new controversy for the national football league. star running back adrian peterson defends himself from allegations he abused a second child. california on fire. nearly a dozen major wildfires are burning throughout the state. some destroying buildings and causing evacuations. odile's aftermath the hurricane tropical storm leaves a trail of devastation along mexico's west coast destroying buildings and stranding tourists. >> and a warning to parents over child seat safety. a study shows most dads and moms stop using booster seats too soon. his is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, september 16th, his is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, september 16th, 2014.

captioning funded by cbs good morning, good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning, firefighters in california are battling ten major wildfires in record-breaking heat and strong winds. the most destructive is in the small town of weed, near the border of organize or where a fast-moving wildfire damaged and destroyed homes and forced residents to evacuate. 40-mile-per-hour winds quickly turned it into a firestorm. >> there's nothing like it. my lawn got burned up. all that's left there is bricks. it's completely gone. everything -- my clothes, all i have is what i got on. >> reporter: the local saw meal caught fire, a church was destroyed and power to most of the town has been knocked out. so far no injuries have been reported, though. this morning, the fire is 15% contained. meanwhile, two other wildfires fuelled by triple-digit temperatures have

destroyed dozens of homes, daniel yelle nottingham reports. >> reporter: massive plumes of smoke rise 60 miles east of sacramento. the wildfire nearly quadrupled in size to 4,000 acres by monday afternoon. the fast-moving fire trapped a fire crew of inmated and their supervisor. it forced the men to take cover as the fire burned over them. and helicopters doused flames. the inmates were airlifted to safety. >> everybody is accounted for. everyone is well. and you know, they're inmates but they help us out tremendously and we count on them for so much. >> reporter: the fire threaten hundreds of homes. the dorsey family barely escaped the flames. >> when you look down and you see your stairway burning on your property then it hits home. >> reporter: near the foothills of yosemite national park

another wildfire has damaged buildings. 900 residents were forced to leave their home. >> you know, it's sad because that's where we grew up. that's an entire subdivision right there in the middle of that smoke right now. >> reporter: nearly 6,000 firefighters working around the clock to contain wildfires burning across california. danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. flash flood watches are in effect in four southwestern states as tropical storm odile continues with destructive path as mexico's baja peninsula. the storm is losing strength but not before causing widespread destruction on mexico's northwestern coast. the mexican government is sending military and commercial aircraft to evacuate over 25,000 stranded tourists. stores are being looted and a quarter of a million people are without power. at least 135 people were injured by the storm. and this morning, the nfl is dealing with another allegation of abuse by one of its star

players. minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson is defending himself over a second allegation of child abuse. peterson was deactivated for sunday's game after he was indict on a separate charge involving a different child on friday. wendy gillette is in new york with more. good morning, wendy. >> good morning, anne-marie. this new allegation was first reported by our affiliate khou. and it starts just hours after the vikings reinstated peterson. his lawyers say peterson did nothing wrong. you but it bears a resemblance on he's charged. photographed obtained allegedly show a 4-year-old after he was beaten by adrian peterson in june 2014. the station also acquired text messages alleged between the nfl star and the boy's mother. the mother reportedly asking peterson what happened to his head.

to which peterson responds hit his head on a car seat. the mother asked how does this happen? he got a whooping in the car? he said, yep. peterson's lawyer rusty hardin tells cbs news the allegation into other allegation into adrian peterson is simply not true. the allegation is more than one-year-old and authorities took no action. the dult witness admittedly insists adria did nothing inappropriate with his son. he was ruled out of sunday's game after turning hills into texas authorities on separate child abuse charges. in that case, peterson is accused of beating another son with a tree branch in may. in a statement on social media, peterson said i am not a perfect son. i am not a perfect husband. i am not a perfect parent. but i am without a doubt not a child abuser.

vikings general manager rick stillman explained the decision to bring peterson back. >> based on the information we have right now what we know about adrian not only as a person and what he's done for this community, we he believe he deserves to play while the legal process plays out. >> the vikings said, quote, as part of the information we've gathered throughout this process, we were made aware of an allegation from 2014 in which authorities took no action against adrian. the vikings referred also the questions about the case back to peterson's lawyer. but the team is not dodged controversy, shortly after peterson was reinstated, radisson suspended its sponsorship. the hotel chain said it takes child abuse very seriously. today, president obama traveled to centers for disease control in atlanta where he'll

have now expanded u.s. response to the ebola crisis. the lsu send 3,000 military personnel to west africa to give medical and logistical support. the u.s. efforts will include training health care workers building health care facilities each with 100 beds and training residents on safely handling patients. a powerful car bomb exploded near an international convoy in kabul, afghanistan this morning. three nato troops were kid and 20 civilians and troops were wounded. the attack happened near the u.s. embassy. the taliban said it set off the bomb. and today, congress begins the first in a series of high profile hearings on president obama's proposal to expand in syria and iraq. defense secretary chuck hagel

testified that overnight they have warplanes in iraq. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. that's right, general john allen was called back into service from retirement to lead the u.s. role in the fight against isis. and on monday that role expanded. >> reporter: president obama meets today with retired marine general john allen to discuss the international coalition being formed to stop isis militants in iraq and syria. he's coordinating exactly what nearly 40 nations including arab allies will contribute to the fight. >> we want to make sure that their commitment matches what's actually needed and that we're not duplicating efforts. >> reporter: today's meeting comes after the u.s. launched an air strike west of baghdad. it was the first on an expanded mission on the defense against militants u.s. congressman elliott engle said it will take

amore. >> it cannot be perceived as western is going into other middle east countries for some kind of regime change. >> reporter: today on capitol hill, lawmakers are expected to debate on the president's request for $500 million to train moderate rebels who will battle isis in syria. many lawmakers are concerned weapons intended for rentals could end up in the wrong hands. >> they do not have a structure, so it's hard to know which groups are behind which flag. >> reporter: general dempsey and defense secretary hagel will face tough questions when they testify before the senate armed services committee. now, one big u.s. goal in this effort is to block the flow of foreign fighters and cash to isis. thousands are said to be traveling from around the world to iraq and syria to fight alongside the militants, anne-marie. >> susan mcginnis in washington, thank you, susan. coming up on the "morning news," debts rise in connection

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president obama awarded the medal of honor monday to two vietnam war heroes the brother of army specialist donald sloat received the honor on his behalf. sloat was killed using his own body to shield fellow soldiers from an exploding grenade. and army command sergeant major bennie adkins was presented with his medal as he told his story to david martin. the zbag of sergeant bennie adkins reads more like hollywood than something that happened to a real person. cut off, low on ammo and outnumbered 10 to 1. >> we would hear the north vietnamese chanting getting ready to make the assault. >> reporter: it was march, 1966, a remote outpost in the heavily

jungled ashle valley manned by 400 south vietnamese troops came under attack. >> actually was fire. >> reporter: did you get hit? >> yes. >> reporter: how many times were you wounded? >> they treated me very -- >> reporter: two regiments came out of the jungle. >> they came into camp with us, and handgun -- >> reporter: green berets suffered 100% casualties. five dead, 12 wounded. adkins stayed behind to fight at one point to dash outside of the camp to retrieve desperately needed ammunition that had been dropped by parachute and landed in the middle of a mine field. a soldier was hit by enemy fire. >> i was carrying him back to the camp, and north street yammese shot and killed him and wounded me a little through his

body. >> reporter: after 38 hours of nonstop combat, helicopters finally broke through to evacuate the survivors. how many helicopters got in? >> five or six maybe. the others were shot down. >> reporter: but adkins missed the last helicopter out. so we led four other survivors into the jungle. >> that is the night that the tiger stalked us. >> reporter: you heard right, a tiger. >> we could see the eyes and hear this tiger. and the tiger could smell the blood at us and the north vietnamese soldiers were more afraid of the tiger than they were us. they backed off. >> reporter: so the tiger saved your life? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the next day, a helicopter rescued them. but adkins who was estimated to have single-handedly have killed as many as 175 of enemy wasn't done fighting. he grabbed a machine gun.

and got a few shots. >> yes. i'd call that a business card on the way out. >> reporter: all the green berets were decorated but incredibly adkins did not receive the medal of honor until now, 48 years later. david martin, cbs news, washington. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on tropical storm odile. that is the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

. we're following breaking news out of northeast philadelphia this morning a man has been shot to death while climbing through a window to visit his girlfriend. police say the shooter was the girlfriend's father. good morning, everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm natasha brown. jan carabeo with the latest on the police investigation. but first, we have more breaking news we're following as well. a woman is shot three times on braddock street. she is fighting for her life in the hospital. police are continuing to search for a gunman. >> and it is the end of the road for another atlantic city casino. less than two hours now, until the trump plaza begins shutting down for good. those stories and much more including last night's eagles win coming up. right now let's talk about our forecast, in the 60s this morning, i think it still is. >> still is. >> little warmer th,