i'm michelle gielan. frustrated and weary, california firefighters are battling eight separate and destructive wildfires this morning. more than 100 homes have been destroyed and thousands of more people are at risk. the worst pir is raging through the hills of north l.a. elizabeth sanchez is north of burbank with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can sigh an orange glow behind me just over my shoulder here. the names have been popping up. overnight crews used controlled burns to clear brush in the fir's path. the fire's fuel, so far 164 square miles have burned and here in the forest, it's only 5% contained. flames poured out of the canyons near los angeles overnight like lava flowing out of a volcano. fire officials say inside the weather change, there will be many more treacherous nights like this about crews are lighting backfires to try and sane the fierce blaze. still the so-called station fire and largest of at least eight fires has devoured more than 50 homes and threatened

. >>> good morning, and thanks for joining us, i'm michelle gielan. there are glimmers of hope against the battle of the california wildfires. fire crews report significant process, and some evacuation orders have been lifted. elizabeth sanchez is in california this morning. good morning, elizabeth. >> god morning, michelle. the flames here in the angeles national forest have slowed. and behind me, there are some hot spots, and although it's a little hard to see right now, there are some hand crews back there trying to put the hot spots out. >> reporter: california firefighters now have nearly a quarter of a massive wildfire near los angeles under control. >> this is our first increase in containment since the beginning of the fire, and that's been due to a little bit due to the weather. >> reporter: higher humidity and cooler temperatures should continue to give crews a bit of a break today. they've been battling fierce flames for a week now, lighting backfires and attacking from the sky. >> it was just amazing to watch. they were fabulous. >> report

i'm michelle gielan. we begin this morning with the latest on what could be the first operating al qaeda terror cell to be exposed in this country since 9/11. one man has been indicted and the fbi is on the hunt for more possible plotters. drew levinson has more. >> reporter: terrorism suspect na najibullah zazi is charged with plotting and at tack. the fbi initially arrested the denver airport shuttle driver and two others for allegedly lie to go investigators. >> he went from facing a relatively minor charge to a charge that involves life in prison. >> reporter: the government case spells out how the afghan immigrant got in-sfrukss and ingredient it is to make a bomb, including large quantities of hydrogen peroxide and acetone products from beauty supply stores? the denver area. it also says zazi rented a hotel room where the fbi found explosive recent due. cbs news has learned he was on law enforcement's radar for at least two years. the fbi swooped in after his trip here to new york just before septem

i'm michelle gielan. about 200 family and friends gathered last night to say good-bye to michael yak son. it was a private affair fp jackson was entombed at cemetery outside l.a. where many of hollywood's famous are buried. >> reporter: the king of pop was finally laid to rest 70 days after his death. michael jackson's family and closest friends were the only ones invited to attend the funeral at the famed forest lawn cemetery in glendale. his close friend, liz taylor, and al sharpton were all seated hours before the service that start considerably late. jackson's three children sat in the front row, all of his siblings, mother katherine and father joe were also will. his final resting place is what's called the great moz lee you will. he'll be intured near jimmy stewart, sammy tafs jr. and one his idles oig, walt disney. there will be statutes and stained glass around him. the singer's estate will cover the extraordinary costs of the funeral including security. >> the city of glendale received a check fo

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cbs news correspondent michelle gielan reports. >> reporter: the two women returned to u.s.. former president bill clinton traveled to north korea to win their freedom. in the new article posted tuesday on current tv's website, ling and lee said they never intended to cross the border from china into north korea. but admitted when the guide told them to follow them quote beyond the middle of the river, we did. they quickly turned back and they say they were "firmly back inside china when the soldiers apprehended us." they say to this day we still don't know if we were lured into a trap. the journalists say that some part of their captivity are too painful to talk about publicly, but their experiences quote pale when compared to the hardship facing so many people living in north korea. ling and lee released a video last month to thank people who had demanded their release. >> to all of the people who supported euna and me throughout the nearly five months that we were in captivity, we wanted to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. >> reporter: michelle gielan, cbs news, n

michelle gielan, cbs news, new york. >>> this is a cbs news special report.bama to make a statement at the g-20 sum knit pittsburgh this morning. formally accusing iran of having a secret facility to produce nuclear fuel and calling for international inspection of that facility. if iran refuses, that, of course, could lead to new sanctions, something president obama has been urging for some time now. two key u.s. allies, britain and france, are joining with the united states to demand inspections and cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante covering the g-20 in pittsburgh joins us now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president apparently has decided to do this because this is a good time to put some more pressure on iran. there's a meeting coming up on october 1st of the major nations, the five security council member, plus germany, for the first time the u.s. will have direct talks with iran. the iranian nuclear program is not on the table according to the iranians, but they would like very much the people who are talking to iran to

michelle gielan has the amazing pictures. >> reporter: watch the little girl in red. at first glance, it looks like the very worst has happened. but there was an angel sitting on 6-year-old jasmine's shoulder. >> had she moved one foot to the left or one foot in front, you know, this could have been pretty bad for her. >> reporter: police say the driver of the red toyota was backing up at a high speed, only a cement-filled parking pole saved little jasmine, lifting the car above her. the driver was ticketed for reckless driving and driving with a suspended license. jasmine's tearful mom is just happy to have her baby back saying thank god he gave me another chance with her. as for jasmine -- >> are cars scary now? >> yes. >> why? >> because i get scared. >> reporter: cbs news, new york. >>> now to the h1n1 virus. since april, 44 people in texas have died from the disease, seven of them children. now some parts of the state are being overrun by people who are sick. so one hospital has taken an unusual step to treat this new wave of patients. cbs news correspondent don

i'm no carrier michelle ri gielan. three terror no carrier suspects will face federal judges today in no carrier denver and new york. they were arrest this had weekend in connection with an no carrier alleged al queda linked > bombing plot ring here in the u.s. whitt no carrier johnson has more from no carrier washington. whitt, good morning. >> reporter: new details are emerging ring leading authorities to believe there was a terror plot ring no carrier unfolding here in the u.s. still the three men at the no carrier center of the investigation > ring no carrier ring no carrier ring maintain their innocence. najibullah zazi his no carrier father and a third manual face ri charges this morning of lying to the no carrier fbi ring about a plot to blow up no carrier targets in the u.s. >> ring the allegation is no carrier that mr. zazi lied when no c he said > he ring no carrier had no knowledge of nine ring pages no carrier of ring handwritten bomb-making material. >> reporter: the 24-year-old was arrested in denver satu

michelle gielan is here with the latest. >> those four teens are behind bars. cops are looking for at least three others. and we want to waurn, while the pictures are hard to$wetgl,$tle brutally of the crmme is even more difficult to understand. >> reporter: sophomore honor student and football star derrion albert was just walking to the bus stop when he passed through and you rumble between rival groups. police say one of the suspect, 16-year-old eric carson, strikes albert in the head with a long wooded.lank and then an up known offender punches lmm in the face knocking albert unconsciouw. consciousness, he tries getting up but is attacked again. police say 19-year-old suspect eugene riley hits albert with a wooden board and then police say 19-year-old so he van in a shannon repeatedly storms on albert's head. friends carried albert from the scene, but he died from his injuries. >> they should not have to deal with problems like this ever. >> reporter: but during the past three years, chicago's sharp rise in violent student deaths, most super fr shooting have

cbs news correspondent michelle gielan has more this morning. good morning. >> good morning, jeff.last months, patrick swayze faced up to his cancer by going back to work on a new tv series. but as you'll hear, he also took time to shaer his thoughts and his fears as he learned to live with cancer. ♪ >> reporter: patrick swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in january 2008. it marked the start of a grueling boolgts with swayze refusing to give dwround until the very end. >> i want to last until they find a cure. which means i better got a fire under it. >> reporter: he underwent chemo chemotherapy just two months after his diagnosis and took to the air not long after that to stand up to cancer. the special raised $100 million for cancer research. >> tonight i stand here another individual living with cancer and i ask only one thing of you. will you stand up with me? >> reporter: late in the year it was reported that the cancer had spread to his liver. swayze insisted he was doing well and remarkably went ahead with plans to star in a tv series the beast. he took off exactly

she'll be taking paula abdul's place and here's cbs news correspondent measure she will michelle gielant accusing you. i don't have a problem saying anything in front of your face. >> do you miss her? >> of course i miss her. >> reporter: but now it looks like assign an cowell won't be missing paula for much longer. cowell will welcome ellen degeneres to the judge's table. sdee jen was made the surprise announcement at a taping of her show on wednesday. >> oh, god. i am going to be the new judge on "american idol." >> reporter: >> this is one of those holly smokes kind of announcements. "american idol" just hired ellen deskrenrous as a judge. >> reporter: last season's idol saw ratings down. so while degeneres might bump rating, her huge celebrity could upset the balancing of the panel. >> she could potentially upstage the three other judge. she'll be just so big and so funny. >> reporter: as degeneres finds her way, she says she just wants to be the voi of the american people. >> i'm just like you, i sit at home and i watch it and i'm not looking at that time from n. a critical way, i'