it's mandy. she's coming to us from los angeles, and you are struggling with the exact problem identify been talking about. tell everybody about it, mandy. >> well, i am a single woman living in l.a., and i have $33,000 of credit card debt. i'm struggling to make ends meet, but i have been making all my minimum payments. i have really good credit, but recently chase just raised my minimum payment from 2% to 5%, which makes it go up $400 a month. i can't pay it. i talked to them. they said there's no way that i can opt out. there were kind of like tough luck. i don't really know what to do, because my budget is really tight. there's not anything i can really cut out, and -- yeah. >> you are in trouble. let's drill down on this one for you. you owe $32,000 in credit card debt all together, but that's not all -- how much do you owe to chase? >> to chase i owe $14,000. it's all at a 4.99% fixed. >> you have a $14,000 debt to chase, 5% interest. as i just said in my opening, the interest rate doesn't

mandy clark, thanks, mandy. there are two major developments today in the fight against the h1n1 flu. the cdc says one out of four hospital patients diagnosed with it back in the spring wound up in intensive care, and 7% of those patients died. we'll have more on that shortly. but first, as h1n1 spreads around the country, it's hitting some places harder than others, and dr. jon lapook explains why. >> reporter: influenza is widespread in most of the united states. >> reporter: h1n1 is closing schools in places like texas and virginia. but other regions are still waiting for the virus to show up again. >> we're not seeing h1n1 influenza in new york city right now. >> reporter: cdc data shows last spring, new york and new jersey were especially hard hit. but they have been relatively spared this fall. the opposite is true of the southeast, which saw fewer cases last spring, but is now seeing an h1n1 surge. >> one of the current ideas is that that-- that wave of this virus last spring has left a number of people p

our mandy clark has been embedded with the u.s. mission in eastern afghanistan. [gunfire] >> reporter: these u.s. troops are hunting down a terrorist network in eastern afghanistan. one of america's most wanted men was once courted by the c.i.a. now he's accused of killing american soldiers. a local tribes leader, haqqani is being hunted. so far four weapons caches have been found, detained about seven suspects and even on some missions where they find nothing, it's still a show of force in the heart of haqqani territory. u.s. forces call this network the most dangerous threat to afghan security. >> you know when you're fighting haqqani based on them coming together how committed they are and how close they'll get to you and fight you. >> i got 14 dudes. >> >> reporter: this ph.d.e helicopter gunship video shows haqqani fighters trying escape after an attack on a u.s. base this summer in the eastern paktia province. the apache and troops on the ground hunted them down. all the fighters were killed. >> i was actually the one talking to the apaches at that moment.

>> osgood: mandy clark, thank you. david martin will have more on the situation in afghanistan in a few minutes. and this week on all of our broadcasts cbs news assesses the road ahead in that nation. iran has agreed to a date for an inspection of its new nuclear facility. this morning it announced that it will permit u.n. inspectors inside the uranium he richment plant on october 25. iran has insisted that the goals of its nuclear program are peaceful, but today's "new york times" says experts believe it's capable of build he an atomic bomb. hundreds turned out in chicago yesterday for the funeral of honor roll student dariane albert who was beaten to death on his way home from school. both the rev. jesse jackson and louis farrakhan called to an end of school violence. president and mrs. obama had a night out last night to celebrate their wedding anniversary, their first as first couple leaving the white house to dine in georgetown on a balmy washington evening. today's weather cooler temperatures and rain are expecte

>> mandy clark in kabul. thank you. >>> tonight the "cbs evening news" with indicatity couric begins an in-depth series "afghanistan, the road ahead." and katie is with us live in the studio this morning. good morning. >> hi harry. >> this series now so important. what are you trying to understand take here? >> i think it's clear as you you well know that afghanistan is at a cross roads and u.s. policy is as well. the president is meeting with his advisers to figure out the road ahead. and that's what we're going to be looking at. but we want to give the american public a real understanding. it's been eight years. what kind of progress has been made? what are the challenges we face some people are really confused in terms of the relationship between the taliban and al qaeda, what is the role pakistan has, how can we support a government that many in the country see as very corrupt and not protecting their interests. so it's really afghanistan from a to z while the president contemplates his strategy and u.s.

mandi d. i think the movie is a good idea, but i think they should have waited a couple of years. plus, i think waiting would have made them more money. alyssa k. loved it. i think it was the greatest movie ever made and an amazing tribute. i think fans deserve to be his final performance. he will be deeply messed. i want to hear from you on facebook. you can also follow us on twitter for breaking entertainment news alerts. sign up for facebook and twitter pages at cnn.com/showbiztonight. >>> now the "showbiz lineup." here's what's coming up at the bottom of the hour on "showbiz tonight." jon gosselin's own girlfriend out with stunning claims that he's abusive. is jon now the most hated bachelor in america? also, the brand-new sarah palin levi johnston battle. >> are you hurt by all this? >> i was, yeah. now it's just kind of like, all right, well, now it's my turn. >> tonight, sarah strikes back against levi's threats, but should she just keep quiet when levi keeps talking? >>> and tonight, d

mandy commented on facebook, yes, it is realistic not to cheat.hanks for weighing in. >>> the maker of louisville slugger baseball bats has to pay a family $850,000, why a jury found that company responsible for a young player's death. >>> a storm creeping across the rockies and western plains has left three to four feet of snow. in denver it is the heaviest october snowfall since 1997. the snow is closing schools and canceling high school football games in nebraska. where is this headed? meteorologist chad meyers joins us from the cnn weather center. this is a big one. >> it is for this time of year. we get the biggest snow events october and november and march and april because we have a lot of moisture available. we are going to have five six inches of rainfall across the deep south that is the humidity in the air. you don't get this kind of humidity in the air. this air came around and into the cold air and right into the rocky mountains. go to kdvr.com. here is what the roads look like west of denver. got a bunch of pictures. there must be 10

mandy feels this way. me and my family will pass. there are better ways to protect yourself. i plan to use common sense like hand washing and building a strong immune system. just a little sampling of some of the responses that i got from my facebook page. thanks for answering the question. we appreciate it. >>> did you hear this yet? nearly 1 in 100 kids in the u.s. has some type of autism disorder. those are the stunning results of two new government studies. the findings are pretty large increases over other studies in the past. this is based on a survey of more than 78,000 parents and a cdc review of health records. researchers caution greater awareness and diagnostic techniques explain some of the large increase. >>> three americans are sharing this year's nobel prize in medicine. the institute that hands out the awards says they won for their work on chromosome research, which has pretty big implications for understanding aging and cancer. the prize includes $1.4 million. >>> a sheriff's deputy is wrongly identified as a murder suspect because a police dog messed up. no

first let's hear fromm mandy. she says they should have blurred it some.n't know how many kids were watching at that time. but even without the blur, good for them for airing it. people need to do this and people need to be aware of breast cancer. it's life or death for many. another post on the facebook page. christine weighed in saying after all the killing that kids do on these video games purchased by their parents, people are upset over a healthy breast? get serious, people. you have a problem with viewing breast exams, but it's okay to call of duty modern warfare? diane writing in saying i think it's ridiculous. i just heard a man who is all for it. why haven't they showing men checking for testicular cancer on tv? why are they always showing women being checked or x-rayed. you don't see prostate exams on tv, not that i want to see it. but once again using the women's bodies just to expose them start showing men's privates, wonder what would be said then. thank you for all your responses there. >>> all right. move over iphone, these guys have created

mandy says i wasn't there i don't know if it was a hookax but the father seems completely crazy. that in combination with their family being on a reality show twice, this being a hoax is highly likely. nathan writes we should leave this family alone. lot more crazy families out there. was this a hoax said douglas? yes, and a darn good one. don't stop the comments from coming in. "prime news" at the top of the hour they want your views as well. check them out and cnn.com primenews. >>> check this out. >> enough enough. >> okay. so what is the big deal? a decision to privatize a city sidewalk in st. petersburg, florida. and one of them is 76 years old and the brother of one of the city councilman and one was 51. yes they were arrested for disorderly conduct which is a misdeamnor and they are free on bond. it hasn't taken long at all for the boy in the balloon story to fly into cyberspace. what people are saying about it and how you can get a piece of memorabilia. >>> wleerng more about the family at the center of yesterday's balloon ordeal in colorado. cnn has learned that the heen