we have gauze. this is made of cotton. what class of fire is that? a. >> we have some fire. we have air. we have heat. we have a fire going. if i went in like that what did i just do? >> smoth erred it. simple; right . remember the hot water heater, we say don't store gasoline in your garage? so, gasoline gives out vapors, if we heat this up. not that you have to heat the gasoline. if you store gasoline near a hot water heater the vapors alone will catch fire. the vapors travel and caught. you don't have to actually light something like a candle, you don't actually have to touch something. we will add, more, make more effect, here. you got cherries jubilee. how do you put this out? [laughter]. put the lid? what if you don't have a lid? cookie sheet. >> very good. that's a good one. cover the thing, take it off the burner. take it off. do i immediately open it again? no. you already put it out leave it alone and whether or not it is the cheapest fire extinguisher you can buy? baking soda. have a couple boxes of baking soda, near the stove. cut the top off so it's ready to go.

robber knowson removes gauze packing from diego's new ear canal and for the first time... >> i love youove you. >> reporter: he hears his mother's voice. >> you feel very blessed and privileged to be a part of that. if we can make an impact on this boy's life, that's great. >> ( translated ): they're angels to come into our lives. >> reporter: the swelling will go down and his hearing will improve day by day. diego is scheduled to get a new left ear in december. bill whitaker, cbs news, palo alto, california. >> couric: that's wonderful. and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. tomorrow, ohio is often a bellwether in national elections so we'll give a listen to some of the voters there as we begin a special new series "american voices." until then, i'm katie couric. thank you for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh the most watched entertainment news magazine in the world. >> michael douglas, the alarming new headline. >> noticeably thinner. the oscar winner today. has his cancer taken a turn for the worse or is his treatment wor

and gauze it's -- because it's tough for a 14-year-old to say what they need and tell people what they are feeling a lot of times. >> yes. and not only that, but most social workers and the court appointed lawyer they give us, they don't tell the judge what we want as you know as people you know. what do we want? the we want the same benefits but she tells us what's right and wrong and lets you make decision. it's not oh you have to do this or you have to do that. >> right. >> you make decision. >> and having -- being able to make the decision you get -- you feel your strength and your own sense of being i guess in lot of ways. >> yes. it feels like you are in charge of your life, and that's something that you leave when you go through adoption and foster care and other places like that. >> susan, having somebody walk somebody through that, that's the key to this, because you need somebody in a lot of ways to hold your hand adolt need that especially when you are dealing with the legal sis nome we all need advocates. >> but having someone to hold your and is the key. >> what's particul

the foreskin back, abraded the head of the penis, made the inoculum and put it on a piece of cotton gauze and held the penis for up to two hours and hoped they could transfer the infection this way. >> what are they telling them and were doing? these u.s. government doctors? >> it is impossible to know. they did not say in the records. all i have are dr. keller's notes. i'm sure they made some kind of explanation. cutler spoke spanish, which is one reason may sent him. not everyone went along with this and at one point he is complaining because one guy got up and ran away with a piece of cotton still attached to his penis. there were people who refuse to do it. many of the prisoners thought all of the blood drops that had to happen would weaken them and they refuse to do it, even though tre were being given iron pills this is being done in the context of this experimentation -- not this particular kind coming going on elsewhere in the country, where people who are institutionalized whether there were prisoners or in hospitals were considered the people used to do this kind of experimentat

. >> the core issue here is what reasonable prospect do you for these gauze si time lines to result inithdrawal? in iraq there was a modern nation, there was a central government, there was infrastructure in place. in afghanistan, there hasn't been a nation in decades. and so despite our ten years of incredible effort, we are not succeeding in building a nation. you put it if the benchmark is self-governance, security, we had a decent shot of that in iraq. >> do you remember when we were fighting the soviets in afghanistan in the '80 and '90s, we did not finish the job. so now we have a responsibility to finish the job, and if you'ring it to make these politically correct statements that it's costing us too much money you're threatening the security of the homeland. >> let's wrap this up. yes or no answer. is this nation more secure than it was under president bush? yes or no? >> yes. >> today? >> no. i'm a home in a high-risk flood area. it doesn't look risky. i mean, phil, does this look risky to you? nancy? fred? no. well it is. in a high-risk area, there's a 1-in-4 chance homes lik