because when it comes to chronic kidney disease, you might not know the half of it. firestorm, that wind-driven arizona wildfire continues to grow, threatening more towns. presummer sizzle, record temperatures triggers heat warnings up and down the east coast. in the hot seat, calls for congressman anthony weiner's resignation become louder. >> call somebody else. captioning funded by cbs >> good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us.

i'm betty nguyen. we begin this morning with that massive wildfire in eastern arizona. it's still out of control, still growing, and forcing more evacuations. the fire has now consumed about 500 square miles near the border with new mexico. residents in eagar, arizona, were told to evacuate last night. the fire is being fanned by strong, gusty winds. you can get an idea of how big the fire is by these pictures taken from space. sandra hughes has our report. >> reporter: from the arizona/new mexico border, a gigantic plume of smoke rises above the blaze. firefighters say they've never seen anything like it in this area. already almost 3,000 people have been evacuated, 7,000 people in springerville and eagar, arizona, were on standby until tuesday evening. >> the fire is moving quickly, winds are erratic, swirling and getting into heavy fuels and crossed that line where we feel it's safe and asked the folks

from eagar to move on out. >> reporter: five structures have burned and firefighters are trying to save more. >> other night we're doing another night burn and we are literally our backs are to two buildings, people's homes, and i think one of those, you know, had gone down. >> reporter: winds were strong tuesday afternoon but not harsh as predicted. fire perimeters appear to be holding. >> last night we went in burnt out maybe about four miles of line and every night's different. >> reporter: the fire has grown the most on the north side which is burning national forests. no serious injuries have been reported. sandra hughes, cbs news. a huge eight alarm fire at a former rhode island rubber plant is out this morning, but the century old building is destroyed. the fire started last night at what was once the largest rubber goods manufacturing plant in the world. one firefighter was injured battling the blaze.

the enormous building, built in 1889 eventually collapsed in on itself. if you live anywhere from the southern plains to the northeast it is going to feel hot today, we are talking record-breaking heat, an unusual pre-summer heat wave is kicking in, moving north. record temperatures some in the triple digits are expected from texas to the northeast. heat advisories are in effect from minnesota to the east coast. schools in baltimore have already announced they are closing early today and power companies say to expect some outages. >> the equipment by nature is already hot. it heats up even more when it's hot outside because there's more power flowing through the lines. it heats up even more because the exterior temperature is hot. >> along with the heat comes poor air quality. the heat wave is expected to break by the week's end. the first named storm of the 2011 hurricane season has formed in the pacific. tropical storm adrian is

currently 350 miles south of acapulco, mexico, winds of about 45 miles per hour but it is expected to strengthen rapidly. a wild goose chase for sheriffs deputies in texas sent to a farmhouse to look for human remains, they found nothing. they were directed to the site northeast of houston from a person claiming to be a psychic. the caller mentioned more than 25 bodies including children. the sheriff is investigating the unidentified caller. overseas, nato continued its air strikes on libya before dawn this morning but in a defiant moammar gadhafi says he will never surrender. waves of nato jets struck tripoli yesterday targeting gadhafi's compound, the heaviest daytime bombing since the air strikes began in march. to washington, german chancellor angela merkel was honored with a dinner outdoors in the white house. president obama awarded her the

presidential medal of freedom. earlier in the day they held talks on the global economy. economic issues are front and center for the president today as well. he will visit a community college in suburban washington to emphasize the importance of training u.s. workers and cutting unemployment. joel brown is in washington with more on this. good morning, joel. >> betty, good morning to you. the unemployment rate up, housing prices down and the president's out to convince skeptical americans that the latest economic news is not a trend, just a bump in the road. president obama is trying to give the economy and american confidence a boost. >> i'm not concerned about a double dip recession. i am concerned about the fact that the recovery that we're on is not producing jobs as quickly as i want it to. >> reporter: he'll tour an auto repair program at a community college to stress the importance of job creation. his visits come on the heels of last week's disappointing jobs

report which showed only 54,000 jobs were created in may. unemployment rose to 9.1%. even people who are working are feeling the impact. effie jacoby owns a cafe. ben bernanke blames the slowing economy on higher gas prices and the crisis in japan, factors he calls temporary. >> i expect hiring to pick up. last month's pace has grown strength since the second half of the year. >> reporter: in atlanta tuesday the fed chair predicted a stronger rebound in the coming months but warned of more trouble from the job market doesn't improve. for republican presidential candidates the shaky economy is their latest ammunition. tuesday former minnesota governor tim paw atlantay accused the president of being satisfied with a second rate economy produced on his "third rate" policies. pawlenty went on to produce new

tax cuts for businesses and individuals. what he didn't say was whether those cuts would increase the federal deficit. >> joel brown in washington, thank you. now to congressman anthony weaner who is feeling no love from fellow democrats as pressure mounts on him to resign. monday he refused to resign after admitting to inappropriate online relationships. republicans are demanding that weiner step down. senator majority leader harry reid refused to defend weiner. >> i know congressman weiner. i wish there was some way i can defend him, but i can't. >> weiner spent yesterday huddling with his staff. several democrats say they'll return money weiner donated to their campaign. and speaking of politics in las vegas it is all in the family. carolyn goodman won the mayoral race last night with 61% of the vote. she replaces her husband, oscar, who was prevented from running again by term limits. he campaigned almost nonstop for

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"atlantis" will blast off july 8th. on the "cbs moneywatch," ashley morrison is here with that. >> most asian markets lost ground on continuing fears about the u.s. economy. hang sang dropped 1% and tokyo's nikkei was flat. on wall street the market tries to get back on track. on tuesday an early rally ran out of steam as stocks fell for the fifth day in a row. the dow lost 19 points while the nasdaq slipped one. oil prices fell to nearly $98 a barrel ahead of the opec meeting in austria. most analysts think the 12 nation group will decide to increase crude production though some members are dead set against it. increased production would likely push gas prices lower which could take some pressure off the global economy. ford is thinking big by thinking small. the automaker has announced plans to grow global sales by 50% by the year 2015 with aelz

of compact cars accounting for more than half. the company sees its biggest opportunities in asia and africa. ford was the only detroit automaker that did not need a government bailout to survive. airport security could soon get a lot less invasive. the international air transport association unveiled a futuristic security tunnel tuesday that can quickly scan shoes, carry on luggage and check for liquids and explosives. it's trying to maintain safety while reducing the privacy concerns of boarding a plane. and spirit airlines wasted little time in taking advantage of the latest scandal on capitol hill. tuesday the low cost carrier unveiled its weiner sale with round trip fares starting at $9 each way, the promotion urges consumers to buy now before "the sale gets hacked." betty it's too easy, wide open.

>> we could really get in trouble here but that's a pretty good deal. >> it is. >> we'll just leave it there. ashley morrison, playing it safe today. thank you. it's called the electronics entertainment expo, e3 for short and draws video gamemakers and enthusiasts from around the world. nintendo is stealing the spotlight with its new version of the popular wii game console. cnet's kara suboi has more. >> the wiiu is the latest. the combined motion control and touch screen capabilities impressed the crowd at this year's e3 in los angeles. >> stating that wiiu will change the way you play games is a pretty bold assertion. >> reporter: nintendo says the wiiu will provide live intervention with other players, video calling and web browsing

access. >> it looks line an ipad but meant to work with a home console and you can use it like a second tv screen. >> reporter: there are details we still don't know, battery life, how much it will cost and the exact release date in 2012. in addition to the hardware news, nintendo celebrated the 25th anniversary of the game "legends of zelda" with a live choir and orchestra new releases of that popular and a gold remote will be released with all platforms june 19th. >> it is looking out at filling out the classic gaming platform, mario games, the zelda games. at some point it starts to feel a little bit tired. >> reporter: nintendo knows it's these titles that keep their fans loyal. in los angeles, i'm kara zubois for cbs news. straight ahead your weather and in sports, back and forth and coast to coast, dallas and miami battle in a crucial game four. depression is a serious medical condition.

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northeast. the southeast and southern plains continue to bake as well with highs in the 90s and 100s and temperatures on the west coast cool down just a bit. in sports the nba finals are all tied up. in dallas dirk nowitski played with a 101 degree fever from the flu but still scored 21 points including 10 in the fourth courter. dwyane wade fumbled a pass and mike miller missed a desperation shot. the mavericks beat the heat to even the series at two games each. in baseball the red sox are in a virtual tie with the yankees, atop of the a.l. east. boston's david ortiz smacked a two-run homer into the right field seats at yankee stadium to pad the red sox lead and the sox hung on to beat the yanks 6-4. in milwaukee jose reyes hit a shot off the wall for a triple

to score two runs. the best play of the game was by brewers' center fielder carlos gomez who reached over the wall for an incredible catch robbing carlos beltrand of a homer. tiger woods will not play in the u.s. open. woods decided not to compete in the open starting next week because of continuing problems with his left leg. it will be the first open that he has missed since 1994. and when we return, another look at this morning's top stories, plus a letter containing the seeds of the holocaust written by a young adofl hitler. [ female announcer ] you do so much...

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on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. the northeast will feel the heat today with near record highs likely in most of the region's big cities. northern new england could see severe thunderstorms along with the great lakes and portions of central plains.

here's another look at this morning's top stories. that giant arizona wildfire is getting bigger. the blaze has now burned nearly 500 square miles. about 7,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. and a presummer heat wave is rolling north today. record-breaking temperatures are expected from texas to vermont. the record-breaking heat is expected to last through the end of the week. now for a little history lesson. way back in 1919, a 30-year-old german soldier wrote a letter describing what he called the jewish threat. the writer was adolph hitler and the letter his first written call for killing of jews. >> reporter: it is a four page letter adolph hitler wrote when he was a young soldier in the army, he writes in one paragraph

calls on his government to have the courage to remove all jews from its midst. >> before he ever heard of the nazi party hitler had a plan for the jews, he had a deep seeded hatred and anti-semitism that burned within him. >> reporter: the original document known as the gimlic letter was revealed for the first time in new york's simon weizenthal letter, it purchased the letter from a private dealer in california for $auto 150,000. the letter was reportedly found in the final months of world war i, scattered among the papers on the floor. the letter will be the centerpiece of the holocaust exhibit of the museum of tolerance in los angeles. >> it's very important for future generations to see this was one man's hatred. >> reporter: the museum's trustees are comfortable with the decision to pay thousands of dollars for hitler's work, because they feel it is too important to stay in private hands. manuel galleges, cbs news.

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good morning! it's wednesday. i'm andrea roane. >> we're almost there, sort of. angie will have traffic in just a moment. mr. howard bernstein has your weather first. >> we're almost there. >> heat is building big time today. >> yesterday, we got to 90. the heat wave will become

official tomorrow. today we're going to be well in the 90s. we'll flirt with 100 degrees today and tomorrow in spots. the humidity also. so, serious heat. kind of like we had at the beginning of last week. we start in the 60s and 70s near 80 by 9:00. mid-90s at 5:00 5:00. a few thunderstorms have been moving like yesterday, we saw the thunderstorms. this is weaker than yesterday. still a severe thunderstorm watch box across northwestern pennsylvania and generally clear skies for us. your temperatures, we're at 73 here. 74 at the bay in annapolis. pax river, 68 in cambridge. some low 60s here. there is a touch of two or fog with no biggy. the heat advisory starting at noon. heat index values 100 to 105. if you have to be outside, you need to actively cool yourself with cold water maybe on your

head and inside the body as well. we have code orange air quality unhealthy for sensitive groups, the very young, the very old. going to be a rough couple of days around here. angie goff, good morning to you. >> three minutes away from the half hour. a tough ride for those of you traveling the inner loop. the reason why we have the yellow light on, a fatal accident that has the river road exit closed off currently. so, you're going to have to take old georgetown road. this is actually live pictures from this scene. you can see it is pretty bad. they're not telling us when they plan to reopen the ramp. factor in at least 12 minutes. that's without traffic. that's how long it took me this morning to get around this. old georgetown road, take that over to arlington. you'll make a right and a left on to bradley and then a right on to wisconsin once again. once again, the inner loop ramp to river road is closed down because of a fatal wreck. more on this coming up. we'll have a live report. also, some construction we're watching on the inner loop is between university and new

hampshire in maryland and also at central avenue and 66 drivers, the roadwork between 123 and nutley has cleared out of the way. more construction in the area. coming up at 4:31. back to you. we want to let you know our time is 4:28 despite what you see on the screen there. here are stories we're following for you this morning. today, d.c. council chairman kwame brown says he'll announce his plans for fellow council member harry thomas jr. >> the d.c. attorney general is filing a lawsuit against thomas, accusing him of misusing more than $300,000 in city money. well, it is believed to be the first written record of adolf hitler's hatred for jewish people. >> a letter he wrote in 1919 was revealed at the simon viesenthal center. >> it is a four page letter adolf hitler wrote when he was still just a young soldier in the german army. in, it he labels jews as an

inbred race, a tuberculosis on a nation. he calls on his government to have the courage to remove all jews from his midst. jewish scholars say those words are proof hitler's desire to exterminate jews originated with him. >> before he even heard of the nazi party, whether there was a kimer will, hitler had a plan for the jews. he had a deep-seated hatred and anti-semitism that burned within him. >> the original document was revealed for the first time in public at new york simon viesenthal center. the center purchased the letter for $150,000. the letter was reportedly found by an american army soldier in the final months of world war ii. he says he discovered it scattered among papers on the floor of a nazi party archive near nurenberg. the letter will be the centerpiece of the holocaust exhibit at the museum of tolerance in los angeles. rabbi higher calls it