ring take in noafghanistan. and flu ring fight. as some no carrier ring no car health care workers receive the first ring no carrier h1n1 vaccine, others protest mandatory shots. ring no carrier ring no carrier no carrier > ring no c this is ring the no carrier "cbs morning news" for monday, october 5th, 2009. captioning funded by cbs no carrier ring no carrier ring no carrier ring good morning and no carri thanks for joining no c us. i'm michelle > ring gielan. firefighters in southern california say they're starting to get a handle ring no carrier ring on a wind-driven wildfire no carrier that's ring threatening no car a popular resort ring community. it's no burned more than 11 square ri miles and moving toward no carrier > ring no carrier the ring no carri community of ring no carrier wrightwood. david ring no carrier brian has more. >> reporter: it is a no ghost town. northly bustling this time of are year no carrier making the transition to no car wintertime > gateway to ll ski no carrier resorts, the fire has ring changed all that and fire no c officials say ring no c

the evacuation here is a ring job well done. no c richard was one of the few residents who ring chose not to leave and instead remain at home in ring no carrier the empty town. you must have been no carrier > lonely here today. >> well, i guess so ring no carrier ring no carrier ringyeah. you're right. no carrier all the wise ring no carrier people left town. >> reporter: only remnantses of the angry fire that no carrier surrounded the town of wrightwood > continued to burn. fire ri officials say the fierce no c wents eased up ring allowing them to set ring no carrier backfires and sdri destroy the dry brush fueling the flames. that was the break they ring needed. >> we put a lot of fire on the ground came made up a lot of leg work ring cut off one of the large no c flanks of the fire and basically got the pir do what we wanted no it > ring to do. no carri >> this operation was supported by the ring helicopters that were able to to get the water out of the mountain high ring ski resort all this coordinated so well and the firefighters were able ring no carrier ring to save the town of wrightwood tonight. >> reporter: but the good news came too late for those who lived in this home and at least

two others which were ri destroyed when the flaps came roaring through no carrier this canyon. others no carrier > stared down the fire and won. residents ring of the no c pacific crest estates on ring the southeast no car side of ring no carrier wrightwood, some of whom ri refused to evacuate watched with no carrier binoculars as ring heavy smoke no c clouds hung over the neighborhood and some worried with p. what might come next. >> i'm > definitely worried about tonight because when the ring aircraft all leave and then the winds are supposed no carrier to continue to blow we could have more problems nocoming. >> reporter: but fire ring officials no carrier ring no carri who were burned by a mistake in evaluation that the huge station fire was no no carrier longer a serious threat now warn ri it would be a big mistake no carrier to assume this fire has been beaten and the danger has passed. for now, the no carrier ring mandatory evacuation no carrier continues here in ri no car wrightwood affecting thousands of people most of ri whom feel it's better to be safe than sorry, and fire officials have their fingers no carrier ring crossed hoping the favorable weather condition no carrier conditions continue. in no carrier > wrightwood, dave ring

no carrier bryan, for cbs news about gloop following saturday's deadly attack u.s. xhnders say they'll ring no carrier ring move troops in to positions that are easier to defend. mean time the obama administration continues it no car internal debate on strategy this week. wlit johnson is in washington with the ri latest. whitt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, no car michelle. many have put pressure on president obama > to quickly decide on a strategy for afghanistan. but the no carrier administration says it will carefully no carrier ri explore every option. president obama's top advisers will ring meet twice this week in hopes of settling on a new ring game plan for afghanistan. options include scaling back > staying put, and ring sending no carrier in more ri troops. >> no carrier ri it would be, i think, unfor if we let the no carrier ring discussion just no carrier ring no carrier be about troop strength. this thereis it a mip mum level that you have to have but there's's unfortunately ring no carrier no ceiling to it. >> reporter: the top commander says he needs more no carrier forces to get the job > done. he's asked the ring president for another 40,000 no carrier ring no troops to focus on protecting afghan ring civilians

and taking on the taliban. >> give the idea what he needs. you no carrier see you have ring to have security in afghanistan, you have to have governance in afghanistan. >> reporter: in eastern afghanistan, over the weekend, hundreds of insurgents stormed two outposts killing eight american no carrier > ring soldiers. it was the bloodiest no car assault on on u.s. troops in ring no car more than a year. the rising death toll is expected to add even more fire ri to an already heated no carrier debate. >> i would not ring commit to more no carri combat ring no car troops at this time. what we need is surge of is afghan troops. >> reporter: it isn't just law make others capitol hill who can't come to an > agreement. the american public also no carrier remains ring no c divided over afghanistan. >> quhaefr the general recommends i no carrierguess, would be my -- i'd be in favor of. >> totally opposed. totally had no carrier ring no carrier opposed. >> reporter: a recent cbs news poll shows about a third want more troop a third want the statute tuesday company, and a ring third want troops out. with that kind of ring split, it will probably be difficult for the president to reach a decision everyone is happy with.

even so, it's a choice he's ring expected to make in a ring no carrier ring no carrier matter of no c week. 238 > ring no carrier u.s. troopses have been killed in afghanistan this year p. it's the ring highest annual death toll since the war began. ring michelle? >> wlit johnson in no carrier washington. ring wlit no c thanks. iran ring says it will allow u.n. no carrier ring no carrier no carrier experts to > inspect its ring just no carrier closed uranium site on ring october 25th. no carrier the head of the agency met with iranian ring no car officials yesterday. he says he ri sees signs of no cooperation from iran but that more is critical. the u.s. ring ambassador to the u.n. says negotiations will not ring no carrier no carrier go on > forever. >> ring no carrier the onus is now squarely on iran no carrier ring to adhere it to the commitments it has made. if it doesn't, time is no carrier short. we're not interested in talking for talking sake. we're ring not no carrier interested ring no carrier ring in in-termable no carrier negotiations. they have to no carrier demonstrate > conclusively ring that their program is for peaceful purpose ringps. >> a tlnd are

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no carrier ring no carrier ring no carrier no carrier > ring no carrier ring no carrier on the ring "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. no carrier ring heavy rain will drench much no carri of the deep south. the lower midwest sees ring some sunshine. a cold rain no carrier will soak ring no carrier the northern plains and snow will cover the northern rockies. no carrier > ring no carrier ring no carrier ring no carrier ring no carrier ring no carrier ring here's another look another this morning's top stories. no carri firefighters say they're making no c progress in their > battle against a wind-blown wildfire in southern california. no carrier ring up to 6,000 no carrier san bernardino residents were forceded to ri evacuate. and the no carri obama ring no carrier administration is reevaluateing ring its strategy in afghanistan. the top u.s. commander says he wants more troops. eight americans were killed over ring no car the no carrier

weekend. president obama banned text ring messaging by federal wokkers no carrier driving on official business and ring wants states to pass their own laws. but the government may be ri sending some mixed no carrier messages. terrell ring brown no carrier reports. >> it was probably the worst moment of my entire life. >> reporter: jennifer smith ring calls her no carrier mother's loss death no car by cell phone. last september 61-year-old linda doyle was no killed by a ring driver who no ran a red light. ri police say the 20-year-old in no the other vehicle was ring talking no c on his cell ring phone. >> sinceless. no phone call ring no carrier could be worth someone's life. >> reporter: distracted no carrier > motorists like the ring no carrier san antonio van driver are involved in 25% of all police ring reported no carrier crashes. >> distracted ring driving is a growing and serious no carrier ring no carrier problem. >> reporter: jackie gillen of ring advocates for highway and auto no carrier safety says the message is simple drivers no need to keep their eyes on the road not the key pad. but ring gillen is concerned drivers may be getting a mixed ring message. >> stuck in traffic, call 212 -- >> i think that there is a

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almost midway through the end zone. carr's coming out with a quick patriots. -- i mean, the ravens. perfect season dropped on the opening season kickoff to a dropped pass to end the game. the perfect season slips away. and we'll take a live look throughout the morning and take a look at the ravens and we'll face the bengals next sunday. first we have marty over at first warning weather. >> more importantly it's the two-1 in the division beb gals. that isn't going to last too long because they're playing us next week. first off, let's go ahead and jump into the weather. first warning doppler weather radar shows a clear scan in the area. it's fall like out there this morning.