going back would be a complete betrayal for those people. the other thing to remember is -- is the al qaeda aspect of this. we've discussed this before. yemen is the headquarters of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. now, during all of this fighting, saleh pulled off of his forces back to the capital to protect him, really. now, that's left the rest of the country pretty much without forces to battle al qaeda. it's left an open field for them, and they have regrouped, re-armed. >> michael, the situation in yemen as well. you mentioned the economics of it all. i mean that this is a country you said is soon going to run out of water? is that true? >> it's an economic basket case.

investing dried up and foreign aid is drying up, too. nowhere to send it and keep an eye on the money. as i said, they're running out of oil, have very little he anyway. one of the things is they're running out of water as well. when i say running out of water, i mean running out of water. the world bank says this could be the first capital city ever to literally run out of water. their water tables of that low because of the economic problems in the country, they don't have engineering, anything like that. this is a key area. just across the gulf from somalia. pirate country. imagine if this becomes a failed state? it doesn't bear belief. >> that's why the united states, the obama administration, working closely with the saudis to make sure yemen's president does not return. >> yeah. even that, even if he does, even if he doesn't return, this country's going to need help. big help financially. >> all right. michael, thank you. >> good to see you. >> appreciate it. the prosecution in the casey anthony trial is focusing on the findings of cadaver dogs.

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a rundown of the stories we're working on. a dog handler testifies in the casey anthony murder trial. hear how a cadaver dog reacted after smelling the trunk of anthony's car. experimental therapy to change the sexuality of a boy. family members say it led to suicide years later. a cnn exclusive.

in 15 minutes, the long-term unemployed are more frustrated than ever. you can hear it in their voices. we those a job center to listen in. and in the casey anthony trial in orlando, florida, a dog could turn out to be the critical member of the prosecution's case. specifically a german shepherd named jeras. a dog, trained cadaver dog. the handler says the dog smelled human remains in the young mother's car and backyard. gary tuchman has more. >> reporter: casey anthony looked emotionally detamped during this day of court testimony, except when her eyes focused laser-like on the prosecutor as she approached the defense table to hand over a document. the prosecutor who believes casey anthony deserves the death penalty. the prosecutor who called this man to the stand. >> -- were you called to assist in an investigation regarding the disappearance of caylee marie anthony? >> yes, i was. >> reporter: orange county sheriff deputy is a canine

handler. his dog trained to sniff for cadavers and has become a player in this high-profile trial. >> jeras is a german shepherd. >> reporter: after caylee anthony disappeared before her body found, he was brought to the pontiac sunfire, impounded. >> jeras comes out of the truck with fronk paw, to the right rear passenger taillight, bumper area, and gives me a final trend alert. he goes into a down position. >> reporter: and that's the signal the dog gives when it's detected the scent of a dead body. jeras was also brought to the anthony's backyard where the same thing happened. >> is this the area that you were describing where you got the alert? trained final alert? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: casey anthony's attorney wanted the jury to doubt the dog's accuracy. >> there are such things as false alerts. >> yes. >> dogs are not infallible? >> they are not perfect, no. >> reporter: but the deputy says he had his own alert when

examining casey anthony's car. >> i smelt it, clear as day. >> reporter: what's notable about this testimony is that ultimately it may not contradict the defense's case. during opening statements, casey anthony' attorney said that caylee anthony accidentally drowned in the backyard pool. and even though he's not supposed to deliver his closing arguments until the end of the trial, we may have heard a bit of that argument -- >> i don't believe a dead body in the backyard is a disputedish issue in this case. >> reporter: nevertheless, he continued to attack the credibility of the deputy and his dog. gary tuchman, cnn, orlando, florida. today jurors heard more forensic evidence including testimony from a second cadaver dog handler who also found the potential scent of human remains in the anthony's backyard. joining me now, chief medical examiner michael hunter. thank you, michael, for joining

us here. tell us first of all how important forensic evidence is in this case. >> you know, this case is going to be built on forensic evidence. early on they were able to place casey with the trunk of the vehicle. that was forensic based. they have a theory that possibly there was chloroform used. that's information that's been obtained through forensic analysis of items obtained from the trunk. i think what the prosecution is doing is trying to build a forensic case, build their cause of death, and then it's probably going to be put together and wrapped up with testimony from the medical examiner down the road. >> and when we talk about forensics, what kinds of things are we talking about? >> you know, forensics is a broad area. i think right now we're really just talking about the location of the decomposed body. not necessarily the location of caylee specifically, but that there's been a decomposed body

in the vicinity of that residence. so the prosecution is going there. they're also looking at chemical analysis of specimens obtained from the trunk of the vehicle. that's going to be forensic chemistry involved there. >> what is the significance of where the dead girl's body was found? >> you know -- you know, what is the significance mean? i think the defense has already come out and said, yes. she died. so i sometimes don't understand why there's such an argument about the fact there is evidence of a decomposed body, because that's exactly what you would expect. i think what they're showing is that she was decomposing in different areas of the backyard, because the dog is hitting on different areas, and that the body was placed in a vehicle where you bring up the term chloroform. that's where they're finding evidence that possibly chloroform was an agent that may have been used in this case. so they're saying, okay. there's a decomposed body.

we have evidence of that, because of the odor. the dog. the testing that's been done. but, oh, by the way, along with that, we're finding a chemical that could be used to, say, subdue somebody. >> okay. putting it all together. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> sure. shocking experimental therapy designed to make feminine boys more masculine. one family explains how the therapy affected their family. the special series is airing on cnn's "ac 360" and we'll have a preview. [ male announcer ] want to pump up your gas mileage? come to meineke for our free fuel-efficiency check and you'll say...my money. my choice. my meineke.

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in a special three-part series that continues tonight at 10:00 eastern, anderson cooper 360 examines a shocking experimental therapy designed to make feminine boys more masculine. tune in tonight to see how it affected one family in a special report titled "the sissy boy experiment." his doctors called him craig. his parents afraid he was too feminine. at age 4, craig was enrolled in a government funded program at ucla, he was plunged into a series of experiments using aversion therapy. the behaviors judged feminine were beaten out of him, literally, figuratively, in craig's case, judged a success. but age 38, this poster child for change in gender identity disorder was so depressed and

disturbed he committed suicide. 4 this heartbreaking series, anderson cooper speaks with craig's family and looks into the man behind that therapy. here's a glimpse. >> reporter: this is the last time mark murphy remembers his brother kirk as a happy child. the photo was taken when kirk was 4, a year before he was placed in experimental therapy at ucla to treat what doctors identified as exaggerated feminine behavior. >> it left kirk totally stricken with the belief that he was broken, that he was different from everybody else. >> reporter: kirk's sister and brother say kirk was nerve are the same after therapy. >> the om thing they did, destroy our brother. they took him away from us. he was empty. nothing there. >> reporter: in 1970, kirk murphy was a smart, outgoing 5-year-old growing up near los angeles. his mother, however, was worried about him. >> well, i was becoming a little concerned about playing with the

girls' toys and stroking the hair. you know, the long hair and stuff. i was seeing feminine mannerisms. it bothered me because i wanted kirk to grow up and have a normal life. >> reporter: to treat kirk's so-called sissy behavior he was preeptedly placed in a room with two tables and observed through a one-way window. he was given toys to play with and could choose between traditionally masculine ones like plastic knives and guns or feminine toys like dolls. and he could choose clothing to wear. army hat, military fatigues or a girl's dress, jewelry and a wig. his family says the impact of the experimental therapy lasted his entire life. >> he had no idea how to relate to people. it was like somebody walked up turned off his light switch. we got what we wanted and we'll see you later. >> he actually ate his lunch in

the boy's bathroom for three years, where he didn't have to put himself out there. even just to have a friend. >> it's a story you really don't want to miss. this "ac 360" special scarpen therapy meant to keep feminine boys from growing up gay. tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. frustration announced for the long-term unemployed. >> they list the jobs, but are they really going to call new for an interview. if you're going to downsize your company you obviously can't hire. [ male announcer ] this is lara.

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a reminder to vote for the day's "choose the news "winner. vote texting 22360. vote 1, tankless in misrata. text 2 for from secret service to senate candidate pop man who once worked as an agent protecting the president now starting his own campaign and text 3 for driving in the fast lane pap woman set to inherit millions of dollars, risking her life as a professional drag racer. the winning story airs later in this hour. president obama is talking jobs as the economy take as toll on his poll number. approval rating down six points since late last month.

it's at 48%, down from 54%. at a community college in virginia just last hour the president stressed the importance of training for future manufacturing jobs. he also talked about the state of the economy. >> obviously, we're slowly recovering from a very painful recession, but there are too many people out there who are still out of work. without a job that allows them to save a little money, or to create a life they want for their families. that's unacceptable to me. that's unacceptable to al of you. so we've got to do everything we can, everything in our power, to strengthen and rebuild the middle class. we've got to be able to test new ideas, pull people together and throw everything we've got at this challenge. >> 6.2 million americans have been unemployed for six months or longer. our cnn's poppy harlow reports, the frustration is getting worse. >> reporter: suzanne, last week was full of signs that the u.s.

economy seems to be slowing. it was capped off with a very weak jobs report. only 54,000 jobs added in may. that is down from more than 200,000 jobs added in the prior month. we've got 9.1% unemployment, but the biggest problem is for those long-term unemployed americans. people out of work for six months or longer. the numbers prove it is harder for them to find work than for others to find work. we spent a day at a career center talking to some of these folks, and as you can hear, their frustration is palpable. take a listen. >> there are a lot of jobs out there. they're slowing down. i got 18 years of experience, but i have no degrees. i have my high school diploma. but there's no jobs out there when they can bring students in for $11, $12 an hour, and, you know, instead of taking someone with 18 years of experience, because of the degree. >> we are the emergency room for this crisis. i did see a very nice, steady growth and ap reduction here at

the one stop of the number ever people that were coming in on daily basis. however, recently i have seen an uptick n. march there were more looking for job availability between last month and this month, it's been harder. they list the jobs but are they really going to pull you for the interjew if you're downsizing your company you obviously can't hire. >> last few months of 2010, beginning of 2011, i was going on a lot more interviews as opposed to now. i think they're not hiring. the jobs have been listed. it's just that they're not hiring. >> the head of the career center says he saw this uptick in jobs earlier this year, but in his wane he said, due in part to regulatory uncertainty in washington and also the national disaster in japan and all that weather here in the united states, all that destruction, but when you look at the numbers, 6.2 million americans have been unemployed for six months or longer, and more than 2 million americans have gotten so frustrated, they have stopped looking for work altogether, and

those people are not eeven included in the more than 9% unemployment rate. the job the picture incredibly weak. you can see a lot more stories and hear in their own words, right here on cnnmoney. suzanne? >> thank you. the national debt crosses a nassif new milestone. we'll tell what you it meevs to the markets and your bottom line. for the first time sin

world war ii the national debt will exceed the size of the economy this year. that's according to the treasury department. alison kossack is live in the new york stock exchange. this is amazing when you think about it, alison. the kind of staggering debt. what does that mean for the economy? >> you know what this debt does, suzanne? this high debt cuts right into economic growth here in the u.s. think about it this way. your own de debt. you have a credit card, say, with debt that's too big to handle. even if you have a job and you're earning money, it means you can't really move forward. you can't go on vacation. you can't invest. you can't save as much, because you're busy paying down that debt. not to mention, of course, interest. >> what does that mean for wall street investors? does that spook them? >> of course it does.

and the concerns are for one thing i just mentioned. it slows growth for the economy. secondly, the government just has to do something about its debt for wall street to feel better. congress is currently debabting raising the debt ceiling but is reluctant to do that. wall street needs to do that and head off higher borrowing costs. people forget hour wall street and washington are connected. 2008, when lehman brothers failed, congress didn't pass a $700 billion bank bailout. the dow tanked 900 points right there. were where you saw immediate reaction how washington and wall street are so connected. >> what's happening in the markets today? >> a quiet day. watching oil more than stocks actually. oil is making bigger moves back up 2.5 bucks. what happened was opec couldn't agree on a proposal to boost oil production. it kept output where it was. that means volatility right back with oil prices. the good news, it's helping oil stocks today.

suzanne? >> good news there. thank you, alison. appreciate it. dog days of summer. arrived early. even at the white house. check out the video. just minutes ago. there he is. there's bo. we like bo, portuguese water dog they gave their daughters a couple years ago. he's chillin' in fronts of the white house lawn. press pool cameras captured him early this morning. he looks just hot. just hot. but he's under the shade a little bit, catching a little cool there. go in the doghouse, bo. there he is. just chilling out there. it is hot in d.c. hot at the white house. it's hot here, too. bo is just chillin'. you told us what you wanted to see. your "choose the news" story is minutes away. [ waves crashing ]

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you told us what you wanted to see. here's your "choose the news "winner. a former secret service agent who protected president obama wants to become a politician in his own right. brian todd reports, he's in the maryland senate race. >> reporter: it wasn't long ago daniel bonjean woe have taken a bullet for president obama,

literally. now -- are you disappointed in him? >> i want to say personally i have enormous respect. he treated me with dignity and respect. he is a wonderful man, his family is great. i disagree with the ideology. a simple iology. the country's going on the wrong path. >> reporter: he says it repeatedly. this isn't personally. as part of the protective detail until 2010, bongino literally shat ode president obama nearly two years and president bush before that. he's got nothing but complements for both men personally, but there's a political fire in daniel bongino and he's quit a rising career as an agent to make a run for the u.s. senate in maryland. the odds don't favor him. he is a republican in a state that hasn't had a gop senator since 1987. if he wins the nomination he'll challenge ben cardin, in congress a quarter century. when we questioned whether he has enough experience, bongino talks health care and economic recovery in tea party terms

which he says he agrees with. what will you be able to do coming from the strit service policy wise that will make you legitimate? >> i've done an enormous amount of research on macroeconomic policy. we got to get government out of the way. they're in the way, standing in front of the american a entreprene entrepreneur. we've done it before. we know how to get out of this. >> reporter: cardin's office wouldn't comment on his candidacy. then the matter of the secret service, known for being fiercely non-political. contacted by cnn, the agency couldn't comment on his candidacy and as lonning inglon doesn't reveal secret information heard on the job, there shouldn't be an issue. i pressed him on the toll he's seen politics take on families as an insider. why drag your family through this? >> it was a tough decision. you know, a really tough decision. my wife and i thought about this for a very long time. i had never thought about

jumping into politics, but i had always followed the issues. had i left the job, we said we're going to take a week, calmly think about this. she was willing to get in. she was. we had a rocky adrian moment. rocky wakes up from the coma and adrian tells him to win. >> reporter: no idea how hard it is to be in politics. traveling as a secret service agent was rough on his family, but they've stuck it out. if you want to check out the runners up, links on my page at fa facebook.com/suzannecnn. "cnn newsroom" continues. randi kaye in for ali velshi. >> thank you. out of the frying pan, into the wildfire. while half the country bakes and records melt in weather more suited to august, arizona still is fighting and fleeing a historic fire. you may remember yesterday i told you the scald wallow fire in the he