cbs reporter teresa garcia on how it's meant to protect them from cancer. >>> reporter: the food and drug administration wants more oversight of indoor tanning beds and says people under 18 should not use them. the fda is proposing changes that could help reduce cases of momentum, the deadliest form of skin cancer. dermatologists say they are seeing younger melanoma patients. >> so many young people are coming in with skin cancer that it's too young to have them. >> reporter: an estimated 2.3 million teenagers tan indoors each year. studies suggest their risk of melanoma is 75% higher than those who don't use sun lamps. >> every additional dose of what we consider a carcinogen, ultraviolet light, is another nail in the coffin. >> reporter: the proposal also calls for tanning beds to be labeled as moderate risk devices. they already carry warnings. if the fda proposal is approved, it would require these tanning beds to have new labels aiming at those under 18. it would have to include warnings to young people about the risks of using these sun lamps and that frequent users should be r

teresa garcia has more on the p.o.w. reporter: nearly 200 american veterans in prison during the vietnam war reunited to celebrate more than four decades of freedom. navy commander edward alvarez is a p.o.w. who spent the most years in captivity. he was 26 when his plane was shot down. >> i was held for eight and half years. >> reporter: in 1973 president nixon held a dinner at the white house to honor more than 600 returning p.o.w.s. more than 40 years later the nixon library is marking the occasion with ceremonies and another dinner friday. the menu for this anniversary dinner includes sirloin steak, potatoes, and mousse. it's almost the exact same menu that was served in 1973. white house staffers said they chose the dishes to represent american food that the returning p.o.w.s dreamed of in captivity. singer tony orlando spoke about his iconic song "tie a yellow ribbon," which he performed at the white house gala. >> the opening line of that song is their mothers' and wives' prayers, i'm coming home, i've done my time

as teresa garcia reports, the patient says she is ready to move on with her life. >> reporter: carmenton greeted the cameras on the arm the doctors who gave her a new face. 30 nurses and doctors took part in the 15-hour transplant operation in february. >> i've received this wonderful gift and this chapter in my life. >> reporter: the 44-year-old mother of two was severely disfigured in 2007 when her ex-husband doused her with industrial-strength lye at her home in vermont. >> i'm going to come over and hug you one more time. >> reporter: her daughter who gave her her new face was at wednesday's news conference. her daughter gave tarleton a hug and said she looks beautiful. wright says fate brought tarleton and her mother together again. >> i get to feel my mother's skin again, i get to see my mother's freckles, and through you, i get to see my mother live on. >> reporter: tarleton is legally blind. she says it's relieved her of her horrible neck pain that she's had for six years. >> today i'm fine. i'm good. >> reporter: tarleton says she's now in a better place and feels good, bette

teresa garcia monitoring the latest from the command center in christi camblor rio. >> reporter: goodthe big thing that the fire firefighters having hoping for since this started yesterday morning in camarillo is that the infamous santa ana winds would die down. they didn't die down. they just did an about-face shift. they switched around and basically coming in from the coast coming inland towards these coastal canyons. so you see a lot of spots out there -- there have been plenty of aircraft dropping water and fire retardant. this is a more populated area down the road so the commanders have been ordering mandatory evacuations. people stood on their roofs as firefighters scrambled to save their homes from the wall of fire that engulfed the surrounding hillside a river of flames snaking near the pacific ocean and plumes of smoke covering the coastline. the wildfire that began in camarillo has devoured almost 18,000 acres and is now moving south toward malibu. >> the fire has jumped highway 1 and is now burning in some of the grass and light fuels there on the south side of the highwa

cbs reporter teresa garcia joins us live from ventura county with more on this firefight. teresa. >> reporter: michelle, good day to you. you know, you're dealing with wind whipped fires up there as well as down here. the santa ana winds are furnishing forward. we are at the springs fire. you can see behind me a lot of the hills are black. this fire was reported around 6:45 a.m. it has scorched up to 2,000 acres and damaged at least one home, several rvs in a storage lot and already in this mobile home community many people have evacuated. a ring of fire rose up from the hills of ventura county as a fast-moving wildfire threatened homes in nearby neighborhoods. smoke and flames could be seen for miles. it broke out 50 miles west of los angeles. planes dropped water and flame retardant from the sky. hundreds of firefighters are here battling these flames but the strong santa ana wind gusts are making it very hard to contain. fire officials ordered the evacuations of some homes and the channel islands campus of california state university. this is a much earlier start than no

teresa garcia, wjz eyewitness news. >> university of maryland medical center has successfully performed the most comprehensive face transplant surgery ever, on a virginia man who lost his lips, nose and upper jaw, in a shooting accident. >>> well, the sun returns to the skies over maryland. here's a live look at a picture- perfect afternoon. just so nice out there. wjz has weather and traffic together. we'll talk to kristy in a second. but first, here's meteorologist tim williams with the first washing -- warning weather forecast. tim, i just took several deep breaths out out there today. >> you didn't get any pollen stuck in your throat? >> who cares? it wasn't raining on me. >> you are always looking on the positive side. you are right. it is picture perfect. not a cloud in the sky. we had clouds earlier, they have since dissipated. right now, temperatures, albeit, just a little below average at 69 degrees. we're at 67, sitting at bwi marshall. 53 in ocean city. 63 out in oakland. and you saw 74, up there toward cumberland. we were just about 8 degrees warmer at this point in the day

cbs reporter, teresa garcia is in the community where flames are forcing people from their homes. teresa. >> they sure have been. up until sunset, the helicopters were dipping into the lake. they were basically picking up water to make drops over all of those flairups. when the winds shifted on shore, the flames started to push inland towards the populated areas. they had to order residents up to two dozen homes to evacuate. >> intense heat and strong winds combine to create what looked like tornadoes of fire on the hills of southern california. firefighters race to save homes and residents as santa ana winds pushed flames and thick smoke. firefighters say these hill top homes, but it was close. >> 100 feet. 1700 feet is huge flames. >> more than 16 square miles of ventura county have burned in one of six major brush fires across the state. more than 1,000 homes have been evacuated. residents are searching for safer ground. >> watch their television, listen to the radio, check their computers. when they are asked to go, they should go. we aren't -- these aren't recommendations. >>

cbs reporter teresa garcia on the stories of drivers who plunged into the skagit river and survived. >> reporter: surveillance video captures a semi truck crossing i-5 second later a massive chunk of the bridge collapsing into the skagit river. an 18-wheeler was carrying an oversized load of drilling equipment when it clipped an overhead girder plunging cars into the water. >> riverside bridge over i-5 just collapsed. we have vehicles in the water. >> reporter: bryce kenning was driving one of the those cars. >> there's just like a huge explosion in front of me and the ground on the bridge is falling into the water and i just took a huge nosedive. >> reporter: dan sly and his wife saw the big rig's load slam into the steel span. >> hit the bridge about three our four feet wide the natural bridge was and we went off with the bridge. >> the cars started to rush with water. that was when i thought i wasn't going to make it. you know? >> reporter: bryce, dan and his wife were rescued with minor injuries. the tractor-trailer driver volunteered to take a blood alcohol test and was not arre

. >>> cbs reporter teresa garcia is live in ventura county with the latest on the fire activity and evacuationseporter: elizabeth, good evening. this is called the springs fire here in ventura county. already, since it started this morning, it has consumed 6500 acres. there is zero percent containment. the concern is how close it is to the homes. you have 2,000 evacuated residents. look behind me. you see this huge plume of smoke. when they think they have it under control there's another flare-up and that's being pushed by the winds here. there's concern that this fire could even push all the way to the pacific ocean which is about 10 miles from the starting point. >> reporter: an agricultural storage facility in camarillo exploded after a fast-moving wildfire swept in. the wildfire devoured these rvs at a storage lot in ventura county. huge plumes of smoke covered nearby neighborhoods at u.s. 101 freeway about 50 miles northwest of los angeles. authorities ordered camarillo residents and the channel island campus of california state university to evacuate. >> we packed it up and go over to ou

teresa garcia, kpix5. >> more than 30 million americans will travel this memorial day weekend and many will drive over a bridge in need of repair. kpix5's linda yee found out the span that collapsed last night has the same federal rating of at least one bay area bridge. >> the western span of the bay bridge is considered functionally obsolete because its design is outdated. for example, five lanes of traffic, but no shoulders for emergency parking. but unlike the washington bridge, which is also outdated, that doesn't make the bay bridge in danger of collapse. >> when you say functionally obsolete, that has nothing to do with the structural integrity of the bridge. >> the american society of engineers says 17% of california's 25,000 highway and toll bridges are outdated. cal trans says it regularly monitors the bridges. >> we are always updating our standards and always bringing in the latest we know about bridge design and practices. >> there's more concern for bridges that are structurally deficient. 12% of the highway bridges fall in that category. for example, the old doyle drive,

cbs reporter, teresa garcia on the neighbor who heard the screams. >> a frantic amanda barry called 911m a house in cleveland asking police for help. it's the first time her voice has been heard since she disappeared more than ten years ago. barry, seen here in the center, was reunited with her sister at a cleveland hospital. she was just 16 when she disappeared. also discovered today was gina who disappeared in 24 at the age of 14. and michelle knight, who had reportedly been missing since 2002. charles ramsey lives next door to where the women were reportedly being held. he said he heard screaming coming from his neighbor's house. >> i see this girl and she was just going nuts on the door. i said what's your problem? just open the door. she says i can't. >> ramsey says he kicked open the door and freed the woman, then he let her use his phone. >> i have been kidnapped and i've been missing for ten ars and i'm here. >> police say all three women rescued from the home had been tide up. they were taken to a cleveland hospital. >> all three girls are healthy. they are getting treatment ri

cbs reporter teresa garcia has the latest from ventura county. >> reporter: good evening. there's been quite a change here tonight. you know, the firefighters were really hoping for a break in the santa ana winds and it happened. but instead of just dying down, they did an about-face shift. you can see in these coastal canyons here, you see hot spots, you see the big flames coming in, what's happening is all ripping and pushing back inland into these coastal canyons and where we're at and beyond is much more populated. so what's happened is the fire commanders have come through here and said they are now ordering more mandatory evacuations. >>> reporter: people stood on their roofs as firefighters scrambled to save their homes from the wall of fire that engulfed the surrounding hillside a river of flames snaking near the pacific ocean and plumes of smoke covering the coastline. the wildfire that began in camarillo has devoured almost 10,000 acres and is now moving south toward malibu. >> the fire has jumped highway 1 and is now burning in some of the grass and light fuels

cbs teresa garcia says that giving babies a little formula could actually go a long way. >> reporter: theresa wanted to exclusively breast feed her son but she had to supplement with formula because his blood sugar was low. now studies show that giving formulas in the first days of life could help the mothers breast feed longer. the research looks at 40 babies not gaining weight and found up to three months, almost 80% of those who received formula were still breast feeding. >> i think what the study was looking at is there a role in having some very early limited use of formula in that population of babies as the mother is getting breast feeding established. >> reporter: many new moms have concerns that they're not producing enough milk in the beginning for their babies. researchers hope this study will ease their worries. but the author of the study stress the point of the research is to keep moms breast feeding longer. >> it's more than just really excellent mother, baby bonding. >> there's incredible advantages in health. >> reporter: the american academy of pediatrics recommends