firefighters report some progress as they battle a fast-moving wildfire threatening homes near flagstaff, arizona. forecasters predict a slower than usual hurricane season. and an american scientist who fell into a deep crevasse in the himalayan mountains saved himself. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, may 23rd, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. firefighters in arizona made what's described as good progress overnight, fighting a wind-driven wildfire near flagstaff, but the fire has grown to more than 11.5 square miles in a canyon between sedona and flagstaff. 3,200 residents there remain on alert.

lindsey reiser of our phoenix station kpho reports on preparations for evacuation. >> reporter: the community meeting tonight was packed with about 300 people in attendance. it was very tense at times as they fear the worst with these evacuations. >> there's a lot of uncertainty. people don't know. you know, there's one road in, one road out. and you've got over 3,000 people. >> i do a bird show at the arboretum at flagstaff. and from what i have heard, the fire is just five miles or sore away from there. >> reporter: most of the people in attendance are from cucina village where they have been told to evacuate but haven't been given the official notice yet. >> i have 30 big animals they need to get out in time, and i just want to make sure that that code red will give me enough time to evacuate all my animals. >> should the fire push on the east side of the highway, we're predicting about 4 1/2 hours from the time it crosses until the time it would hit cucina village. >> reporter: danny montoya is in

charge of the boots on the ground. hi said this fire is the top priority in the country right now. they've got 20 hot shot crews, 10 type h crews, 5 state crews, 50 engines, 50 water tankers, and nearly 10 helicopters to put it out. >> if you have a thunder cell sitting over the fire, it could push the fire in all directions. many have asked for public forest restrictions. >> i think it should be enforced a lot more. i know that people in the community have a lot of awareness. there's a lot of people out of town. >> i think that the fire experts are the ones that have to make that call. >> reporter: for cbs news, lindsey reiser, flagstaff, arizona. well, government forecasters are predicting a slower than usual hurricane season this year. they predict 8 to 13 named storms. the forecasters predict three to

six could be a hurricane and one or two could be a major hurricane. eric fisher, meteorologist of our boston affiliate wbz station says it could be doubled. a lot of folks don't know what storm surge is and that's why the hurricane center is focus on the definition. gis mapping is so much more familiar. everyone is familiar with google street maps. to be able to go down to street level, look where the water is supposed go and give someone a forecast that they can visualize, that might save some lives and hopefully we'll have a much safer season going forward. >> the six-month hurricane season starts june 1st. now on the east coast, there's been damage from severe weather in the northeast and mid-atlantic states. in delaware a funnel cloud touched down thursday, damaging 10 to 15 houses. the strong winds brought down power lines, and more than 2,000 customers lost electric power.

in new york powerful storms hit the capital region near albany with tornado warnings. storms caused trees to go down and power lines. and in pennsylvania hail stones crashed through a sky light at a mall. the hail covered some roadways, bringing traffic to a halt. the house voted to restrain the nsa from collecting american's' phone records by an overwhelming marriage of 323 to 121. the house voted yesterday to end the national security agency's false collection of phone records. now, the government would have access to the information with a court order. the measure now heads to the senate. as the nation begins the memorial day holiday weekend, the veterans administration is mired deep in controversy over allegations of patients dying while awaiting medical treatment. president obama sent a top aide to get some answers. marlie hall is in new york with the latest. good morning, marlie. >> anne-marie, good morning. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle believe the v.a. secretary should be fired, some calling it

the scandal a national embarrassment, but shinseki says he's still committed to veterans care. veterans affair secretary eric shinseki took to the v.a.'s website thursday, vowing to do more for the nation's vets. secretary shinseki said in part the v.a. is redoubling its efforts with integrity and compassion to earn your trust. but trust in shinseki has been waning amid allegations that some v.a. medical centers created phony waiting lists to hide long delays in treatments for veterans. in a cbs news poll, 45% of americans surveyed said they think the v.a. secretary should step down. house speaker john boehner said he's considering calling for shinseki to resign. >> these are men and women who served our country and -- we've not just let them down. we've let them die. >> reporter: president obama's deputy chief of staff rob nabors

met with the staff at the phoenix medical facility where as many as 40 vets may have died waiting for care. republican senator marko rubio is pushing the senate to approve a bill passed by the house this week that would give shinseki more flexibility to fix the problem. >> one of the things he doesn't have is the power to fire executive leadership in his own agency we want to give him that power. >> shinseki told cbs news he has no plans to resign and he believes he has the full confidence of the president. deputy chief of staff rob nabors will report back to the president on his visit to phoenix next week, and shinseki is expected to submit a preliminary record to president obama as well. anne-marie? >> marlie hall in new york. thank you, marlie. ukraine's interim prime minister is accusing moscow of trying to disrupt sunday's presidential election. that follows the deadliest day for ukrainian troops on thursday. pro-russian insurgents attacked a check point, killing more than

16 soldiers. more than 30 other troops were wounded with some in grave condition. and in thailand this morning the ousted prime minister met with the army leaders who seized power in a bloodless coup. it's unclear why the former government was ordered to appear. leaders of pro and anti-protest groups are still believed to be in detention. the army said it took control to restore order after months of unrest. tomorrow pope francis makes his first visit to the middle east. it's a three-day trip to jordan, the palestinian territories, and israel. francis says his visit is strictly religious. it follows the latest collapse of peace talks between israel and the palestinians. and on the "cbs moneywatch" now, deep job cuts at hewlett-packard and facebook revamps privacy settings. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> good morning, anne-marie. asian markets were higher. tokyo's nikkei gained nearly 1% and hit a one-month high. hong kong's hang seng was flat.

positive news on the economy and housing market droesh wall street stocks higher for a second consecutive day. the dow finished 10 points higher on thursday. the nasdaq was up 20 points. hulett packard will cut an additional 11,000 to 20,000 jobs by october, far more than expected. the total would be about 50 thousand making it the largest payroll reduction in hp's 35 years. hewlett-packard has been struggling. additional cuts are not expected. president obama is expected to nominate san antonio, texas, mayor julian castro as secretary of the department of housing and urban development today. castro is a rising star in the democratic party. he'll replace shaun donovan who's expected to run the budget office. toyota announced a massive recall, the largest. its 450,000 siena minivans from

2004 to 2011 modlet years. toyota says road salt can core road the carriers underneath the vehicle. also sedans from 2013 and 50,000 highlander suvs from 2014. facebook has a message for its more than 1 billion users. we get it. they'll remind users to better manage their privacy settings. it will also change default settings for new users. facebook has been widely criticized for making it too difficult for its users to adjust their privacy settings. anne-marie? >> all right. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, jill. coming up on the "morning news" now, the future of the computer password. growing problems with hacking has the industry searching for alternatives to traditional password protection. this is the "cbs morning news." password protection. this is the "cbs morning news." mary has atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts her at a greater risk of stroke.

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>> there's words like important and necessary but we usually use the word essential. >> reporter: the idea of using passwords was hatched 50 years ago in a lab at m.i.t. we're still using our birth dates, telephone numbers, and spouse's middle names. easy-to-remember combinations are easy to steal. according to splash data, the most common passwords of last year were beyond simple. 123456 tops the list followed by password. yes, that's right. password. last month an internet bug called heart bleed may have compromised billions of passwords worldwide. he says passwords should be passe. >> as we sit here in 2014, i think most of us understand the password's alive and well, but it needs to be shot.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the coun here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. heart blooed in sports, dallas mavericks owner mark cuban apologized to trayvon martin's family for remarks he made concerning bigotry and prejudice. in an interview with "ink magazine" cuban addressed the controversy over remarks made by clippers owner donald sterling. he also talked about some of his own prejudices. >> if i see a black kid in a hoodie at night on the other side of the street, you know -- on the same side of the street, i'm probably going to walk to the other side of the street. if i see a white guy with a shaved head and lots of tattoos, i'm going back the other side of the street. >> now martin was the african-american florida teenager shot and kill back in 2012.

he was weared a hooded sweatshirt at the time. cuban later tweeted he should have used a different example. >> he said i didn't consider the trayvon martin family and i apologize to them for that. in hockey now, the montreal canadiens ended new york's five-game post-season winning streak. alex galchenyuk tips in a pass 1:12 into overtime to give montreal a 3-2 win, but the rangers still lead the eastern conference finals, two games to one. when we return, desperate video. an injured climber who fell down a deep hole records his terrified thoughts as he figures out how to get out alive. his terrified thoughts as he figures out how to get out alive.

day weekend. and a major bay area connector highway shutdown. how to get around the gridlock. advertising blamed for addiction. how one bay area county became part of a sweg legal attack against the w's largest drug manufacturers...

a huge insurance fraud case - revealed. how prosecutors say hundreds of area women got free manicur. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:3 good mor,,,, here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country.

and here's another look at this morning's top stories. in arizona firefighters are making some progress against the wildfire raging near flagstaff. it has grown to more than 11 square miles. more than 3,000 residents are ready to evacuate if necessary. and predictions for a quieter hurricane season. government forecasters say they expect only one or two major hurricanes this year. an american scientist is recovering from falling 70 feet into a crevasse in the himalayan mountains. john recorded this video while trapped alone in the icy hole thinking he was going to die. he suffered a broken arm, ribs, and dislocated shoulder. it took him more than four hours before he pulled himself out. >> because i couldn't climb straight out. it was shaped like a -- like this, and so it was overhung the entire way and it was probably 8

foot or more wide, so i couldn't skim it or anything. so what i had do is climb up a little bit and move sideways, climb up a little bit and climb sideways. i knew if i fell at any time in that four or five hours, of course, i was going to fall all the way to the bottom of the crevasse. >> unable to walk, he rolled back to his tent. a helicopter rescued him 18 hours later. singer paul mccartney is expected to make a full recovery from a viral infection. the former beatle was hospitalized in tokyo and is said to be resting for a few days. the 71-year-old was scheduled to begin his concert in japan this week and south korea next week. the u.s. postal service is honoring the memory of late gay rights activist harvey milk with a new stamp. they honored him on thursday on what would have been his 84th birthday. he was assassinated 36 years ago. a paddleboarder had a close encounter with some whales.

newly released video shows what mike lane saw off san francisco. a pod of whales. one splashed and hit his powerboard and then he decided to head back to shore. i'm anne-marie green. get the party started with friskies party mix california dreamin' cat treats.

a norman rockwell painting called the rookie sold at action for more than $2 million. the rookie is still around and he told lee cowen the amazing story of how he was drafted. >> i was 18. >> oh, my goodness. you were the rookie. >> reporter: sherman safford's moment of immortality began at his high school lunchline. i was hungry. it was noon time. i went down to the cafeteria. sitting down next to somebody he was smoking a pike. >> he had to be somebody. >> he had to be somebody. nobody smoked in that building. >> reporter: that pipe-smoking fellow was norman rockwell, the artist famous for celebrating small town america. he was finishing an oil painting

for a 1957 cover of the "saturday evening post." the topic, baseball. the scene, the arrival of a young rookie in the boston red sox locker room. the players were all real, but rockwell needed a cheerful nobody, so he plucked safford out of that massachusetts cafeteria and paid him 120 bucks to play the hayseed. >> what did he see in you? >> i think he saw a raw bone kid, athletic, skinny. attention right off the bad. the hair was pretty shucky. he put a hat on me because it was so bad. >> reporter: rockwell often photographed people. >> you don't just take a photograph. >> reporter: we found rockwell's photos from his shoot with safford sitting in the archives

in a rockwell museum in massachusetts. safford's suitcase was a picnic basket from his mother. the glove he borrowed from a buddy. the bat he made in home shop. the result was a home run. the rookie was one of three shots rockwell painted for the "saturday evening post," but during his lifetime he rarely got the recognition that auction houses are giving him now. another one of rockwell's famous covers, saying grace, recently south at socke sogt bee's. >> he has stamped his image now neff. >> and you are now part of that. i i'm part of that and that's just too cool. >> he doesn't know where he'll be hanging next but for that moment, for him, it's still priceless. lee cowen, cbs news, stockbridge, massachusetts. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an update on the slide fire in northern arizona. we'll be live from flagstaff.

plus, inventing the next popular casino game. we'll take you to a college laboratory where millions of dollars are at stake. and we'll sit down with top men's designer billy reid. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. good morning, everyone. it's friday, may 23. i'm michelle griego. >> hooray! it's friday! [ laughter ] >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. big holiday weekend, of course. >> right. >> and we need to know our

traffic and weather. how are we going to do? >> you guys like fog and drizzle? >> love it! >> good, we have some of that out there right now! [ laughter ] >> fog early on but today we'll have a lot of sunshine in the afternoon. we'll have more on your holiday forecast coming up. >> and in the maze may see in the east bay we have a number of problems, accident eastbound 580 an accident plus roadwork. we'll tell you more coming up. >> but it's friday. >> it's friday so it's all good. >> a lot of people may have today off, too,. >> that's right. >> i can think of four that don't. >> yup. right, frank. [ laughter ] santa clara county is taking on the big drug companies. the new lawsuit claims drugmakers are pushing highly addictive painkillers for profit. kpix 5 reporter linda yee reports the suit filed in orange county accuses five companies of false advertising, unfair competition and creating a public nuisance. reporter: the centers for disease control have called it an epidemic, prescription