karen brown on the fire that keeps growing and growing. >> firefighters are working round the clock torotect key mountain towns in eastern arizona. under siege from a massive wildfire. >> the smoke was so dim and of a different nature and it began to frighten us and maybe it was something we couldn't handle. >> the hunts decided to stay put. although most of springerville is evacuated they wanted to help watch over their neighbor's property. >> there was key to get out and do something to protect your home. >> so far firefighters have managed to steer the flames around the town but as the high winds return, they are worried it could circle back and come straight for them. >> we will always appreciate what has been done for us. >> each day is one day closer to the end we hope. >> and now officials have another worry. extremely hazardous air quality. they say for the residents and the firefighters. the level of soot in the air is dangerously off the charts. for the community, the amount of particulate matter, smoke in the air, is a big issue. >> more than 10,000 people have evacuated as

karen brown, springerville, arizona. >>> overseas the 11 week foup rising against syrian president is turning more brutal and chaotic. at the army is moving in on protesters in a town near the turkish border. the syrian government says 120 soldiers and police killed there by armed gangs but witnesses say soldiers fired on other soldier who is with refused to shoot the demonstrators. >>> robert gates wraps up his final trip. he will deliver a speech on global security issues in brussels. yesterday he said no rush to the exits when u.s. forces begin leaving afghanistan next month. >>> the man in line to replace gates, leon panetta, currently running the cia, testified yesterday at a senate confirmation hearing. as defense secretary panetta will inherit two wars he made it very clear he'll resist pressure to end them too quickly. here's david martin. >> reporter: with americans still coming home in flag-draped caskets from iraq, cia director panetta revealed a surprising and to many, no doubt, confusing fact. now there are a thousand al qaeda still in haerk. iraq. it, too, continues to b

karen brown, cbs news, springerville, arizona. >>> it seems like everywhere else in the country has it worse than we do, roberta. >> absolutely. the only snag in our forecast happens to be the return of the summer time june gloom in the form of the low clouds and fog that's now really embracing the golden gate bridge. has pretty much stayed there all day long. in fact, if you are out and about on this thursday evening, this is what you can anticipate. we have the cloud right there marching onshore pushing underneath the golden gate bridge -- it will eventually track 50 miles inland over night. out and about, 80 in concord and livermore. 60s common around the bay. if you are heading out to giants baseball action, it's 59 degrees and expect a little breeze so bundle up heading out to at&t park. let's set the stage for your friday. gray start, clearing all the way back to the coast by the afternoon hours. so then those low clouds and fog reform and stacks up along the coast and pushes inland. here's your thursday morning and notice the stratus all the way inland and then, in the overnight

karen brown, springerville, arizona. >>> to some sad news now, bruce springsteen's saxophone player, clarence clemones has had a stroke. to springsteen fans, he's known as big man, the 69-year-old has been playing with springsteen since 1971 and has been in failing health the past few years. >>> and talk about short, this is 18-year-old junrey balawing from the philippines. he's not quite two feet tall. that puts him in the "guinness book of world records" as the shortest man in the world. his parents say he stopped growing two months after birth. it was a big party for the little guy at the official measuring ceremony. >>> coming up on your monday morning, we've got weather for you and in sports, getting rough, push comes to shove in the finals. dallas looks for its first nba title. we'll be right back. you're gonna want mr. fuzzyman even more now that we've discovered beneful playful life. with real, wholesome ingredients like beef, egg, and even oatmeal. extra protein for strong muscles. so you're ready for anything. you think you're getting spoiled. but it's so good for you, too.

brown tells fox 5 he has other revelations. he'll talk about them when he testifies tomorrow. fox 5's karen gray houston takes a closer look. >> reporter: brown has been the subject of an intense search for weeks. finally a judge compelled him to testify before the committee on government operations. >> i'm sort of surprised by this, because i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began. he said he was very happy to do that. didn't need a subpoena. >> reporter: brown told fox 5 by phone when he testifies, he'll produce money orders on top of the five he's already shown the "washington post." he says he'll also testify the fbi was able to get fingerprint dna from envelopes that contained the cash he said gray campaign people gave him, and that those envelopes have been linked to people in the gray campaign. brown also says the congressional oversight committee investigating the case has pictures of those envelopes. >> he's welcome to bring forward any relevant evidence he wants. >> reporter: records show brown accepted more than $600 in contributions, which he says came

gave them copies of the money orders and now brown tells fox 5 he has other revelations he'll make when he testifies tomorrow before a d.c. council committee. karen gray houston is taking a closer look tonight. >> reporter: sulaiman brown has been the subject of an intense search for weeks. finally a superior court judge compelling him to testify before mary cheh's committee on government operations. >> i'm surprised because i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began and he said he was very happy to do that, didn't need a subpoena or anything. >> reporter: brown told fox 5 by phone when he testifies on monday, he'll produce money orders on top of the five he's already shown the washington post. he said he will also testify that the fbi was able to get fingerprint dna from envelopes that contained the cash he said gray campaign people gave him. and that those envelopes have been linked to people in the gray campaign. brown also said the congressional oversite committee investigating this case has pictures of those envelopes. >> he's welcome to bring forward any relevant evidence that he wants. >> reporter: campaign records

karen thetra verse abc news, washington. >>> governor jerry brown is expected to sign the state budget possibly as early as this afternoon. the $86 billion measure passed the legislature last night without republican support. the spending plan includes cut to education but no new taxes. it will not extend the temporary increase in the state sales tax that will drop by 1% on friday. >>> the coast guard is trying to contain diesel fuel leaking from a fishing boat that capsized off the san francisco coast early this morning. you can see the stern of the boat, still sticking out of the water. it happened around 1:00 a.m. off the coast of the cliffhouse restaurant. the crab fishermen say they had nearly 300 crab pots op board when the load shifted causing the boat to tip. the coast guard was able to rescue all three me. >> they had survival suits and a life raft. i'm not sure if it automatically deployed or they deployed it themselves but they are lucky. >> the concern now is that as the tide comes in, the boat is drifting toward the golden gate bridge. two coast guard boats are circling th

karen travers abc washington. thanks for joining us. i am carolyn johnson. >> a crime of fashion. a man taken off of a flight and arrested for sagging pants. >> back to the drawing board as governor brown vetos a budget that lawmakers passed. >> a charity program that is accused of profiting. >>> and we have breaking news. >> the wreck is cleared on the golden gate bridge but traffic is backed up for miles coming in san francisco. we can see the snarled traffic. >> all lanes opened a half an hour ago but it will take time to clear out the back up. head on collision happened near the south tower of the bridge. you can see the tow truck removing the cars. >> the drivers had minor injuries and the wreck shut down all southbound lanes and two northbound lanes for more than an hour. >> this is video from bridge level of that accident. you can see at least three cars are involve they were badly damaged and all lanes are open now . it is quite sometime and slow going across the golden gate bridge particularly southbound. >> and a young bay area man kicked off of an airplane because he wouldn't pull up baggy pants is defending himself tonight. he is talking with the high school football stand