cnnpolitics.com. that does it for us. i will toss it over to suzanne. >> she's not a witch, but an author. >> she will explain it in the books. >> i think we should write books. >> that could be scary. >> tell secrets. >> the things that lurk. live from studio 7, i am suzanne malveaux. president obama is getting ready to tell the nation how many and how fast u.s. troops will come home from afghanistan. he'll announce his timetable for an afghan drawdown tomorrow evening. the president has decided to pull out all 30,000 surge troops he sent in last year.

>> reporter: stopping this harvest is important because the price of opium has rizen dramatically. >> reporter: we grow poppy because without it we would go hungry. with the statue of liberty watching from new york harbor, former utah governor, jon huntsman joined the scramble for the office of president. >> we're not just choosing new leaders, we're choosing whether we're to be yesterday's story or tomorrow's. everything is at stake. this is the hour when we choose

our future. i'm jon huntsman and i am running for president of the united states. thank you all. the fda unveiled nine new graphic warning labels for cigarettes today, and some of them grew some, color photographs showing smoking's toll on the body. they have blunt messages such as smoking can kill you and should start in the fall of 2012. forecasters count 40 possible tornados in the storm surge across the great plains. this tornado in central nebraska wiped out a couple farms, and dangerous weather is possible again today from dallas to st. louis to chicago. investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong with one of the engines on a delta jet. the boeing 757 had just taken off from atlanta and headed to

los angeles with the pilot lost power. the pilot turned around and landed safely. >> one of the passengers on the left side of the plane heard aloud noise and heard flames from the engine and alerted the flight crew and they alerted the captain immediately. in orlando today, looking at live pictures of the anthony trial. and they are getting testimony from a plant expert. the expert says the body had been in the woods for a minimum of two weeks. jurors heard no testimony yesterday. the judge cancelled the proceedings after the lawyers were fighting over how the witnesses are being notified. miners were trapped for 14 hours after heavy rain flooded the mine. the workers were able to reach

the highest point inside that pit. ash from a volcano in chile grounded flights. this is the ash cloud's second trip around the globe. last week the plume messed up travel for thousands of aussie flyers. and we're going to get details tomorrow from president obama on his plan for bringing thousands of american troops home from this country's longest running war. our correspondent, standing by at the pentagon. let's go to you, chris. we know 100,000 u.s. troops are in afghanistan. what do we expect to hear from president obama in terms of how many will come home and how quickly? >> well, our sources are telling you, suzanne, that the president will announce that all of the

30,000 surge troops that he ordered into afghanistan a couple years ago, those will all be home by the end of next year. the big question is what happens between now and then and how fast they come home. a source from capitol hill suggests the white house has decided on bringing home about 10,000 troops this year. but, again, a lot of this information is really only as good as the last briefing or maegt that you sat in on. ultimately, it's going to be the president's call, his gut, whose advice he trusts among his inner circle. there was feeling among military officials that they would have liked to have seen a smaller drawdown, maybe 5,000 troops coming home by the end of the year, and a lot of the other troops operating down in the south will be diverted to the east where the taliban is very robust, and that has been under staffed for a number of years.

on the other side, you have got some democrats on capitol hill. even president obama's republican challengers for the 2012 presidency, the presidential race, even some of them have been calling for a faster drawdown. senator carl levin put out the number of 15,000 troops out by the end of the year. a lot of that has to do with the costs of the war, estimated to be between 2 and $3 billion every week. >> and then the announcement about the troops being with drown by the end of the next year? >> reporter: really the feeling on the ground, karzai suggested that some of the nato troops

there risks being seen as occupiers. many of the cards employed, and the feeling among afghans, they are not sure what else nato can attempt here to try and assist them. and the debate seems to be 5,000 and 10,000. 5,000 is the margin of what is being discussed here. that's not going to make a vast difference on the ground in afghanistan, but will send a symbolic message to the afghan people. karzai is faced with two things. the people are tied of what the u.s. is trying to do but not necessarily delivered upon, and the president very aware that he needs american support and finance in particular to hold together his fragile support base here. >> chris, thank you very much. nick, you have been investigating the other war raging in afghanistan, and that's the war on drugs. i want you to join us at the bottom of the hour to focus on

that as well. thank you very much chris and nick. 47 million americans smoke. and the fda wants to see that number become zero. but are new cigarette warning labels going too far? carol costello joins us from new york. this is an amazing story. some of the pictures, some of the gruesome pictures that some will see on cigarette packages are amazing. >> yeah, i will show people in a second. but president obama's goal is to protect people from the dangers of tobacco use. they are forcing makers to place images that are graphic on the packages. the slogan is smoking can kill you. some tv ads show amputations.

>> i got this disease from smoking, and i have had between 17 and 20 amputations. i cannot hang up pictures. because i have no fingertips. everything i do now i have to stop and thick, because banging my hand or something could cause me to lose my finger. >> effective? you bet. smoking deaths have declined 17% in the city. tobacco companies are not buying it though. they say the ads violate the first and fifth amendments. any government requirement that compels a private entity to carry a message not of its own choosing causes concerns. smoke something legal and it doesn't kill everybody. let's face it. and the health nazis don't get this point is how one person

puts it. they want to control everything from fries to veggies. this is the talk back question today. we'll read your comments at the end of the hour. >> an excellent question. we will talk to an expert, an addiction expert to see if the ads make any difference at all. it will be fascinating to see what folks have to say. >> absolutely. >> thank you, carol. here is a rundown of some of the stories we have ahead. the casey anthony murder trial resumes this morning. the new graphic labels on cigarettes. plus, afghanistan's dangerous harvest, opium. also, planning a trip for the fourth of july? you better book now. and -- >> this is a bank robbery, please only give me one dollar.

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live pictures of a wildfire near the georgia/florida wildfire. two firefighters were killed and some treated for smoke and heat

related injuries. they were trying to prevent the fire from spreading. and look at a speed way in indiana. the cars were coming around the track and then all of a sudden a car goes flying into the crowd. four people taken into the hospital and three for minor injuries. upstate new york. a tricky river rescue. the army national guard is called out to pull a rescue boat off the rocks in the niagara river. the boat got stuck when the officers got lost in the fog. everybody is okay. testimony is under way right now in the casey anthony murder trial. this is a day after the judge abruptly adjourned the proceedings. anthony is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. among the defense witnesses today a plant expert testifying about the area where caylee's remains were found. our cnn's david mattingly joins us live.

what is the significance now, the testimony from the forensic botnist. >> reporter: he was brought in to give an idea of where the body was brought to the scene. she surprised the court when she gave a time line based on the plant evidence that she saw at the crime scene. listen. >> after having read the reports and the photographs that you mentioned, and having visited the scene, the area, some seven weeks and one day later, can you tell me whether or not you have formed an opinion as to the shortest period of time that the remains of caylee anthony could have been at the scene in which they were found? >> yes. two weeks approximately. two weeks. >> can you tell us when the remains were placed there? >> no.

>> what is the basis for your opinion that it's possible that they were placed there approximately two weeks prior to the discovery? >> because of the pattern of the leaf litter. >> it's that kind of testimony that we have been listening to today. under cross-examination, that same witness conceded the body could have been there much longer than two weeks, so not a good witness actually, a good definitive witness. all in all a bad morning for the defense. right now the judge is actually questioning one of the defense' expert witnesses to determine if sanctions need to be placed against the defense team. the judge concerned that they violated his order to make sure the prosecution knew what the experts were going to be testifying to before they got on the stand. he made it clear he did not want this to be a trial by ambush,

and he's very seriously questioning this witness to find out if that happened. >> just yesterday he said he had enough with both sides, these attorneys. what is the judge's position, his demeanor today? is he fed up or like, okay, i will give these guys another chance to present their case? >> yesterday, he was putting out the warning enough is enough. today he is making good on that, and following through and questioning the defense witness to find out what he was told to do by the defense, and to find out if the defense team did not comply with his order. again, a very serious moment for the defense if sanctions are imposed on them. this is going on with the jury out of the room. we're waiting to see what the judge decides to do here. >> thank you, and we'll be waiting as well. you have seen the warning labels on cigarette packs for year, right? but you probably have never seen

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so the question was, what year did the u.s. begin requiring the warning label on cigarettes? caution, cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health. did you get it right? c, 1965. cigarette warnings are about to get a lot more graphic. the fda is unveiling a new warning system today, some labels, and the hope is that pictures of a diseased lung or a dead body will make people think twice before lighting up. our senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen. she has detailed. these pictures very graphic and shocking. can you give us a sense of what the new warning labels are all about? >> yes, let's take a look. first, let's look at the old label just to show you, well, how boring it is. black and white text and the government itself calls it invisible and people are not paying attention.

instead they will do a dead body, with a caption saying warning, smoking with kill you. it will take up half of the pack. and then disgusting teeth, and then one that says cigarettes are addictive and he has smoke blowing out of his neck. why are they doing this? the other warnings were quite dull. we have too high of a rate of smoking in the country. 1 out of 5 american adults smoke cigarettes and that's 443,000 tobacco-related deaths per year. >> i guess the question is, is there any information showing the warnings are affective. i spoke with somebody that said buy a case and put it on top of the cigarette pack and you don't have to see this stuff. >> that's an insightful comment. they have had these ads in other

countries, and the modest decreases in smoking, but no data is that says yes people quit smoking in big numbers when you put that on there. >> what other things should people consider when it comes to reducing smoking? what actually works? >> new york city has taken the lead on this, and it has to be more than just this. it has to be other kinds of initiatives as well. let's take a look at what new york city did. in 2001 this was their smoking rate. 21.5%. they did then tax increases and made smoke-free work places. they had free patch programs. they had anti-smoking ads and then more tax increases. 2009, a 15.8% smoking rate. from 21.5 to 15.8, by doing all of these things plus advertising. that's the really important point here. all of these things need to happen and the tax increases are really crucial. >> about the tax increases. if we taxed a dollar on every

pack of cigarettes sold on the country, would there be an impact on peoples' health, and would we see something substantial? >> anti-smoking advocates say this is the way to go. it's a proven winner. let's take a look at this. the american cancer society estimates that if you tax cigarettes just a dollar per 1. smoking, and 1.3 would not start. the taxes seem to be what does the trick. >> thank you, elizabeth. appreciate it. now it's time for you to choose the news. here are your choices. " "1" sharks of summer. california beach goers are order out of the water after a great white sighting. not everybody heeded to the warning. and then the second day of

the celebrated tennis tournament. and then three, apple dance off. it becomes an internet sensation. watch as the apple danceoff promotion let's people work it out. >> text "1" for sharks of summer, and "2" for wimbledon lifestyle, and "3" for apple danceoff. that story will air in the next hour. and then the war in afghanistan. >> reporter: the war is not against the taliban but against a business so profitable, many worry it's the only option when the west pulls its troops and money out. >> that's a rare look inside the afghan poppy fields.

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here's a rundown. some of the stories we are working on next. afghanistan's dangerous harvest. while opium is now the crop of choice. then, are you running out of time to get reasonable rates for your fourth of july vacation? later, banking on getting caught. why a robber waited calmly until the police arrived. president obama is preparing to announce his end game for the

war in afghanistan. his speech is set for tomorrow, however as the war draws down the drug war is heating up over there. opium, it rules for many afghan rulers as fighters. nick walsh takes us inside the poppy fields. >> reporter: we're heading north into the remote hills for a glimz of afghanistan's future. the war is not against the taliban but against a business so profitable growing so fast many worry it's afghanistan's only option when the west pulls its troops and money out. opium. and with them racing through the valley, for a while they let the opium grow while focusing on the surge of the taliban. but here it's expanding faster than anywhere in the country, and risks getting out of control. stopping the harvest is

particularly important because the price of opium has risen dramatically. in one year, the price has tripled. that's because uncertainty about afghanistan's future means traders are hoarding the drug. this could generate record profits. the united nations control chief revealed to cnn. >> we can see a record profit of the harvest means the ones who benefit more, the traders, will have a big incentive to continue the continue to make sure they can continue to provide the huge profits that we witnessed today. >> reporter: eradication is the simplest way to break the chain that puts opium on city streets, but it wipes out the lives of people who have nothing.

the villages huddle on the roof mourning the lost crop. it's not safe to approach, police say. we have come prepared in case the lords behind the $1.5 billion business take issue. muhammad who lost his leg still has six children to feed. >> translator: we grow poppy because of poverty. without it we would go hungry. we did not grow it for four years here, but the government gave us no help, so we grew it again. >> reporter: the war funds about two-thirds of the economy, and when nato's money dries up it will have to be replaced with something. opium is the easy answer. along with it becomes war lords. far away from the war, growing

opium is a simple argument, and the easiest and often the only money to be made. >> and nick joins us live from kabul. obviously there seems to be a plan to try and waen the afghan farmers off of growing lucrative poppies. we have seen it before, from the bush administration and now the obama administration, offering incentives to the farmers. how does that change? >> reporter: it doesn't, frankly. they tried to pay people not to grow, and trying to get people to grow other crops, but they don't make as much money, and then taking out the traffickers. that doesn't work. they try a combination of all the different four tactics at the moment, and it's a simple economic argument. $1,000 for a field, can you store the opium and wait for the

price to go up. and these are not people who are not motivated by putting it on the streets, but they are looking to take care of their family. and the drug mafia, so to speak, are in that area telling them they will face reprisal if they don't grow. >> is this a losing war, a losing battle? are these farmers going to wait for troops to leave so they can go ahead and grow poppy or opium as usual? >> reporter: one official said if you believe it's a losing battle we stop everything we're doing in afghanistan at the moment. this is symbolic of the challenges. many of the challenges look unwinnable. and why you should grow opium seems to be convincing, but the west feels it has to keep trying to find a solution. perhaps hoping that somehow the

level of life here, the amount of money people make will grow enough and opium will become too complicated of an industry for simple farmers to get involved in. right now it's simple, it's the easiest way to make sure money. >> excellent reporting. thank you, nick. don't forget to vote for a choose the news story you would like to see. text 22360. text "1" for sharks of summer. people are warned after a great white is spotted offshore on a busy summer day. text "2" for the wimbledon lifestyle. it's a 125-year-old tradition. text "3" for apple dance off. a teen busting moves after an apple computer promotion. and you only have a couple days to get good deals for the

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or so. we're watching that closely. we're looking forward to a fourth of july vacation. you better book now. alison at the new york stock exchange. you say we only have a couple days before the ticket prices go up, is that right? >> not much time. tick-tock. those prices expected to go up 10% by thursday. travel loss tea looked at what the july fourth air fares have done over the last couple years. the fares hold steady until one week before the holiday weekend and then they go up. that one-week mark is thursday, june 23rd. this assumes you will be traveling the friday before the holiday. the average airfare is sitting at $388. that's up from last year because of the higher oil prices. a 10% increase would make it a

few more dollars. >> when you figure the taxes and the luggage and baggage fees, i imagine it's kind of depressing if you have not booked your flight already. is there good news? people seeing any kind of bargains or deals this go around? >> with airlines you will not see flexibility. with hotels, they have wiggle room. the bad news, the average hotel price is $144 a night. up 9% from last year. and the hotels are throwing in freebies, and they think if you are going to break the bank you might as well have fun doing it. some of the deals are the westin resort in cancun. giving you a $200 food credit and room upgrade. the venetian in las vegas, giving you free admission to breakfast. they are trying to lure you in, because they know there are more

hotels out there and more composition, so they have to grab you in one way, shape or form. >> what are you doing for the july fourth weekend? going anywhere? >> i am working. >> i am going to the essence music festival in new orleans, but i am working on july fourth, too. we'll be together -- >> i want to hear about your trip. >> thank god, it has been booked. we don't have to worry about the other expenses. >> smart. the employers market is turning united states really into a nation of disgruntled workers. many employees are burning out as bosses are trying to get more work out of them for less money. there was a report released monday from a consulting firm and it says one-third of american workers are seriously considering quitting their jobs. that's up from 23% back in 2005, and 21% have workers say that they have a negative view of their employer and already

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to get out of the water north of san francisco. "2" for wimbledon lifestyle. 110 years after the championship started, they say it's not just the game that keeps them coming. "3" for the apple dance off. and then all of a sudden robbing a bank and then waiting to be arrested. we have more on one man's act of desperation. >> first time i have ever been in trouble with the law. so it's not -- it was -- you know, i am sort of a logical person, and that was my logic. that's what i came up with. >> that's how james farone came

to rob the bank. he handed the bank teller a note. >> the note said, this is a bank robbery, please only give me one dollar. >> reporter: then did the strangest thing of all. >> i said i will be sitting here waiting for the police. >> reporter: that's what he did. why did he do everything that he could to get arrested? because i wanted to make it known to whoever would know that, you know, it wasn't done for monetary value, it was done for medical reasons. >> reporter: that's right. he says he has no medical insurance. he says he has a growth of some sort on his chest, and two ruptures disks and a problem with his left food. 59 years old and with no job and a depleted bank account, he thought jail was the best place he could go for medical care and

a roof over his head. he said he was getting good medical treatment now, but the jail doctor said it was manipulation. >> out of necessity, because i need medical care, i guess i am manipulating the courts to get medical care. >> he says he is hoping to get a three-ye-year-sentenc three--year-sentence, that way he will be 63 when he gets out and can get social security. and do the anti-smoking labels go too far? every smoker already knows cigarettes are bad for them. they don't need the government to tell them or illustrate it for them. more responses straight ahead. s. this tuesday and wednesday only. hotels.com. be smart. book smart.

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we're just getting this news in. this is nasa captain, mark kelly, saying he is now retiring. he is the husband of congressman gabrielle giffords who was shot. he released a statement saying he is retiring from the united

states navy and leaving nasa october 1st. he says from the day that i entered the united states merchant marina kad knee in the summer of 1982 to the moment islanded the advance the ideals that define the united states of america. he goes on and adds a personal note saying that as life takes unexpected turns we frequently come to a crossroads. i am at this point today, gabrielle is working hard every day on her mission of recovery. i want to be by her side, stepping aside from my work in the navy and at nasa will allow me to be with her and my two daughters. i love them all very much and there is no doubt that we will move together forward. after some time off, i will look at new opportunities and i'm hopeful that one day i will again serve our country. that announcement coming from once again, mark kelly.

it's two years this week since michael jackson died and his sister la toya believes that her brother was murdered, and that remains unshakeable. take a listen to what she told piers morgan in a primetime exclusive. >> how do you think he died? you have been quoted as saying you believe it may have been murder. do you still think that? >> absolutely. >> why are you so sure? >> i will never, ever think differently. because first of all michael told me they were going to murder him. he was afraid. >> who was going to murder him? >> the people involved in his life. the people who were controlling him. this book "starting over" is about my life and it's about michael's life. it's the parallel between the two of our lives. we shared the same life, where people come into your life, wiggle their way in, control you, manipulate, control your funds, your finances, everything that you have, and you must do what they tell you to do, and that's what michael was going through. he knew that everything that was happening to him was not kosher, it wasn't right. it disturbed him greatly. >> you can catch the rest of her

explosive conversation with piers morgan at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight right here on cnn. we have been sounding off on our talk-back question. carol costello is here with your responses. those dramatic pictures on the cigarette labels, quite incredible when you see them. >> i know. especially the one of the dead guy. the guy's dead and his chest is stitched up and it has a graphic message, cigarettes kill you. the talk-back question today, are new cigarette warning labels going too far. maureen says no, they don't work. the pictures will be ignored just like the other warnings. if all the price hikes and restrictions haven't made someone quit smoking, a picture certainly won't. from jack, there comes a point when you have to ask if these laws are there to help people or stop people from making choices for themselves. i choose to smoke. it is my choice. they shouldn't need to tell me when and where i can and can't. this from janice. as an ex-smoker of 40 years, i

don't believe you can go too far. smoking is far too glamourized for the young. they need to see the reality. right on the pack, that's a darned good place to start. this from ken. listen, i'm not a smoker but the government is going too far. people will continue to smoke, eat fatty foods if they want, and i'm going to rage on my mountain bike all over the countryside, whatever i want, so back off. keep the conversation -- i love that one. facebook.com/cnn. keep the conversation going. >> back off. >> you loved that one, too, didn't you? >> amazing. i want you to see another story. these grads at plymouth north high school might be thinking back off. this is in massachusetts. this is kind of an unbelievable story. when they get together at reunion, who knows, 2031. the school hands out 263 diplomas at graduation so each one had not one, but two misspelled words on the diploma.

two words were misspelled. >> they misspelled "for" and "and"? >> tough, tough stuff here. school officials signed each diploma, not single person noticed. it was the printing company that took the blame. they took the fall for this one. it's reprinting the diplomas hopefully without any mistakes there. >> honestly, though, these poor kids. when was the last time you looked at your diploma, really? when was the last time -- >> but you hope they get it right, that it means something. you worked so darn hard, right? you should have it right, don't you think? >> it was sad. >> what's that? >> absolutely, they should. i'm just saying, i haven't even -- i don't even know where my diploma is. but it is bad they misspelled those words. >> you don't have it framed on your wall anywhere, carol? the wall of shame or something? dig it up out of that box you got somewhere and see if it's spelled correctly, okay? >> i'm really curious.

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focusing on. mark preston is part of the best political team on television live from the political desk in washington. mark, give us the fill here. >> we have been spending a lot of time talking about the republican presidential candidates but what has president obama been up to? he's been raising money. in fact, he held two fund-raisers last night in washington, d.c. one of them was with these deep-pocketed mid-atlantic donors, folks who live in the states right around here in washington, d.c. he also held a fund-raiser are folks who are big supporters of a strong u.s./israeli relationship. to get into the fund-raisers, the lowest a person could give was $10,000. the highest was $35,800. president obama has two more fund-raisers on tap at the end of this week in new york city. we expect them to report now, president obama report having raised $60 million just in this quarter. democrats, president obama trying to scare the republican field by showing that he'll have a deep war chest in 2012.

>> money will do that. obviously very expensive campaigns for all around. tell us about texas governor rick perry. it looks like he might be making some moves to get towards in the race, presidential run? >> yeah, sure. certainly. he gave really a very strong speech this past weekend down in new orleans to a big confab of republican activists. he will be delivering another speech in august, at a gathering sponsored by red state, which is a very important political blog. in fact, the blog is run by eric ericks erickson, one of our political contributors here at cnn. rick perry, which a lot of people are wondering if he is going to run, he is being urged by a lot of people to run. what's interesting about the date that he's going to give this speech, it's going to be on the same day that the iowa republican party will hold their straw poll out in ames, iowa. the big question is if rick perry does decide to run for president, will he be able to give this speech in charleston and appear in iowa for the straw poll. a lot on his plate there.

>> thanks, mark. good to see you. for the latest political news, you know where to go. cnn politics.com. i'm suzanne malveaux. let's get you up to speed. >> this is the hour when we choose our future. i'm jon huntsman. i'm running for president of the united states. >> one more elbows his way into the republican rumble for the 2012 presidential nomination. former utah governor jon huntsman, a motorcycle riding mormon with seven children who speaks fluent mandarin announced his presidential campaign today. huntsman has served both republican and democratic presidents. until january, he was president obama's ambassador to china. huntsman's entry means there are now nine official republican presidential candidates. you can see them here. they are from congresswoman

michele bachmann to rick santorum. president obama is outlining his plan to begin withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan. that is going to happen tomorrow night. an administration officials says the president will announce that all 30,000 surge troops he sent to afghanistan last year will come home by the end of 2012. already the administration is worried that afghanistan's flourishing opium trade will help the taliban fund a comeback. >> we grow poppy because of poverty. without it, we would go hungry. we didn't grow it for four years here, but the government gave us no help. so we started again. ash from a volcano in chile grounded flights across australia today. airlines halted all service to and from sydney and melbourne. this is the ash cloud's second trip around the globe. last week, the plume messed up travel for 100,000 aussie flyers.

forecasters count 40 possible tornadoes in a storm surge across the great plains. this tornado in central nebraska wiped out a couple of farms and dangerous weather is possible again today, from dallas to st. louis to chicago. three kentucky coal miners will get a telephone call from the u.s. labor secretary. that is happening today. rescuers say the workers are doing well after flood waters trapped them inside the mine for 14 hours. the workers were able to reach the highest point inside the pit. >> they were able to walk through the water and walk on outside. >> it's amazing. you hear about the tragedies in west virginia and it's a good thing there was just three, like i told someone else, if it had been any later, there would have been 30 trapped miners.

you're looking at live pictures, the casey anthony trial. lawyers picking up the pace now in this murder trial today. now, this is the young florida mother who is accused of killing her toddler three summers ago. three defense witnesses have testified so far today. but the third witness drew some questions from the judge himself, who is trying to determine if lawyers in the case are following the rules that he laid down. the judge got so fed up with the bickering yesterday, he canceled court for the day. a comedian, tracy morgan, is back in nashville today to apologize in person. he is working with the gay and lesbian alliance against discrimination to send what he calls a message of support. the "30 rock" star and "saturday night live" veteran went on an anti-gay rant during a standup routine in nashville earlier this month. >> i don't have a hateful bone in my body. i don't believe that anyone should be bullied or just made

to feel bad about who they are. i totally feel that in my heart. i really don't care who you love, same sex or not, as long as you have the ability to love. that's the important thing here. here's your chance to talk back. one of the big stories of the day, 47 million americans smoke and the fda wants to see that number become zero. but are the new cigarette warning labels going too far? carol costello joins us from new york with more. carol, you and i have been taking a look at this. we're talking about a corpse, literally a corpse, on the packaging of these cigarettes. you got to wonder, i don't know, does it make a difference? >> i know. you're talking corpse as in dead guy. president obama's goal with this is simple, to protect the american people from the dangers of tobacco use. the fda is now requiring cigarette makers to place graphic images on cigarette

packs and we mean graphic. rotted yellow teeth or this one. this is a picture of a blackened lung. there is even that dead guy we were talking about with his chest stitched up. the slogan on that one, smoking can kill you. you think that's bad? there's a tv ad campaign in new york that shows amputations. >> i've gotten this disease from smoking and i've had about i'd say between 17 and 20 amputations. i used to paint my own house. >> i can't hang up pictures. >> the light if my kitchen blew out. i can't change it. because i have no fingertips. everything i do now, i have to stop and think because just me banging my hand or something could cause me to lose my finger. >> effective? new york says you bet. in the past decade, smoking related deaths declined 17% in the city. tobacco companies don't buy it, saying the ads violate the first and fifth amendments. philip morris says any government requirement that compels a private entity to

carry a message not of its own choosing raises constitutional concerns. smokers aren't thrilled about anti-smoking laws in general. it's a free country. smoking is legal. let's face it, it doesn't kill everyone. as one pro smoking advocate puts it, the health nazis don't get this point. they want to control everything we do from smoking to eating your veggies, mcdonald's fries, don't even go there. the talk back today, do anti-smoking campaigns work or do they go too far? facebook.com/carolcnn. i will read your comments later this hour. >> thank you, carol. here's a rundown of some of the stories ahead this hour. first, the exit strategy for troops in afghanistan. firefighters cornered by wildfires blazing across the georgia/florida state line. plus, lured to america with promises of a better life. a victim of trafficking tells her story. also, the so-called hip alternative for lighting up in public.

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surge about two years ago, those troops will be coming home by the end of next year, 2012. the rationale for that is something that's sort of unique to afghanistan in that because of the harsh winters there in certain parts of the country, and the way that they grow poppy, they have what are called fighting seasons, which is basically the spring and the summer, where the fighting with the taliban really intensifies. what this would do is it would allow a lot of that surge to remain through this summer and also through next spring and summer so basically the military would get two more full fighting seasons out of that surge. i talked with an analyst yesterday who talked about how some of the forces may be shifting, though, in where they fight. >> any draw-downs that we can make in places like kandahar and helmand should be redirected toward afghanistan's east where we have not had enough resources

and major draw-downs would have to await the end of the fighting season in 2012. that's essentially what the current strategy implies. >> reporter: again, president obama expected to make this announcement public tomorrow. suzanne? >> we know there are deep divisions within the administration in washington about this. we have vice president biden on one side, the outgoing secretary of defense gates on the other side. do we know how president obama is making decisions? what is he weighing when it comes to deciding how many of these troops are actually going to get to go home? >> reporter: a couple things are at play. one, he's probably much more knowledgeable about afghanistan today than he was two years ago when he had to make the initial call on the surge. two, this is something that goes all the way back to when he was campaigning. he campaigned on the idea that iraq was a distraction, that he wanted to make afghanistan the focus of the military policy and really focus on the war. he really doubled down on the strategy when he committed those

30,000 troops. you're right, on one hand he's got the military who are advising to go cautiously. what we've heard is they would like to see maybe no more than 5,000 troops come home by the end of the year, the rest coming home next year. all the way on the other side, you've got everybody from republican presidential candidates to senator carl levin pushing for about 15,000 troops to come home this year. of course, one of the reasons they're citing is a, osama bin laden being killed and b, the fact that we're spending about $2 billion a week in afghanistan. >> chris lawrence, thank you very much. from our affiliates across the country, four firefighters were overrun by flames near the georgia/florida state line. two were killed. the other two, treated for smoke and heat-related injuries. wjxt reports the crew was cutting fire lines yesterday to help prevent the fire from spreading. look at what happened at a speedway in clark county,

indiana. the cars were coming around this track when all of a sudden, one car goes flying right into the crowd. four people were taken to the hospital. three for minor injuries, one with a broken pelvis. in upstate new york, tricky river rescue. the army national guard is called out to pull a rescue boat off the rocks in the niagara river. the boat got stuck near horseshoe falls when parks police officers got lost in the fog. they're all okay. the ash cloud from the chilean volcano is causing a lot of trouble. it's been more than two weeks since the volcano blew. its monster ash cloud has been affecting air travelers in the southern hemisphere ever since. it's now going around the earth a second time. chad, give us a sense how big is this, how dangerous is this. what are we dealing with? >> we're talking about a cloud that's 8,000 miles around and has now circled the entire southern hemisphere. not by the equator but halfway down toward the pole, because

that's where -- the south pole, because that's where it erupted. just taking the jet stream all the way around. why do we care? because if a plane flies through the ash, the jet engine is so hot that it will melt the ash back into lava, then -- >> you're kidding. >> no. then on the back of the jet, as the air and ash ejects out the back, it condenses again, it hardens and all of a sudden, you have literally pieces of lava on the back of the jet. the jet stalls. >> in the air. >> in the air and the jet stops. you don't want to be in the air with jets stopping. you want to keep that going. you want that engine, you want that power to remain in motion, clearly. i will take you to satellite, the ash plume is in orange. it's a special color, special enhanced color of the satellite. by june 7th, halfway around, here is the antarctic. air travelers now, if you're

flying anywhere across this area, this is a path for flights because easier to get from one side to the other in shorter. if you go over the south pole, all these flights are being canceled because you can't fly the jet plane through here. there you go. canceled, canceled, canceled, canceled. that's the departure from sydney airport. doesn't look very good. depends where you're going. obviously you can still get across some of the country but many flights to other places, especially south america, canceled at this hour. >> you don't want to mess with that ash cloud. >> you don't want lava in your engine. >> thank you, chad. appreciate it. the fight against modern day slavery and human trafficking, and california companies are being held accountable. ♪

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cnn in depth. california is waging war on human trafficking. many of you might be surprised to know the extent to which companies profit from exploiting others right here in the united states. it is a form of modern day slavery. cnn's barbara starr looks at the fight to end it. >> i was an easy target. >> reporter: today, she is on a mission. a decade ago in mexico, she found herself in desperate circumstances and ended up becoming a victim of human trafficking. >> after my baby passed away i was really worried how to take care of my other children. i was working two jobs, cleaning

houses, and cooking in a restaurant. >> reporter: a woman approached with an offer she says too good to pass up. a job in the united states. but flor found herself in the los angeles sweatshop sewing and working 17 hours a day, forced to live in the factory, she says not allowed to speak to anyone. >> if i didn't do what the person told me to do, i was punished. she pulled my hair, slapped me, pinched me and pushed me. >> reporter: one day, flor was allowed to go to church and she never looked back. the state senator authored the law that goes into effect next year, trying to take a first step in shedding new light on the results of human trafficking. >> we are often so isolated here and we go about our daily lives and consumers don't often stop to think what went into the making of the clothing that

they're wearing or the good that they have purchased. >> reporter: the law requires retailers and manufacturers who have $100 million in revenue and do business here in california to publicly disclose whether or not they have a plan to track the supply chain of the products they sell and make, to ensure that supply chain is free from trafficking or slave labor. if they don't publicly disclose it, they can face sanctions from the state attorney general. many retailers already disclose their plans. clothing manufacturer patagonia believes transparency on trafficking appeals to its customer base. it's been posting supply chain information on its website for years. >> part of our mission as a company is to lead an examined life. that means understanding where your product comes from, not from the point of design, but from the point of manufacturing from the stitch line, from the moment that we actually pull a sewing machine out all the way through to the point where a customer purchases that product.

>> so whether it's this shirt right here, these jackets over here, some of your popular winter fleeces, what do you do to ensure the integrity that trafficking is not involved in making these? >> well, it all starts with our own internal audits. and we have a social and environmental responsibility team that sits right with our production department and they have full veto power of whether a product goes into production or not. >> reporter: nonprofit organizations who help trafficking victims say it's their experiences that have really helped push progress on the issue. >> the most important thing about the supply chain bill in california is that it was very much informed by the survivors that we serve. >> reporter: as one of those survivors, flor remains determined to speak out and never live in fear again, even though she says her trafficker is still threatening her family.

>> for me, it's a commandment. it's something that they have to do. as i said before, there are a lot of people who are more afraid than i am. >> reporter: advocacy groups here in california say they hope the next step is a federal law, although they acknowledge it could take years to make that happen. barbara starr, cnn, los angeles. >> young women and girls in nepal bought and sold for sex. they are all victims and on sunday, the survivors get a voice. demi moore joins the 2010 cnn hero of the year to take you inside the fight to end this modern day slavery. the fda unveils disturbing new cigarette warning labels but that may not be enough to keep some people from lighting up. we will talk with a psychologist about what it takes to quit. [ male announcer ] look at this,

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here's a rundown of some of the stories we're working on. the psychology of smoking. despite the dangers, smart people who can't stop lighting up. then, a look at the new accessory for social smokers. later, america's growing army of disgruntled workers. details from the new york stock exchange. we told you about those graphic new cigarette warning labels, the fda is unveiling today. the agency hopes the disturbing images will make people think

twice about lighting up. but for the 47 million americans who still smoke, it may take more than a graphic warning label to get them to quit. joining us from new york to talk about the addictive aspect of smoking is clinical psychologist jeff gardere. thank you for being here. let's talk a little about these new smoking warnings, these labels here. they are meant to change behavior, obviously, and we all know there are a lot of smart people who know the dangers about smoking but they still smoke. is there any evidence that these kind of graphic in-your-face warnings actually work? >> well, they do work. we have known over time that a lot of these sorts of commercials and graphic images were put out there. normally what we see is initially people may be turned off to the ads because they are so heavy-handed but as there is more media coverage and as it becomes part of the public consciousness, the truth really does set in that these ads are telling the truth, that smoking

can cause premature death, it causes all sorts of health issues, especially cancer, and then people come to accept it. >> jeff, does it make any difference if you're trying to target hardcore smokers or young folks who might be looking to light up for the first time? do they receive it any differently? >> i think -- yeah. i think what the ads are trying to do are get to women and to young smokers, people who have been targeted by the tobacco industry. there's more of an anti-smoking culture with young people now so it's easier to get to them, and we are much more health-related sort of society, so therefore, will tend to listen to these warnings. but the real problem are the die-hard smokers, the people who have been doing this for years and years who have a physiological addiction. i'm talking about nicotine addiction. but as well, have a personality that is much more at risk for being addicted to cigarettes and other sorts of chemicals and substances.

>> so jeff, help us understand, what is it that successfully changes behavior? is it economics like raising the price of a cost, you know, a pack of cigarettes, or is it making it inconvenient, banning it in public places, or is it shaming people and saying okay, now there's a stigma attached? what really changes behavior? >> well, i know what doesn't work is trying to shame people, because people become intractable. that's why we have this term called reverse psychology. we try to find another way to get to them, trying to shame them into not smoking makes them much more -- puts them in the mindset of their saying you can't tell me what to do, i am an adult. but we know what really has worked, raising the price of cigarettes, of course, and giving them much more information, health-related information, as to what can happen to them. so it really is about common sense and it is also about

making it inconvenient as far as pricing, as far as having to produce i.d. and so on. >> the image of smoking, how has it changed in the last 30 years or so? does that help people put the cigarette down? >> i think very much so, that the media has helped us to stop smoking. if you remember back in the day, everyone had a drink in the left hand and cigarette in the right hand. it was fashionable, you were considered to be affluent to be a smoker, to be smooth and so on. now we do see this whole campaign of showing people losing fingers, losing limbs, dying of cancer, having all sorts of respiratory illnesses. there's nothing sexy about that at all, and i think this is what is getting to people, not shaming them, but showing them what can happen to them, how they in fact can have a very horrible death and poor health if they continue to smoke. >> jeff gardere, thank you so much. we really appreciate your insights there. there are some smokers who

are struggling to quit and they are turning to an alternative when they get the urge to light up. it's electronic cigarettes. our cnn silicon valley correspondent dan simon is joining us from san francisco. dan, first of all, explain to us, a lot of us didn't really know they existed but they have been out there for a little while, e-cigarettes. >> reporter: right. they are also sometimes called bionic cigarettes. these are plastic, electronic devices, battery operated. they contain a nicotine solution and when you inhale, it creates a kind of vapor. these devices are sold online, in retail stores, and certain hollywood celebrities are using them. it's adding to the popularity. one of the leading providers in this space is a company called blue, and they post a promotional video online. take a look at that. >> blue is your any time, anywhere alternative to traditional cigarettes. with a similar look and feel to traditional cigarettes, blue delivers the taste you like

without the harmful chemicals, tar or odor. >> reporter: anti-smoking groups are not convinced that these devices are safe. they point to an fda study done in 2009 that showed that that nicotine solution also had some carcinogens. obviously there's a huge debate about this. it's one of these things that's gaining in popularity and obviously, there's going to be more attention placed on e-cigarettes as more and more people use them. suzanne? >> so they would like to see these e-cigarettes banned as well. i understand something that is new about this is this social networking component of all this. can you explain what that is about? >> reporter: you know, it's interesting. these electronic cigarette makers have determined just like a lot of companies that if you add a social networking component, it will, you know, add to the popularity so they have imbedded this feature, at least blue cigarettes have, that when there's another blue smoker

nearby, the actual pack of cigarettes will vibrate. that will let you know that someone else is nearby. there are also facebook and twitter features as well that will share information when there's another blue smoker in the proximity. >> interesting. okay. dan simon, thank you very much. appreciate it. getting news, this just in, president obama is going to be addressing the nation, that is tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. eastern. this is regarding the strategy, the plan for afghanistan and also the announcement that we're expecting from the president to talk about withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan, how he will implement this policy moving forward. it is a policy that was first unveiled december of 2009. the draw-down of american troops from afghanistan. that will happen in a national address from the white house at 8:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. we'll have more after the break.

half the workers across the country are now unhappy with their jobs. that's according to a report from a consulting firm which finds that many seriously are thinking it's time to go. alison kosik joins me from the new york stock exchange. according to this report, a lot of people are ready to walk out of the door for good. >> reporter: yeah, when you're fed up, you're fed up. according to this study, 30% are seriously thinking about quitting. that's mostly younger workers who are thinking of getting a new job, they tend to have less company loyalty and are likely to switch jobs. an additional 21% have a negative view of their boss and are just checked out mentally

but they will go ahead and stay put. what's interesting about this study is that no matter where you are in the food chain, these negative feelings, they hit all career levels. >> what's driving this, do you think? >> reporter: you know, they're not happy with what they're being paid. that's understandable. we watched wages stagnate during the recession. they haven't gone up much since. other issues are career development, health care benefits, because what's happening here is employers are asking a lot more of their workers these days. employers cut workers during the recession so the ones who are left have to work twice as hard. now some companies are adding jobs but the fact is they're not adding enough to make up for what was lost. >> so what's the effect here for the employers? the implications for them, those who are actually hiring? >> reporter: their biggest problem, employers, is really how to keep their employees. they could lose a good worker because they're unhappy but the even bigger issue here is it could lead to decreased

productivity. people get burned out. they're not going to work as hard. they will get apathetic and could do sloppy work. you have to think about something else. if you are thinking about switching jobs, there's a career builder survey that says that job hunting is among the most stressful things in life so you know what? it may not be so bad where you are. grass is always greener. watch what you wish for kind of thing. you may be happier staying put for awhile. >> great advice. thank you. a new face in the race. former utah governor jon huntsman announces his bid now for the white house. the republican field growing now more crowded. we will talk to conservative political contributor amy holmes about that. (screams) when an investment lacks discipline, it's never this obvious. introducing investment discipline etfs from russell. visit russelletfs.com r a prospectus,

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jon huntsman joins the race today, officially announcing he is running for the republican presidential nomination. huntsman made his announcement in new jersey with the statue of liberty as a backdrop. he warned that the country is headed towards a future that is, in his words, totally unacceptable and totally un-american. >> today, americans are experiencing through no fault of their own something that is totally alien to them, a sense that the deck is stacked against them by forces totally beyond their control. no matter how hard they work, save and plan, the opportunities

are not there for them that were present for previous generations. perhaps saddest of all, we have lost faith in ourselves. >> huntsman not exactly a household name but the obama administration is concerned about him as a candidate. there's a profile of huntsman from cnn's joe johns. >> reporter: good looks, lots of money, popular back home. knows how to ride a motorcycle. oh, and his dad's a billionaire. the obama white house thinks huntsman is a star, too, and a threat to re-election. so much so that they actually hired him and sent him off to the other side of the planet as u.s. ambassador to china. almost 7,000 miles away from washington, d.c. though he did not stay for long. now that he's back home, democrats and the president are singing huntsman's praises, hoping his ties to mr. obama will be a turnoff to republican voters. >> that's just part of the

report. jon huntsman elbows his way into a crowded field of republican contenders so what does he bring to the field? what does this mean for the other candidates? joining us to talk about that is cnn political contributor and independent conservative, amy holmes. she is co-host of talk radio network's american morning news. great to see you. >> great to see you. >> it's funny in joe's piece, because he says really that common wisdom was that president obama knew that huntsman could be a dark horse candidate, potential threat in 2012, so essentially he shipped him off to china to get him off the playing field. his worst case scenario is realized now. how big a threat is huntsman to president obama? >> it sort of defies the advice to keep your friends close and your enemies closer by sending jon huntsman away. huntsman has been away while obama's been spending and racking up these bills and having these big domestic policy disputes with conservatives and the gop. so far with the speech today at

the statue of liberty, some of the conservative reviews are in and he was found to be relaxed, easy, presidential. these are all, of course, great assets to campaigning and another asset, too, because he was away in china, 7,000 miles away, as joe johns just reported, is that he can define himself. he's not a household name. he can make himself a household name on his own terms as say someone like sarah palin who is so well-known, it's hard for her to sway opinion for people who don't know who she is. >> let's talk about that. we know that huntsman is a moderate. he's very popular. he got more than 78% of the vote in utah as governor. he's essentially mitt romney without the baggage of health care. how does he stack up against republican opponents? >> well, he may not have the baggage of health care but he does have the baggage of being pro-civil unions, for example, and some conservatives are pointing to that as a potential liability, that he's too moderate to win in the gop

primary and appeal to that much more conservative, particularly socially conservative, base. i would point out that mayor giuliani in 2008 during that campaign election, was actually double digits ahead of his rivals going into the primary process, among evangelicals. they liked giuliani even though they knew he was pro-gay marriage and pro-choice and had socially liberal positions because he was america's mayor. they also saw that he could be a winner going up against potentially hillary clinton. of course, it turned out quite differently. being socially moderate isn't necessarily as big a liability as folks think. >> what about the idea now that you have two mormons in the running here, mitt romney as well as huntsman. does this tend to neutralize this issue for both of these candidates? >> i think that it does. mitt romney standing alone in the field sort of quote unquote, has some 'splaining to do to the evangelical base but with two of

them, i think it does neutralize it for both, that they don't have -- they are certainly not going to attack each other on that basis and for other candidates to try to raise that issue i think makes it a little more difficult. i also think jon huntsman being a governor like mitt romney and tim pawlenty will also be an asset to mr. huntsman. >> we have to take a look at these pictures. just an excuse to show him on the motorbike again. there are theatrics involved in campaigning. we see him there on the motorcycle. his whole family walks across a field, seemed like a football field, but they made it across the field. the statue of liberty in the background. what do you make of all this? does this set him apart from some of the others? does it give him an advantage that he's got these lovely pictures behind him? >> every candidate of course is going to be trying to stage these types of photo ops. anybody can stand in front of the statue of liberty. huntsman happened to do this on his announcement. we saw sarah palin on a

motorcycle, everybody loved that. these images can also be a little bit dangerous as we remember with michael dukakis in the tank looking like snoopy there. these things are working in his favor. hopefully there won't be major banana peels. >> we might see those in some ads working against him. we have to see. amy holmes, thank you so much. nice to see you. today's talk back question, do the fda's new anti-smoking cigarette labels go too far? the ads are not going too far, says one viewer. it's the truth of what smoking could do to the body. first, here's free money advice from the cnn help desk. >> time for the help desk, where we get answers to your financial questions. joining me this hour, greg mcbride, senior financial analyst at bank rate.com. and lynnette, founder of the blog ask the money coach.com. kimberly in florida asks my dad is 71 and retired in june of last year.

he has money to live on and planned his retirement execution well, not counting his cash savings he has $250,000 in a 401(k) account, drawing it out when scheduled to do so. my dad wants his 401(k) to be as conservative as possible to limit any loss so where should he invest the money he draws out? greg? >> all the money ideally you will take out for the next five years, you want to have that invested very conservatively. looking at things like money markets, even cds or short term bonds. however, you don't want to invest that entire $250,000 account extremely conservatively because your dad could live another 25 or 30 years in retirement and you want to make sure the money lasts as long as he does. so you will have to take a more aggressive stance with some of that money just to preserve the buying power when he's in his 80s and 90s. >> from florida, i just started building my credit last year and i'm trying to improve it. i only have one credit card from capital one right now. i tried to apply for another card but i got denied due to my short credit history. how do i go about building my credit? great question. >> this is a great question. obviously a lot of people out

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>> reporter: he's on his way to internet stardom with dances to lady gaga. and britney spears. trevor's videos on youtube have gotten five million hits. >> i walk into the store, i act totally like a regular person and when i bust out and start dancing, that's just like the best part. i walk in the store totally mellow. >> reporter: turns out he's not the only one doing this. >> every apple store i go to, i'm going to have a dance-off no matter where i'm at. >> reporter: apple store dances are happening all over the country. >> hey, guys, what's up? i'm going to be doing my first ever apple store dance. >> reporter: sometimes they wear costumes. sometimes they bring friends. music choices range. ♪ >> reporter: as you can imagine, they always seem to catch the eye of other customers.

>> a lot of looks, there's a lot of laughs, a lot of stares. the employees when i first did it, they didn't really know what was going on. they kind of stopped me at first. they were like oh, turn that down. >> there you go. >> now all the employees at the store that i usually go to, they're totally cool to me now. they love me. my favorite video i would say is my dance to friday by rebecca black. i do not rehearse any of my dances. freestyle. i wing it. i just do what dance moves i got, you know? >> reporter: he records those moves using one of the store's machines and uploads directly from the store to youtube. his goal is to translate this