mandy clark in kandahar, afghanistan's most dangerous city. she comes under attack while wearing a berka. >> reporter: another stone was just thrown at me-- ow! >> just today the city's mayor was assassinated in a brazen attack. cell phone safety: to all those minutes add up to health problems for kids? dr. jon lapook reports. and it's a place where wounded warriors learn to hope again. david martin on the closing of walter reed. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening, scott's off tonight. i'm bob schieffer. the fallout from washington's inability to find a solution to the budget crisis and raise the debt limit has, apparently, begun. on wall street, the stock market was down for the third day in a row. the dow fell more than 198 point today. for the week, it's down nearly 400 points, and it has lost close to $105 billion in value. some of the bond rating services are now saying that even if congress does reach an agreement on a budget plan, it may be too late to avoid lowering

mandy clark reports that president karzai's brother was gunned down. laid off on day one. cynthia bowers in a city so strapped it's firing cops as soon as they get their badge. and the first, first lady of the modern age, bill whitaker remembers betty ford who forever changed how america views the white house. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting tonight from washington. >> pelley: good evening. it was a striking thing, today, to hear the president of the united states say that he cannot guarantee the 27 million social security checks that you are due to be mailed august 3rd. august 3rd is the day after the government will default on its debts if democrats and republicans do not agree to increase the nation's borrowing limit. both sides say they won't raise the limit without a deal to massively cut the federal deficit. a u.s. default would shake the world economy. the stakes could not be higher. time is growing short. in our interview, president obama said the situation is dangerous. >> we met the president this morning at

mandy clark, cbs news, kabul. >> mitchell: and that is the "cbs evening news.", "60 minutes." thanks for joining us this sunday evening. i'm russ mitchell, cbs news in new york. scott pellee will be here tomorrow. good night and happy fourth. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org what fire investigators believe people scrambling for ways to get cool. mother nature has some cooler plans in mind. >>> dozens of cars go up in flames. what investigators believe might have set them off. >>> celebrating savings, the tax change is giving shoppers an incentive to buy. ,,

mandy clark, cbs news, kabul. >>> here in new york this weekend police get the fourth of july holidayplosive start. that would be more than 2 1/2 tons of illegal fireworks destroyed by the police bomb squad. police arrested 70 people with illegal fireworks. >>> this morning on "the early show" with the year half over, look back and a look forward at the year's economy. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." brown. this is the "cbs morning news." discover customersl are getting five percent cashback bonus at the pump... and at many of the places their summer plans take them. it pays to switch, it pays to discover. >>> we're in the low 70s this morning. we're going to be on the hot and humid side. not quite stuffy like yesterday. 87 this evening. dinner time, fireworks should be in the comfortable low 80s. don, take it away. >>> here's what we'll be keeping an eye on today. turkey cut its ties with libya, pulling its ambassador. >>> saving greece. they're getting their worst bond ratings. >>> also, this serbian chief has been tossed out. >>> we're also updating several local

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mandy clark one on one with the top u.s. commander in afghanistan on the future of the war and the decision to begin pulling out. the man accused of the worst war crimes in europe since the natsys shows nothing but contempt for justice. mark phillips has the pictures from the court. and on this fourth of july as the space shuttle program nears an end, jim axelrod asks "what happened to the flags on the moon?" >> it's beautiful. >> pelley: do those star spangled banners yet wave? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, chantix is the most popular anti-smoking drug on the market with annual sales of nearly $800 million. but a study out today raises new safety questions about it. chantix has already been linked to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and now to a higher risk of heart disease we asked dr. jon lapook to tell us what we need to know about these new findings. >> reporter: today's study is worrisome news for the more than seven million americans who ha

mandy clarke, cbs news, kabul. >>> here in new york this weekend police get the fourth of july holidayplosive start. that would be more than 2 1/2 tons of illegal fireworks destroyed by the police bomb squad. police arrested 70 people with illegal fireworks. >>> this morning on "the early show" with a year half hour, a look back and a look forward at the year's economy. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." discover customersl are getting five percent cashback bonus at the pump... and at many of the places their summer plans take them. it pays to switch, >>> good morning. happy 4th of july. >> welcome to 9 news now. welcome to the 4th of july, we are hoping for the best tonight. >> i think there's an outside chance of a lingering storm this evening. for the majority of us, the parades this afternoon should be good. tonight, again, most of us will be in good shape. here's a look at 49th of july independence day forecast. we will just pass through this morning since a lot of folks are sleeping. 88, 5:00, 90. highs in the low 90s. isolated storm at worst. better chance south

mandy clark, cbs news, kandahar, afghanistan. >> mandy clark in canada half, afghanistan, thank you very much. >>> in london this morning, wiki leaks founder julian assange in a hearing. he is appealing he should be sent back to sweden to answer questions about two rape charges. he worried sweden might send him to the u.s. over the release of classified documents. >>> texas baseball fan who fell to his death last week has been laid to rest. hundreds tourned out for the funeral of shannon stone who was a husband, firefighter and at a rangers game last week he reached for a ball and lost his balance and fell. >>> in phoenix, upper right hand corner of your screen here, watch. a guy dangling off a railing. he had been standing at a table during the derby trying to catch a ball. not smart. almost went over. luckily, his brother and others were there to pull him to safety. pretty incredible pictures. >>> by the way, that's where the home run derby, a special moment lasted night. a family affair for robinson cano with his father pitching to him, cano blasted 32 homers to win, including a recor

mandy clark spoke with him today in kabul about the way forward in afghanistan. >> reporter: the last days of general david petraeus's command have been marked by two major events: the president's decision to begin withdrawing u.s. forces and days later an audacious attack on one of kabul's most important hotels. general petraeus told us the assault should not be seen as a setback. do you really think that the afghan security forces are ready if they can't protect a major hotel in the cap all? >> i can tell you that our special forces who were sporp not leading and not doing-- for the afghan forces who saw the crisis response unit said that they responded very courageously. in fact, that they took the loss of life with the wounded in action i think underscores that fact. >> reporter: but the training of afghan forces is uneven at best. witnesses at the hotel told us some afghan police ran away from the suicide assault. time for training afghan forces will soon be running out. president obama plans to withdraw about one-third of u.s. forces in little more than a year. it's no secret th

mandy clark one on one with the top u.s.nder in afghanistan on the future of the war and the decision to begin pulling out. the man accused of the worst war crimes in europe since the natsys shows nothing but contempt for justice. mark phillips has the pictures from the court. and on this fourth of july as the space shuttle program nears an end, jim axelrod asks "what happened to the flags on the moon?" >> it's beautiful. >> pelley: do those star spangled banners yet wave? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, chantix is the most popular anti-smoking drug on the market with annual sales of

he spoke with mandy clark of cbs news about the president's plan to withdraw 1/3 of u.s. troops over the next year. >> it is no secret that you wanted a slower draw down. do you feel you have enough troops to do the job? >> first, it is probably time to stop second guessing the decision only the president can make. only he has the full range of issues and considerations he has to deal with. that decision has been made and it is now the job of military commanders and troopers to get on with it. >> well, in afghanistan, general petraeus led a re- enlistment ceremony for hundreds of our troops. >>> in just a few hours, the jury in the casey anthony murder trial gets back to work. it spent the 4th of july holiday listening to closing arguments and getting deliberations underway. melissa rainey has more on the tragic murder case that has people captivated. >> after six weeks of testimony, jurors in the casey anthony trial went to the deliberation room monday. >> members of the jury, you may retire now to begin your deliberations. >> reporter: the jury is made up of seven women

mandy clark, cbs news, in afghanistan. >>> the transportation security administration is star starting to install new screening software in the controversial airport scanners. many passengers had expressed outrage over the scanners that show naked body images. the new software will substitute the image for a genic body outlightly and highlight areas of concern. >>> here in new york a solemn ceremony at ground zero. a 30-ton fire truck was lowered yesterday into the site's underground museum due to open next year. the truck was crushed on 9/11. it carried 11 firefighters to the world trade center, all of whom died when the towers collapsed. >>> 15 minutes past the hour. now let's take you outside to marysol castro in washington, d.c. how is the weather out there? >> reporter: betty, it is steamy. down right steamy. good morning to you. good morning, everyone at home. >>> let's go to the maps and take a look at the heat dome. it has moved into the east coast from raleigh to boston. temperatures in the upper 90s to 100. 10 to 15 degrees above normal. raleigh, by the way, broke a record of