on the phone i heard her telling her grandmother that she was the luckiest kid in the world. photo fallout. congressman anthony weiner confesses of sending a lewd photo of himself over the internet and then lying about it. >> i haven't told the truth. and i've done things i deeply regret. up in flames -- a monster arizona wild fire burns out of control forcing thousands to leave. and on the front line -- battling the taliban as the u.s. prepares to start sending troops home from afghanistan. this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, june 7, 2011.

captioning funded by cbs good morning,e everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. anthony weiner says he will not resign but promises to cooperate with an ethics investigation. he confessed to inappropriate on-line exchanges with six women. he admitted sending one lewd photo to one woman and then lying about it. >> i regret not being honest about this. it was a big mistake -- i was embarrassed, i was humiliated. i'm still to this moment. i was trying to protect my wife, to protect myself from shame. it was a mistake. i really regret it. it was part of a plan of destructive things i did that i accept responsibility for it. if you're looking for a deep explanation for it, i simply don't have one except that i'm sorry. >> joel brown is in washington

with more on this. good morning, joel. how likely is this ethics investigation? >> well, petty, the house has rules about the conduct of its members and we know that the ethics committee ruled several times in the past against members who violated those standards. >> reporter: new york congressman anthony weiner could find himself in the middle of a congressional investigation. >> i haven't told the truth. and i've done things i deeply regret. >> top democrats are calling for an ethics probe after he admitted monday of tweeting a photo of himself to a young student. he admitted to exchanges before he married top aide to hillary clinton. >> never met these women or had physical relationships at any time. >> reporter: despite the scandal, the congressman will not resign. >> i don't see anything i did to

violate the rules of the house. >> reporter: once considered a rising star here on capitol hill, weiner had been expected to run for new york city mayor in 2013. now it's unclear whether it will be enough to save his career. >> if he's truly come clean, no more tweets out there, no more lewd phone calls. he could ride this out. >> reporter: some political analysts believe weiner will bounce back. reactions are mix. >> totally dumb, ridiculous. >> reporter: he's a great congressman. but he did a super thing and people do stupid things. >> reporter: weiner said he worked hard for voters over the years and will continue to work just as hard to win back their trust. the congressman said he used his personal computer in blackberry, not his issued devices to carry on with these women on facebook and twitter. >> oriole, is the congressman getting any kind of support on

capitol hill? >> you could hear a pin drop on the democratic side of the aisle. his political allies don't want any part of the personal cry seals. he does have the support of the wife. she offered to stand by his side at the news conference yesterday, and he told her, he wanted to do it alone, betty? >> he did, joel brown in washington, thank you, joel. sources tell cbs news that weiner decided to fess up over the weekend but only did so monday when more damaging photos showed up. the pictures of a shirtless weiner was revealed by brightbart. he has an x-ray photo of weiner that he won't release. >> i've the one to chosen not to do the salacious thing, the thing to get a billion hits on my website. i have no intention to rub salt in his wounds. all i wanted to do was tell the truth all along.

>> brightbart said he's not releasing the photos you heard there to protect weiner's family. >> now to the tornado and the touchdown last night. it spun last night near the billings airport. it was one of several that struck the billings area. no injuries are reported and the extent of the damage was not yet clear. in southwestern iowa, residents worked overnight to protect hamburg from the swollen missouri river. they're trying to reinforce one faltering levee. but the river will crest at record levels leaving the town under eight feet of water. most residents are evacuated. now to eastern arizona where a huge wild fire has forced more than 3,000 people to evacuate. the wall of fire believed caused by a campfire has burned and 360 square miles near the new mexico state line. the fire is being seen and felt far away.

kenneth gibson reports. >> reporter: a thick haze of smoke blanketed the city of denver 700 miles from the wild fires burning in eastern arizona. this wild fire is the third largest in arizona history and growing. and here's why. high winds and low humidity are helping to fuel the fames and it's only expected to get worse. 2400 firefighters from as far away as new york city are on the ground battling the flames. after more than a week, the fire is still 0% contained. >> we continue to put resources on it. we continue to change our tactics to meet the different needs and such. but so far, that fire is pretty much burning freely. >> reporter: despite the size, 365 square miles, the fire has only burned a handful of buildings so far. but officials continue to issue mandato mandatory evacuations. the 200 residents of the small picturesque tourist town of greer are among the latest to

get orders to pack up and leave. >> nothing stays in this fire. they're not going to fight that fire. >> reporter: fire fighters and residents know until the winds die down, there's little anyone can do but to get out of the fire's path. kenneth gibson, cbs news. now to the war in afghanistan, some of the more than 100,000 troops serving there now will begin coming home in july. how many and how quickly will depend on president obama who's waiting for a final recommendation from his top commanders. >> i intend to follow through on the commitment i made to the american people. it's time for us to recognize we've accomplished a big chunk of our mission and it's time for the afghans to take more of the responsibility. >> robert gates is wrapping up a visit to afghanistan today. he has said he wanted to begin the drawdown slowly leaving as many combat troops as possible in the field for now.

as president obama considers whether to pick up the pace from withdraw from afghanistan, the war on the front lines does continue. manny clark is with soldiers of the 101th airborne at paktika province. >> reporter: their mission, to cut the enemy off at the source. along the border with pakistan, the razor's edge of the war. the pilot struggled to land the helicopters on the rugged mountain topples. soldiers rushed out and took out the census position. three armed men, possibly enemy spotters, were identified on the next ridge. the response was swift and fierce. two 500-pound bombs dropped right on the border with pakistan. three dead bodies were recovered, awrong wilong with h

weapons and communications equipment. >> we'll get you guys down there. go long. >> reporter: fox company pushed on hoping to flush the enemy out. commander christopher tanner, a west point graduate from alabama was waiting for his men to gather on the ridge when rockets started to rain in. >> there's another one. >> reporter: he called it counterfire. >> got a position off of that one. >> reporter: within minutes, the air support. and back at base, heavy guns opened up. >> fire! >> reporter: tanner waited for the enemy to reveal itself, but the insurgents chose to wait and fight another day. >> every fighter we've stopped out here on the border is one less fighter that makes it in to the heart of afghanistan. >> reporter: this mission is considered a success because every member of fox company came back safely. but the battle continues, while

we were away, this base came under direct fire. all day today, the heavy guns have been lobbing shells at targets more than 12 miles away. mandy clark, cbs news, paktika, afghanistan. just ahead, the source of the deadly e. coli outbreak in europe and one of the most prized pieces of music history goes on the auction block. prized pieces of music history goes on the auction block. this is the "cbs morning news." h and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. any tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. [ male announcer ] ask your veterinarian about k9 advantix ii.

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no evidence that vegetable sprouts from a german farm carried the bacteria. 22 people have died from e. coli infection and 22,000 have gotten sick. on the "cbs moneywatch" in asia, stocks were mixed today. ashley morrison has the latest on all of that. a mix dade for the asian markets. tokyo's nikkei gained .5%, hong kong's hang seng was slightly lower. the latest on the labor market and consumer credit. on monday, the stocks fell again, the nasdaq was down 30. president obama was losing the economic counsel. he will resign his post this summer to return to teaching at the university of chicago. he's advised mr. obama on economic matters since 2004. the eyes of the gaming world are on e-3, the electronic entertainment expo opened monday in los angeles.

it's usually focused on unveiling the video games but sony took center stage to apologize for the recent security breach that compromised the personal information of 77 million users of the playstation network. the company also unveiled the ps-d, the next generation hand held gaming device. if you haven't planned a weekend, ocean city, maryland might fit the bill. the city council will give away $100,000 of gas to draw tourists to stay in a local hotel. details are up in the air and critics have blasted the plan as a shameless gimmick. and the jacket that launched the video revolution is hitting the auction block. the iconic red and black jacket michael jackson wore in "thriller" will be up forred by later this month in beverly hills. it will take deep pockets. organizers think it will take up

to $400,000, maybe even more. that's a lot of money to pay for a jacket. >> i think it will rein in even more. don't you think? >> i do. >> i won't be bidding, unfortunately. >> no. straight ahead, your tuesday morning weather. and in sports, the brewers bring out the bruins as prince fielder smashes another home run. at bayer, we're re-inventing aspirin for pain relief. with new extra-strength bayer advanced aspirin.

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here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. new york, sunny, 88, miami, sunny, 88, chicago, sunny, 99, dallas, a whopping 100 degrees today. and in l.a., a sunny 71. time now for a check of the national forecast. the latest satellite picture showed a few storm clouds forming in the southeast, while clear skies stretched from the northeast to the southwest. later today, record-breaking heat is possible across 2/3 of the nation from texas to wisconsin and across the deep south. thunderstorms are possible along the gulf coles. and a few lingering showers out west. in sports, milwaukee completed a four-game sweep of florida. the brewers prince fielder field add three-run homer to right field in the fourth inning and milwaukee went on to beat the marlins, 7-2. in kansas city with the bases loaded at the bottom of the 11th inning, a single to center driving in the winning

run. kansas city beat toronto, 3-2. the university of southern california has been stripped of the 2004 bcs national football title. the action was for rules violations involving former usc star running back reggie bush. the ncaa found that bush received improper extra benefits in that season and ruled ineligible to play. when we return, a look at the top stories. and steve jobs unveils the future in the cloud for apple. she felt lost...

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on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. summerlike heat has spread from the summer plains to the great lakes. the gulf coast will have scattered thunderstorms with damaging winds and small hail.

here's another look at this morning's top stories. new york congressman anthony weiner admits he sent a lewd photo of himself over the internet and he confessed to having inappropriate online exchanges with six women. weiner says he won't resign but will cooperate with a congressional investigation. a huge wild fire in eastern arizona has grown to 360 square miles. it's being pushed by strong wind and residents of a third town have been ordered to evacuate. apple software and service pipeline is filled with new products this morning one day after steve jobs came off of medical leave to appear in a conference in san francisco. sandra hughes was there. >> reporter: james brown's "i feel good" introduced the apple ceo. steve jobs opened the worldwide development conference to cheers and some shoutouts. >> thank you. >> looking gaunt in his uniform of black turtle neck and jeans,

jobs who is fighting cancer was only on the stage for a few minutes. >> today we're going to talk about software. we've got great stuff to talk about. os-10 lion, ios-5, and some kind of interesting new cloud stuff. >> reporter: steve tossed the presentation to others. this is the only second appearance since going on medical leave in january. >> it was the worst kept secret. >> reporter: jobs came back on stage to launch it. >> some people think the cloud is just a hard disk in the sky. >> reporter: the cloud stores content for iphones and ipads on line. it syncs devices without connecting them. it could be free for now. >> they can talk to the cloud when ever they want. >> reporter: the ios 5 system for mobile devices can also be

produced. >> this is energy in the room. a developer conference. >> reporter: lion will be available in the fall. when steve jobs will return was not announced. this morning on "the early show," congressman weiner's confessi confession. i'm betty nguyen. this is "cbs morning news." but did you know fiber choice can help support your overall well-being? every tasty tablet has prebiotic fiber from fruits and veggies... that lets your good bacteria thrive and helps support your immune system. fiber choice. an easy way to defend your health everyday. learn more about prebiotics and get a free sample at fiberchoice.com. [ announcer ] about prebiotics who could resist the call... of america's number-one puppy food brand? with dha and essential nutrients also found in mother's milk. purina puppy chow.

good morning! happy tuesday? >> i think so. >> i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. we're glad you're here. angie goff will have traffic in just a moment. mr. bernstein, weather first. the heat is on the way. >> we'll turn it up a little

bit today. little more humidity. not too bad. tomorrow and thursday will be rough around here with mid to upper 90s. here is your day planner by the way. mike should be on, can you tell me -- can you hear me now? weatherwise, the heat is going to be cranking here the next couple of days. your day planner on this -- now the computer doesn't want to work. it is one of those mornings. come on, move! well, we'll just manually kick it in the back here. we've got temperatures going into the 90s today, the low 90s. low 90s by noon. southwest winds at 5 to 10 miles per hour here on this tuesday. tuesday. temperatures are running in the 50s in a couple of spots like manassas and culpepper. with the cooler temperatures, we're seeing just a touch of fog like yesterday morning out of the mountains of petersburg, west virginia. here are today's forecast highs. perhaps staying in the 80s along the bay. most of us will be into the low

90s and that's going to feel good compared to tomorrow and thursday. angie? >> that hurts, howard. thank you. the time is 4:26. we've got the yellow light on because early on, we're dealing with this car fire out on westbound route 198 on the ramp to go southbound in the laurel area. on the inner loop, we're still dealing with a little bit of construction in maryland from colesville over to new hampshire avenue and it is taking away -- it is only letting the left lane get by. southbound u.s. 29 between georgia and fenton, we have on- going roadwork here. they're trying to clear that out of the way. still ahead, more cones to keep an eye out for. we'll have that at 4:31. mike, andrea? >> thank you, angie. here are stories we're following for you. house minority leader nancy pelosi is calling for an ethics investigation into new york congressman anthony weiner. >> yesterday, wiener admitted to sending lewd photos of himself to women on the internet. he apologized during a tearful

news conference. he says he does not plan to resign. a heating oil contractor's mistake will cost three people their homes and one alexandria homeowner claims the company is skirting costs, blaming it on him. >> brittany morehouse has more on the story. >> we begin tonight with the breaking news -- >> reporter: it is a story we broke nine months ago, a griffith contractor dumping 385 gallons of heating oil into the wrong basement. >> it was a dramatic scene. >> at the time, the home owner who rented to a ten tant, declined comment. >> griffeth said you don't need to go to the press. >> now, charlie is going to the press. he shows us the inside of his now condemned house. >> there's no steps. >> the doorway to what was once a fully furnished basement. >> this hole right here -- >> reporter: from the backyard, you can see how oil stains mark the floor. he says griffith energy did start cleaning. >> then they sampled the soil

underneath. there's still contamination in a number of spots all over. >> a fear neighbors expressed at the time of the spell. >> the fact that they're all townhouses so if something happens to one of them, then you have a lot of issues with a lot of the other properties, too. >> reporter: that's exactly what's happening now. they're also out of the home because the entire building is condemned. >> they're going to have to work out with the three homeowners. >> he says the company's solution to fix the problem is to brick by brick replace the walls inside. he believes the houses need to be torn down and rebuilt. >> we came to an impasse about how they were going to move forward. so, they walked away from the job site. >> walked away and still haven't returned. brittany morehouse, 9news now. good morning and welcome to 9news now. today is tuesday, june 7th. good morning, i'm andrea roane. >> it is just about 4:30. we hope the fog