good morning. breaking news. attack in iraq. five u.s. troops are killed in the deadliest single incident in iraq in two years. meanwhile, the obama administration reportedly discusses speeding up the pullout of u.s. troops from afghanistan as gates visits troops there. we'll ask nato's top leader if afghanistan is ready to stand on its own. burning arizona. two of the biggest wildfires in state history are threatening towns and forcing people out of their homes. while more dry and windy weather is expected today, we'll bring you the very latest on the fires and the evacuations. and back to court. disgraced former imf boss

dominique strauss-kahn is headed to a manhattan courtroom today to face charges of sexually attacking a hotel maid. we'll tell you why his lawyers are investigating her life as well as her story early this monday morning, june 6th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good morning. welcome to "the early show" here on a monday morning. i'm chris wragge. >> i'm erica hill. >> good to see you this morning. we want to get to our breaking news. at least five u.s. troops killed in iraq this morning. cbs news correspondent charlie d'agata is live with more. >> reporter: the u.s. embassy in baghdad would only confirm five u.s. personnel have been killed in an attack this morning. now local television reported that it may have been a rocket attack at a u.s. military base in baghdad. that is yet to be confirmed. thought to be the worst single

attack in terms of casualties in at least two years. there are 47,000 u.s. servicemen still based in baghdad. mostly for training, not a security operation. the iraqi government is now working with the u.s. to decide whether that pullout planned by the end of the year will still go ahead. chris? >> cbs' charlie d'agata with an update for us. here's erica. we want to look now at afghanistan. robert gates is meet with u.s. troops there as the obama administration is reportedly considering withdrawing more troops from afghanistan sooner than originally planned. cbs news correspondent mandy clark is in afghanistan with more. mandy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. its secretary gates final visit to afghanistan before he steps down. and yesterday when he faced the troops, he made it clear he was proud of his record in office. >> more than anybody except the president, i am responsible for

you being here. >> reporter: many of the soldiers lined up before the secretary are about toen a long tour of duty on the front lines. like many americans, they are hoping this will be their last deployment. the secretary offered few clues about the scale of the withdrawal but said he would try to pull out the support troops first. >> i try to maximize my combat capabilities as long as this process -- i think that's a no-brainer. >> reporter: on saturday during a meet with afghan president hamid karzai, secretary gates listened to complaints about the way in which nato forces were conducting the war. >> especially bombardment of civilian homes is an issue that the afghans definitely want to end. >> reporter: but promised the u.s. will stay the course in afghanistan even after the withdrawal begins. the issue of troop reduction,

how many and how fast, will be on the front burner for the administration this week. with the death of osama bin laden in'd the rising cost of the war, more and more voices are calling for a dramatic redublthion in the u.s. presence here. >> mandy clark in afghanistan this morning, thanks. meantime, new deadly violence to report in yemen this morning. u.s. officials are worried about a rise in terrorism while in libya, nato's u.s. allies are adding attack helicopters to the arsenal against moammar gadhafi's horses. we're going to speak with nato's top official in a moment. for a closer look at the situation on the ground. cbs news correspondent allen pizzey joins us from tripoli. allen, good morning. >> good morning, erica. the pace and temperature of the revolts across the middle east continue to intensify over the weekend. most dramatically in yemen where protesters smelled victory. the spark was the departure of the embattled president for medical treatment in saudi arabia. streets have been the seen of pitched battles for nearly three months turned into a carnival of

celebration on the news that president ali abdullah saleh who was wounded in an attack on his palace over the weekend, was gone. but it may yet be premature. officials in his government, which is still holding out, said he would return, although that seems increasingly unlikely. the big fear now is a power vacuum in the impoverished nation home to an active al qaeda faction. rebel forces in libya were given a boost with the introduction of apache helicopters in the battle to oust moammar gadhafi. the apaches are being used to hit gadhafi forces hiding from nato jets. >> the unique cape ablity of the attack helicopter is its control system and radar to actually, i think, identify and engage targets with huge precision. and that's something that they at the moment are not achieving. >> reporter: the rebels still have a long way to go. after a visit to their de facto capital in benghazi, they warned

the campaign could drag on for months. hopes are being pinned as much on a member of gadhafi's inner circle turning on him as they are on the rebels advancing toward the capital. and neither of those things is by any means a sure bet at the moment. erica? >> allen pizzey in tripoli this morning, thanks. joining us from brussels is nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen. glad to have you with us this morning. >> good morning. >> we talked a little bit about this new phase that's been entered now. these apache attack helicopters being added to the arsenal. a lot of questions as to whether or not troops on the ground could be next. what is the plan this morning? >> first of all, let me stress that we have no intention whatsoever to put boots on the ground. we will continue our air operations with the aim to fully implement the u.n. mandate and protect the civilian population in libya. >> and is that still the goal simply protecting the population? or is the goal to effectively

remove gadhafi from power? >> well, we have two tracks. in the military track, we have clearly defined three objectives. firstly, a complete end to all attacks against civilians. secondly, a withdrawal of gadhafi forces and paramilitary forces to their bases and barracks and thirdly, immediate and unhindered humanitarian access to people in need. these are the three military objectives, and we will continue our operation until these objectives are met. in a parallel political track, the international community has put a lot of pressure on gadhafi and the only solution is that gadhafi leaves power. it's hard to imagine a complete end to attacks against civilians as long as he remains in power. >> how close do you think he is to leaving power?

>> well, it could happen any day. it could take some time yet. the fact is that we have considerably degraded his war machine. we see the opposition advance in libya. the gadhafi regime is more and more isolated every day. and this combination of strong military pressure and reinforced political pressure will eventually lead to the collapse of the regime. and we have also recently seen a lot of defections from his inner circle. >> taking a look at the other side now, how long can these rebel forces, can this opposition hold on? they need support. they need funding. some of that still very difficult for them to get. >> yeah, well, the international contact group has decided to

step up support for the opposition. i'm not going to guess about timelines. obviously, we hope to see a solution to this conflict sooner rather than later. we also have to say that there's no military solution solely. we need a political process leading to democracy in libya. >> i want to ask you quickly about afghanistan. reports this morning, as we mentioned, that president obama could be looking to make that troop drawdown a bit steeper than originally had been reported. is that something nato would be in favor of? >> well, we have already laid out a clear timetable for a gradual transfer of lead responsibility to the afghan security forces. actually that process would start already next month. we will hand over lead responsibility to the afghan security forces in six -- in seven provinces and districts representing 25% of the afghan

population. it's a significant start, and we hope to see that process completed by the end of 2014. >> nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen. thanks for your time, sir. >> you're welcome. just ahead in our next hour, we'll focus on yemen as we take a look at our week-long series, the arab summer. looking at the ongoing struggle for democracy in that part of the world. until then, let's go to jeff glor with another look at our top headlines. jeff, good morning. >> good morning monday to you and everyone at home as well. in arizona this morning, more evacuations have been ordered as firefighters battle three major wildfires. the fires have now burned more than 300,000 acres. the worst is the wallow fire near the new mexico border. donna rossi of kpho is in springerville, arizona, this morning. >> reporter: this enormous fire is burning across almost 193,000 acres. that's 301 square miles of eastern arizona. more than 2300 firefighters are

battling the plays. now the third largest in state's history. several cities along the arizona/new mexico border have been evacuated. >> there's a lot of history up here. so much history that a lot of us don't want to leave. but if they tell us to go, we're going to have to go. >> reporter: firefighters have been digging lines in an attempt to contain the fire. >> we were very successful last night. put in 30 miles of line, which is phenomenal. >> reporter: but by midday sunday, the wind started kicking up, whipping up the fire with it and causing it to jump the containment line. >> that was donna rossi of kpho in phoenix. officials in germany are expected to confirm this morning that sprouts caused the most deadly e. coli outbreak in history. the sprouts are from an organic farm in northern germany which shut down yesterday all of its produce was recalled. overall more than 2,200 people were sickened by the e. coli bug. at least 22 have died. all but one in germany. 11 minutes past the hour. back over to chris.

jeff, thank you. this morning, we're learning of two significant breakthroughs in the battle against cancer. we'll look at a new advance against breast cancer in a moment. we begin with a new drug that can slow down the spread of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. cynthia bowers has more. >> reporter: it's hard to overestimate the magnitude of this new drug's potential when you consider that melanoma kills nearly 9,000 americans every year, which is 1 person on average dying every hour. researchers say this pill is a breakthrough when it comes to slowing melanom athe deadliest form of skin cancer. >> patients who get it sometimes within 72 hours are already much better. off of pain medicine, maybe off of oxygen. >> reporter: unlike chemo which attacks healthy, in addition to unhealthy cells, this drug works by targeting only a genetic mutation blamed for increasing

the cancerous cells. it's valued b rath. since vemurafenib targets mutated genes it causes fewer side effects. 84% of patients on this drug were still alive after six months, compared to 60% on chemo. it's given stage 4 melanoma patient susan steel something money can't by. time and quality of life. >> it was headed really to death because i had brain metastaces. within seven days of taking the drug, once i got on the trial, i had about a 40% reduction in tumors. >> reporter: researcher lynn schuchter says this is by no means a cure. >> over time the melanoma cells can become resistant to the therapy and then the cancer cells outwit these new drugs and

outsmart us. >> reporter: this drug will be used in concert with -- that trig thers body's immune devices to cancer. that's the good news. the bad news, melanoma is the fastest form of skin cancer growing among young people in their 20s. and, chris, it is primarily due to simply too much sun exposure. >> cbs' cynthia bowers in chicago. thank you very much. that's one thing you cannot stress enough. you need sunblock and have to be careful when you are out in the son. let's bring in medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton. let's talk about this drug and side effects. >> there are always side effects. increases risk of secondary skin cancers. a sensitivity to the sun. joint pain. fatigue. those are really the biggest ones. >> now i want to talk about this breast cancer study we've been talking about. this other cancer study making big news. breast cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer in women in the u.s. so this study, what does it mean towards prevention of this? >> really, this really signifies

the paradigm shift. we've gotten very good at treating breast cancer. now the bent of the research is focuses on prevention. and to put these numbers into context, it's a reputable study in the best medical journal we have. they found they had to treat 94 patients. these are high-risk women with this one particular drug to prevent one case of invasive breast cancer in a three-year time period. >> now the study looked at a class of medication called aroma tase inhib tors. how do they work to prevent breast cancer? >> of all of the women battling breast cancer, about two-thirds of them have a form of the disease we refer to as being hormonally sensitive. this drug works as an antiestrogen. we do need to mention here this study was funded by the drugmaker, although they did not have a direct role in how the data was collected or in the study design. >> now the women involved in this study were all classified as high risk. >> that's right. >> now what classifies someone as high risk and someone else

who isn't? >> in this study and in general when you talk about high risk, age is the number one factor. over the age of 50 were the women in this study. post menopausal women. your family history. or if you've had another type of breast cancer in the past. >> okay. and aromasin is the drug used here. the side effects with this drug? >> hot flashes, fatigue, joint pain. women on this class of medication have a high discontinuation rate of stopping those medications when they already have breast cancer so it remains to be seen whether women who don't yet have breast cancer will be able to stick with those side effects. >> two very important studies here this morning. >> absolutely. we'll be watching them. >> dr. jennifer ashton, good to see you. marysol castro is here with the first check of the weather. >> good morning, everyone. we turn our focus to the southwest where we mentioned earlier those wildfires continue burning. today, unfortunate three, weather will not cooperate. it is dry. it is warm. it is very windy. seven states from new mexico to

kansas are under a red flag warning. the gusty winds continue to fuel those wildfires. of course, we're going to keep an eye on it throughout the day. in the southeast, very warm, very humid. folks in that part of the country could expect to see a few pop-up showers over the >> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to erica and chris. good morning. >> good morning to you. still to come here on "the early show," the former head of the imf goes back to court while his lawyers try to dipping dirt

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welcome back to "the shoeea show" this morning. dominique strauss-kahn until his arrest was one of the world's most powerful bankers. he pleaded not guilty to a charge he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. they are targeting the housekeeper's story and digging into her background. we welcome you back to "the early show." also ahead, one more republican is throwing his hat at the presidential race. rick santorum will make it official today. sarah palin, though, still seems to be getting all the attention for not running. we'll take a look at the final moments of her east coast bus tour, including a lesson on paul

revere's last ride. first, jeff glor at the newsdesk with another look at our top headlines. >> good morning to you. topping our news here, it's believed to be the largest single loss of american life for american forces in iraq in two years. five american troops were killed in baghdad today. the military gave no extra details. an iraqi official says it was a rocket attack on a u.s. base. u.s. combat operations in iraq officially ended last august. ali abdullah saleh is recovering from surgery in saudi arabia this morning. saleh was wound when anti-government forces attacked the presidential compound last friday. his departure sparked celebrations yesterday, but there was also more deadly fighting. overnight, opposition forces say they support transferring power to the vice president. one day after a deadly clash on syria's border, syrian police are keeping palestinian protesters away from that area. on sunday, israeli troops opened fire on protesters who cut through a border fence.

20 people died. and strong winds are expected to fuel three large wildfires in arizona where more evacuations have been ordered today. the biggest fire is near the border with new mexico. it's burned at least 193,000 acres. making it the third largest wildfire in arizona history. this morning, dominique strauss-kahn is headed back to court. his lawyer says the former head of the international monetary fund will plead not guilty to

charges of sexually assaulting a housekeeper in a new york city motel last month. hotel last month. cbs news chief investigative correspondent armen keteyian is outside the courthouse this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. dominique strauss-kahn faces seven criminal charges stemming from his alleges sexual assault of that hotel housekeeper in manhattan last month. the high-profile case has already set off its own set of fireworks. the people versus dominique strauss-kahn is playing off like a real-life case of "law & order." the defendant, a 62-year-old political power broker and aspiring french president with a wealthy american wife. his accuser, a 32-year-old single mother from a tiny african village. >> she's a person of tremendous character. very diligent, hard working, cheerful person with an unblemished record. >> reporter: the trial is seth up like a clax he said/she said case. dna found in the hotel

attendant's blouse matches that are strauss-kahn. his attorneys counter that any sexual contact was consensual and have hired this global security firm to dig into the background of the accuser. >> digging into the background of the accuser, the alleged victim, is not only the right strategy. it's the essential strategy. it's the only strategy for any competent, good defense attorney. >> reporter: the case also features a cast of high-powered attorneys. the manhattan district attorney recently add two of his most experienced prosecutors to the case. they'll square off against two of the city's most prominent defense attorneys. >> this is going to be a humdinger. this is going to be a very vigorously fought trial. and let a jury make the final decision. >> in keep with the sense cisional story line following the alleged incident at this manhattan hotel on may nooent, strauss-kahn was freed on $1 million cash bail and $5 million boend. he's now holed up in this $50,000 a month,

6800-square-foot luxury rentinal new york's tribeca neighborhood. on the market for $14 million. chris, as you mentioned, strauss-kahn is going to plead not guilty today and then had become to the $50,000 a month rental where he's also paying a reported $200,000 a month for 24-hour surveillance and security. >> armen, the defense says this was consensual. the defense says she's making this up. if it's consensual, why make it up? >> well, that's a big question here. you know, the obvious reason here, they're going to go after the credibility of this woman. that is the time-tested legal strategy. if they can paint her as a gold digger. if they can undermine her personal history, that's the strategy. the big question is, obviously, whether they can do it. chris? >> sdwhat he face if convicted? do we know? >> if he's convicted he's going to face up to 25 years in prison. and this is really the only time you're going to probably see strauss-kahn until september. the trial, through the pretrail

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39 minutes paflt past the hour. this morning, sarah palin is defending her record in alaska and explaining some puzzling comments about paul revere while another conservative republican is announcing his bid for the presidency. cbs news political correspondent jan crawford has the latest this morning from washington. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. and that is rick santorum. he's the former two-term senator from pennsylvania who is going to be entering the race for the white house today. but he, like all those other fellow candidates, are finding it pretty hard to get a lot of attention when sarah palin continues to flirt with a presidential bid of her own. sarah palin's bus tour took a break this weekend, but she's still dominating the spotlight.

on sunday, clips from her upcoming movie "the undefeated" were released. it's a documentary about the former alaska governor. the film's goal? to clear up what the director claims are the many distortions and outright lies about palin's record. >> she was the ceo of 25,000 employees. >> reporter: the movie leaves the impression palin will run for president and argues she is qualified for the job. >> she wasn't afraid to use those powers. >> reporter: despite the bus tour and now the movie, palin remains coy about whether she'll join the field of gop presidential contenders. >> on a spectrum where zero is i'm absolutely not running and 100% is, i'm in the race, where are you now? give me a number. >> still right there in the middle, chris. >> 50? >> trying to figure out what the lay of the land will be. >> reporter: but she certainly sound like a candidate when asked what she would do as president to boost the economy. >> what president palin would do is cut the federal budget. >> reporter: palin also talked about energy and afghanistan and

slammed president obama's economic policies. >> it's very noble of president obama to want to stay at the helm and maybe go down with this sinking ship. but i prefer and many americans prefer we start plugging the hole. >> reporter: but there us was also the trivial. she was asked to explain are the comments last week suggesting that paul revere was warning americans and the british. critics said the comment shows she didn't know her history. palin said the media once again was playing gotcha. >> i didn't mess up about paul revere. part of his ride was to warn the british that were already there. hey, you're not going to succeed. you're not going to take american arms. >> reporter: now palin's movie will debut in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. obviously, erica, three key primary states later on this month. and then it will be in theaters nationally in july and, who knows. by then maybe we'll have an answer from palin about whether she's running for president or not. maybe we'll have a candidate. jan, you've seen the movie. what did you learn, if anything,

that's new in it? >> i see it is an unabashed defense of sarah palin and her record as governor of alaska. but what i found most interesting is how it goes back to when she started in politics 20 years ago. and shows them this unbroken line in her thinking. the things we've been hearing from her on her bus tour about the role of government and free markets and freedom. she's been saying those things for 20 years. and there's video of her as a young candidate on the stump, running for mayor 20 years ago. sounding exactly like the sarah palin that we're seeing out on that bus tour today. i thought that was probably the most striking thing, just that never before seen video. >> rick santorum, two-tern senator from pennsylvania. throwing his hat in the ring later today. how does he stack up against the declared candidates? >> he's got a pretty tough path to the nomination. he's been making some inroads among social conservatives. he spent a lot of time in south carolina. he's going to have a very difficult time going against someone like a tim pawlenty who

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way people listen to their digital music. amid all the fanfare, both investors and the public will be equally interested in the fact that steve jobs, apple's charismatic chief executive, will be introducing it. >> thanks for coming. >> reporter: apple's chief executive steve jobs will break his medical leave and take a san francisco stage later today to unveil the icloud. a web-based service the company hopes will change the way people listen to digital music. >> what it basically lets you do is store your music somewhere other than your computer in apple's icloud. and then you can play it from any device that you own and maybe even if they allow us, redownload it on to, say, another computer or another phone. >> reporter: one day, the service may allow you to listen to your music library from anywhere. off of anyone's device. it will reportedly cost $25 a year. with more than 200 million itunes subscribers, apple has reportedly inked deals with several top record labels to make music streaming easier for

its users. the cloud is still a confusing concept for a lot of people. it mainly refers to the idea of storing anything, music or photos or video somewhere other than your computer. on someone else's server, so that you can access those things anywhere you are. >> we've been working on this product for a while. i just didn't want to miss today. >> reporter: but amid all the fanfare surrounding the icloud, apple investors and customers are equally interested in getting a glimpse of jobs and seeing that he's healthy. in 2004, jobs was diagnosed with a treatable form of pancreatic cancer. five years later, he received a liver transplant. and has been on a health-related leave of absence from apple since january. >> apple is steve jobs. and he micro manages every decision, every major product that apple rolls out. it's very unclear what happens to apple, what happens to that amazing process of innovation once he's no longer involved in it. >> reporter: for shareholders,

jobs 'mere presence is reassurance he's healthy enough to lead the company that he founded. steve jobs is so much a part of what apple means to its customers that there's a direct correlation between apple's stock price and jobs' personal health. for example, when he left on medical leave in january, the apple stock immediately fell. but when the company announced that jobs would be speaking at today's event, the stock price immediately jumped 2%. you see a major impact there. >> it's funny because people mention you want to see exactly what his condition is just as much as what he's unveiling. they talk about making dig tool the access to digital music easier. how much easier does it need to be? i'll be honest. i'm still a little confused by the whole thing. >> ultimately, you try and download music on to your phone and move it to your computer. that takes a lot of time. the idea here is that they're going to cut back on time and make it faster and more efficient. >> faster and easier. rebecca jarvis, thank you. we'll be right back. you're watching "the early show" here on cbs.

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p welcome back to "the early show" here on a monday morning. i'm chris wragge along with erica hill. six months ago, a singular act in tunisia began an overwhelming range of revolutions in the middle east. it was called the arab spring. >> that revolution can stilling felt in the air. perhaps a growing sense of chaos is sparking concern around the globe. all this week as the arab spring moves into the arab summer, we'll look at where the revolution stands and where those concerns lie in five different key countries in the region. tunisia, syria, egypt and libya.

>> this morning, we begin with the crisis in yemen. reporter iona craig joins us from sanaa, the capital of yemen. good morning. what is the situation on the ground there right now? >> in the capital city sanaa where i am, there's a tenuous cease-fire that was brokered by saudi arabia in the past couple of days to try and bring to a halt the fighting that we've seen in the city over the past two weeks between tribesmen and the president's troops. that cease-fire seems to have collapsed a bit last night when there was heavy fighting in the north of the city and gunfire for several hours. actually so far today, since the sun has come up, it's certainly quiet now in sanaa at least. >> reporter: yesterday you tweet someday video inside yemen, on the streets. people celebrated as president saleh was taken to saudi arabia for medical treatment there. do you believe that the

president will return? >> i think it's unlikely because saudi arabia will certainly try and prevent that from happening, i'm sure, as well as u.s. diplomats. it's an opportunity now while he's gone for the transfer of power that's been on the table for two weeks to be initiated and for some sort of change to be made. having said that, i wouldn't put it past president saleh himself to attempt to try and return. he's often said in the past few weeks that without him, the country will fall into chaos. and it may now be his opportunity to fulfill that by coming back and restoring law and order and a sense of calm to yemen upon his return. >> all right. iona craig for us in yemen. thanks for taking the time. we appreciate it. >> thank you. as the situation deteriorates in yemen, u.s. officials say there is a growing risk that the country could become a safe haven for terrorists. cbs homeland security

correspondent bob orr has more on that. >> reporter: the arab spring has renewed hopes for millions of people in tunisia and egypt. as you said it's brought chaos and violence to yemen. in the rapidly deteriorating situation there now has u.s. counterterrorism officials on edge. as the yemeni government disintegrates and the country moves toward civil war, the threat of a new terror strike against america grows. yemen is home to the most lethal al qaeda franchise, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. the fear is the group will exploit the chaos to plot fresh attacks. >> the threat posed by al qaeda on the arabian peninsula is metastasizing and to some extent getting worse. >> reporter: aqap has already tried to hit the u.s. first with the christmas day 2009 underwear bombing attempt on a northwest flight over detroit. and again last fall with sophisticated explosive devices found hidden inside computer printers, on cargo planes

destined for the u.s. but the embattled yemeni government is in no position to counter the terror threat. president saleh has gone to saudi arabia for medical treatment. u.s. counterterrorism efforts in yemen have also been limited, though that may be changing. just days after osama bin laden was killed by navy s.e.a.l.s, the u.s.-fired predator missiles at one of aqap's top predators, anwar al alaqi. a recruiting superstar on jihadist websites is openly calling for more attacks on the west from his hideout in yemen, his radical message for now is unchecked. >> someone who is, obviously, fluent in english, grew up in the united states, is aware of the -- our cultures, our nuances and what makes us tick. >> reporter: as in tunisia and egypt, the unrest in yemen

largely began as a grassroots movement for reform. but as the protefsts and government reaction spirals out of control they head closer to a leaderless vacuum, closer to the perfect safe haven for nurturing terror. yemen, the ancestral homeland of bin laden himself has always been a magnet of sorts for radicals but threatens to be a full-blown sanctuary for terrorists looking more like afghanistan in the days before 9/11. chris? >> cbs' bob orr in washington. bob, thank you. here's erica. joining us now, cbs security analyst juan zarate. yemen slrd a sanctuary in so many ways for terrorists. how much does the threat to americans grow as we see further unrest and instability in yemen? >> i think this is the greatest near-term problem coming out of the, a rab spring for the united states. what you have is al qaeda on the

arabian peninsula already gaining breathing space. this is a lethal group that's adapted and is clearly still targeting the west. this is a near term real problem for the united states. >> is this, in fact, like afghanistan, pre-9/11? >> well, i'm not sure i'd put it in that category. certainly yemen has been talked about as a failing state. we could be seeing it marching toward failed state status. but this is really a country with a perfect storm of problems. you have demographic pressures, economic problems, resource issues like diminishing oil returns and water reserves that are very low. and you've got militantcy and extremism, tribal fractures. so you've got a host of real big problems here that are now emerging with president saleh not being able to control the country. >> i want to talk about him in just a second. first, talk to me about those problems on the ground. it really is the perfect storm. especially for people who live there. this is a very poor country. resources were already tough. now as we're hearing, water can be difficult to get.

how much could that play into islamic extremism? >> well, i think you've got near term and long-term problems. this is the poorest country in the gulf, the arabian gulf. you've got the resource problems, an economy that is very weak, at best. you've got water problems that are increasing over time. yemen has relied on the oil industry and on tourism, both of which have diminished over time in terms of revenues. so you've got long-term problems for this country that really portend problems for the long term, not just the immediate term that we're seeing right now. >> in terms of leadership as you mentioned, president saleh is in saudi arabia right now. if he doesn't come back, is it clear who would take over? >> not clear at all, erica, and it's not clear that violence wouldn't ensue. i think you have tribal divisions, family divisions, different loyalties among the military leaders. interestingly, his sons are still in yemen and could be vying for power. and so i don't think the search and the attempt to control power

in sanaa, the capital of yemen is over yet. that portends for more violence here in the coming days. >> there's an attempt to control from other places. it seems every article i read about president saleh in the last couple of days mentions if saudi arabia would allow him to come back. how much control does saudi arabia hold over yemen? >> well, saudi arabia has enormous influence over yemen. in part because they are the big neighbor to the north. clearly, they have been the source of financing for president saleh. the large amount of financing his government has used to control the tribes and his military. and so if saudi arabia has a great deal of control, but the president has a voice in this as well and so i find it very hard to believe he's not going to try to get back. but it's not clear that saudi arabia will want that to happen. they'll want to see a peaceful transition here. and they don't want to see instability on their doorstep. >> juan zarate, always great to talk with you. thanks. >> thanks. tomorrow we continue our arab summer series with a look

at libya where moammar gadhafi's reign is in doubt after months of fighting with rebel forces. but what could happen going forward? we'll take a look at that. let's check back in with jeff glor at the newsdesk. >> good morning to everyone at home. five american service members were killed in central iraq today. the single largest loss of life for the american military in iraq in two years. iraqi security officials say there was a missile attack on a u.s. base in eastern baghdad and the missiles hit near american living quarters. u.s. combat operations in iraq officially ended last august. strong winds are fanning three large wildfires in arizona. the largest is the wallow fire near the border with new mexico. it's burned over 190,000 acres at this point. more than 2,000 firefighters are involved. and more evacuations have been ordered. another fire, which burned another 100,000 acres is burning in southern arizona. organic sprouts are believed to be the source of a deadly e. coli outbreak in germany. the sprouts were grown at a farm

in northern germany which was shut down yesterday. at least 22 people have died from this e. coli outbreak and more than 2,200 sickened. more cases are likely for at least another week. a major study found a drug cold aromasen helps prevent drug cancer in women at high risk. it cut the incidents in half without severe side effects seen in some other treatments. scientists also report progress against melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer gop new drugs have produced significant gains in survival rates. one of them, ve emurafenib helped a startling 70% of those who received it. and a couple in florida turned the tables on a bank. on friday, the homeowners threatened the bank with foreclosure and showed up with moving vans. in 2010, bank of america wrongfully filed foreclosure papers on their home which did not have a mortgage at all. they actually paid for it with cash. the bank was supposed to reimburse the couple for their

legal fees but never did. so their lawyer was there with a sheriff's deputy to seize the bank assets on friday. >> i unstructed the deputy to go in and take desks, computerses, copiers, filing cabinets, including cash in the drawers. >> the couple says bank of america finally cut a check for over $5,000. the lawyer called it, quote, sweet justice. 11 minutes past the hour now. marysol castro has another look at our weather. good morning. >> good morning, jeff. that is the feel-good hit of at least this monday morning. good morning, everyone at home. we have two areas of severe weather to contend with. in and around the great lakes and the northern plains. very hot and humid in this part of the country. we're going to see a few pop-up showers throughout the afternoon. unfortunately, montana doesn't need any more rain and they could see about an inch of it. we're still dealing with the flooding of the missouri river. we're going to keep an eye on it. the other area of concern, the west coast. san francisco just got a deluge this weekend. this storm system starts to move inland bringing about an inch of

rain to some areas. we're still talking about snow in the higher elevations, which is still rare for this time of year. the northeast, it's a banner day. 70s, 80s. not a whole lot of clouds in the sky. enjoy it >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by hershey's bliss chocolate. one square inch of bliss. >> thanks so much. i'll have more on your national outlook a little bit later in the show. >> marysol, thank you.

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pain. then one yelled to me and said, ray, can you hear me? and when i tried to respond to her, my words came out slurred. and she says, i think he's having a stroke. when i got to southside, they uncovered two blood clots. they told me that they were going to administer a drug or treatment called tpa to break up the clots that were in my brain. that really hit me hard. your wife is saying to you, asking you, are you okay? and you are like, i don't know? that's kind of bewildering. you want to be able to answer the loved ones, but you can't. had i not received the tba, my speech probably would have been impaired still. my range of motion would have been very slow -- very poor. it saved my life. >> medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton is back with more on treating strokes.

good to see you again. we are hearing about this drug, tpa. with this new research about how often it's used. is it not used often enough? >> that's absolutely correct. only 3% to 5% of stroke patients who get to a hospital in time to get this drug because there is a critical window of opportunity timewise. as soon as possible. but within one to 4 1/2 hours is really the window of opportunity for this drug to work. we have to mention here, there are a lot of different types of strokes. this particular drug, tpa, works to bust up a clot in a certain type of stroke known as an aschemic stroke where it blocks off a blood vessel and deprives that part of the brain of much-needed blood flow. >> as far as from an effective standpoint, we're hearing it is obviously very effective in this case. but overall? >> makes the difference between having a long-term disability in this case, someone who might not be able to speak, or move well and not and getting a full recovery.

we always say in neurology, time lost is brain loss so the faster you get this drug, the better your long-term prognosis would be. >> you mentioned timing. what are the warning signs in, obviously, being able to discover them quickly? >> most people are familiar with the warning signs of a heart attack. less familiar with those of a stroke. we all need to know about this because as the gentleman in this case showed us, his co-workers helped save his life. you can have anything from a is severe headache to someone numbness on the side of your face or side of your body. trouble speaking or in understanding other people's speech. blurry vision or a change in your vision. and a loss of balance. these people can even look drunk in some cases. so again, you need to know what they are for yourself but you also need to recognize them in those around you. >> only 39 years old. that seems remarkably young. >> yep. and we're seeing more and more strokes in younger and younger people. it's not just the elderly. prevention is key. you want to reduce the risk

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a little disbelief and some big-time excitement. li nacelle brating her victory at the french open. she's the first asian ever to win a singles grand slam title.

a very long road to center court. but she actually quit the tour a few years back to become, of cowl things, a journalist. just ahead, we'll have her remarkable story and she'll interview herself. >> you mean there's hope for us? want to get back into the tennis game? welcome back to "the early smoep" when hillary clinton travels overseas it literally takes thousands of people to see that she stays safe. jeff glor recently got a look at t that. >> jeff is going to talk about that with us this morning. and we're also remembering d-day. on this day 67 years ago, allied forces launched the largest invasion the world had ever seen. it changed the course of world war ii. we'll speak to some of the veterans who stormed the beaches of normandy on that fateful day. first, jeff glor back at the newsdesk with the headlines. >> we had a lot of fun. it was intense, but a cool

behind the scenes look at what they do to protect our diplomats overseas. good morning to you guys. good morning to everyone at home as well. hundreds of people in southwest iowa this morning have left their homes as the missouri river threatens major new flooding. yesterday the iowa national guard used a blackhawk helicopter to drop 1,000-pound sandbags on a levee to shore up a leak there. a volcano in chile is still erupting this morning. a cloud of ash was sent six miles high by the eruption when which began on saturday. 3,500 people have been evacuated. it's the first major eruption of that volcano chain in 50 years. 13 people, most of them children, are nursing bumps and bruises this morning. take a look at this. high winds sent an inflatable bounce house airborne. the incident happened over the weekend at a school carnival on long island. none of the injuries were life threatening. and at the mtv movie awards last night, gary busey came on stage in a giant hamster ball to

announce the award for best movie which was "twilight sa" s "eclipse." pattinson went and planted a kiss on their co-star taylor lautner. 33 minutes past the hour. over to marysol castro. >> that award show is just a gift that keeps on giving. good morning, jeff. you can see a major swath of precipitation all the way from the west coast through the great lakes. we're keeping a special eye on the northern plains. they really don't need any more rain as we continue to follow the missouri river as it crests and just flows over. we also have some severe weather in the great lakes. another area that we're keeping an eye on if my clicker decides to work today. there we go. the southeast continues to be very warm. very humid. new orleans, jackson and birmingham, you could break a record for today. as a result of the heat and

humidity there will be a few pop-up showers over the next 24 hours. the northern plains of montana, you are expected to see about an inch of rain over the next 24 hours. and then in the great lakes, we're keeping an eye on hail, gusty winds, rain and maybe even >> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to erica and jeff. when secretary of state hillary clinton travels to the middle east and africa this week you'll see her meet with foreign

leaders, holding press conferences. what many will not see is the hundreds of security agents behind the scenes who make sure she is safe. jeff glor got a look at the agency responsible for protecting american diplomats and even tried your hand at a little of the training. >> yes, a little bit. we'll show you a little of that. good morning once again. 2,000 agents make up the diplomatic security service which protects more than 200 embassys and consulates worldwide. places like yemen, syria and afghanistan. many of these regions are more volatile than ever. >> welcome. we're so glad you could be here today. >> reporter: it's made up to look like an afghan marketplace. >> we've had some bombings of late. >> gentlemen, how are we doing? but this is actually 7,000 miles from kabul. it's the diplomatic security training center in summit point, west virginia. as instructors simulate an attack on a u.s. ambassador. our protection team returns fire

a safehouse nearby provides shelter. smoke grenades provide cover until we can finally drive away. diplomatic security agents are responsible for protecting secretary of state hillary clinton. they can provide security for congressional delegations overseas. and a lot more. guarding a total of 220 embassies and consulates worldwide. and that means they have to be ready for anything, anywhere. >> we want to see how they react under extremely stressful conditions. you lose the sight that it's a training exercise. it really is an outstanding training tool for us to get our agents prepared for the service in iraq and afghanistan. >> reporter: in years past, u.s.

was more likely to close embassies during periods of civil unrest or extreme violence. but diplomacy is changing, quite dramatically. >> the new paradigm is we don't close embassies. we continue to operate regardless of the circumstances. >> reporter: jeff culver, director of ds, says in his 23 years, the agency has never been busier. part of that is because so many agents, more than 600 now, are trained for high-threat environment. by the time they get here, they've generally worked with firearms? >> many of our agents have a police background, military background and that, obviously, helps for most of them. >> reporter: agents have to be proficient with everything from pistols to submachine guns. >> as soon as you squeeze it, there go. not bad. not bad. >> we have our fleet of vehicles we use to train in. >> reporter: but possibly the most important skill of all is driving. >> do you think people realize what an enormous part of the job

driving is? >> most people don't because they take it for granted. most people get in the car, put it in drive, just drive away. >> reporter: ds agents need to be able to get their vehicles and their protectees out of dangerous situations quickly. this is called a j-turn. taking a car that's going in reverse and getting it to drive in the same draeks. we got a hands-on lesson. you are doing this. once you go lock, the car will come around. take this hand and drive it around. >> half gas, full gas. 1,000, 2,000, off gas, steer, gear. they also showed us how to clear a vehicle with a path blocked. >> you're going to drive this car and you're going to ram this car through this car. get in, get buckled up. >> what looks like a vilent demolition derby is a carefully

choreographed move. all of this to marketplace attacks, the rogue shooters, blocked vehicles, american agents overseas need to handle while keeping their wits and while ultimately keeping their fellow americans safe. >> diplomatic security agents are a rare breed, i believe. they are people that really want to make a difference and these are people that want to serve and raise their hand to go to some of the hardest part s and environments around the world. >> we talked about them trying to keep embassies open. the state department is watching the situation in yemen very closely out of concern for its embassy staff. at this point, the embassy does remain open, erica. >> it's not just these agents that receive training but the diplomats and foreign service workers do as well. >> the agents go through a longer training. many times when diplomats are going to be overseas and spend time, they'll spend a shorter time in these high-threat environments so they can see what happens and get the adrenaline up.

and then learn how to control it. i think that's one of the things they taught us and they teach the agents and the diplomats is that, listen. you are going to have the adrenaline. you're going to get excited when things like this happens. the key is to regulate it and to try to stay calm and do the right thing. they call it diplomatic security but one of the guys we talked to said it means do something. >> ds stands for "do something." >> do something smart. >> nice moves behind the wheel. >> the old j-turn. >> jeff, thanks. here's chris. >> as far as the ride home is concerned, i'll walk. thank you, though. li na of china made history at the french open this weekend. she's the first asian-born tennis player ever to win a grand slam singles title. justin gimelstob is a former pro player and now a tennis channel commentator. he joins us. good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. it was an amazing effort by li na. i had the privilege of practicing with her a couple of

years ago at the french open when her coach asked me to help with the volleys. ironically one of the few shots i hit better than her. there was a question as to how she would harness her emotions. but that was emphatically answered this weekend in paris. after nearly two hours of intense competition, china's superstar li na collapsed in euphoria after her historic win on the clay courts at roland garros in paris. li na showed off her powerful serves and blistering forehand, well matched against italy's francesca schiavone. in a sport long recognized for teenage sensations, schiavone at 30 years of age and li na at 29 make up the oldest french open final pairing since 1986 when chris evert beat martina navratilova. the match came to a gripping conclusion with li na playing a perfect second set tiebreak. >> i was like 6-0. i was thinking, okay, don't do a stupid thing.

yeah, because like before i have many match point but i never win the match. >> reporter: li na captivated the chinese audience where 116 million tuned in to watch her country's first grand slam singles title. within four minutes of her victory, more than 300,000 messages flooded her web page. >> today is the dream come true. like i was a young player. i want to be the grand champion. i'm getting old. the dream come true. not easy. >> there's no facebook in china. it's not allowed. on the chinese version, li na has over 2 million fans. how much was this victory worth? it could be worth as much as $20 million. her endorsement portfolio already includes nike, babalat, and rolex. and how great is life when you could actually get paid to eat haagen-dazs. chris, that's a dream of ours. >> let's talk about that. it could mean as much as $20 million for her. but as far as the country

itself, what does it mean for tennis china? how big a superstar does she now become? >> it is absolutely huge. and it's huge for the wta. they have targeted the asia-pacific region. over 33% of their tournaments there are. it's huge commercially. they bring in sponsors. and it's going to be a huge part of activating and engaging the next group and next wave of players in asia. >> we see what it did for yao ming in the nba. justin gimelstob, thanks. good to see you. we'll talk to you soon. coming up next on "the early show," in their own words. veterans remember d-day 67 years ago today. this is "the early show" here on cbs. stay with us.

today is june 6th, d-day. on this day in 1944, allied forces invaded normandy in one of the most massive complicated, secret and successful maneuvers in military history. "operation overlord." the survivors are now old men, but two of them told us they

will never forget that fateful day. in two coordinated operations, 24,000 airborne troops attacked just after midnight. at 6:30 that morning, "operation neptune" brought 160,000 troops to the shores of normandy in the largest amphibious assault in history. the famous war correspondent ernie pile tried to describe the scene just prior to landing. the best way i can describe this vast armada and the traffic is to visualize new york city on its busiest day of the year and then just enlarge that scene until it takes in all the ocean the human eye can reach clear around the horizon and over the horizon. there are dozens of times that many. even with a massive armaude ageneral eisenhower knew there was no certainty in war. he issued his historic message to the troops prior to their landing. >> you are about to embark upon the great crusade toward which

we have striven these many months. the eyes of the world are upon you. the hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. >> reporter: that message was delivered, but eisenhower, the supreme allied commander of the allied expeditionary force kept another message in his pocket. one never used, to be read in case the invasion had failed. it did not fail, but it came with a high price. by the end of the first day, 9,000 men were dead. but over 100,000 were ashore and millions would soon follow. on d-day, 18-year-old private walter blum was a combat engineer among the first to land on omaha beach. 22-year-old lieutenant junior grade tracy sugarman was in control of an amphibious tank and steered his landing vehicle straight for the beach and straight into the enemy's guns. >> everybody was seasick as we circled waiting for our green

light to send us into the beach in normandy. and as we got closer to the beach, you started to hear the noise and see what was happening. and there were boats blown up and there were bodies in the water and it was very noisy. and you could spell cordide and it was chaos. it was just chaos. >> and with the explosions of the guns firing and the shells exploding on the beach and in the water it was almost deafening. >> some boats couldn't make it to the beach, and the soldiers ran off into like eight feet of water and drown. >> and many of the personnel were unable to swim. those that could swim could swim without any equipment on, but when you had 60 pounds of equipment on your back, you were top heavy and the fellows that were shorter than us walked into that water. they just disappeared.

the weight of the equipment just took them down. >> everybody had to confront the reality that you're going to have to fight your way ashore and then you're going to have to fight your way inland. >> a lot of fellows got on the beach with nothing. they lost everything. >> there was firing going on. there were planes roaring in. there were bombs being dropped behind the beaches. everything was going to hell. and you were on your own mission making your way through all of this. >> germans had machine guns up there and mortar shells, and they were bombarding the beach. it was difficult to tell who was shooting at whom. >> the most vivid sight were these army guys. these were kids that were walking into a german army that had been waiting for them. that was staggering to me. >> if anybody asked me, how do you feel? i say i'm scared.

everybody was scared. i see the beaches, not in black and white like a documentary, but almost as a nightmare in a way. >> you saw people that were very alive one minute and very dead the next minute. >> and then when i went to the cemetery on top of omaha beach years later and saw the rows upon rows upon rows upon rows of dead kids who had never started their lives. it made an enormous impression on me. >> when i look back at it, it was amazing the amount of effort that it took to put this together. this was so monumental. >> that war was necessary and it was absolutely essential that we win it. and we did. >> talking about something that changed the course of history.

such brave, brave young men. not knowing what they were about to face. the huge obstacles of not only getting to shore but then having to fight once you were onshore. it was truly the greatest generation. >> absolutely. and it makes such a difference, too. you can read about it, learn about it in school. but until you hear from someone who was there and until they relive it for you in their words, i mean, the impact, it is just so much stronger when you do hear it from their mouth. >> exactly. >> have a wonderful day, everybody. your local news is coming up next. we'll see you right here tomorrow here on "the early show" here on cbs. ñh

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