into the neighborhoods, firefighter chris villegas was in the thick of it. so intense you had to retreat twice and then finally pull out. was there any hope of saving the homes at that point? >> there was nothing we could do. we couldn't see 10 feet in front of us. i just saw, you know, orange sky. >> reporter: aerial photos in today's "denver post" showed what the fire heft behind from what had been one of the city's nicest neighborhood. carol lyn lucas took this video just before she and her family fled the fire and didn't know her home was gone until she saw this picture of debris. >> it's just total devastation. when you've, uhm, had a home that you've created and you've built as your family nest, it's like a death. >> reporter: she took these videos of the house before the fire, a family antiques and mementos, and now shawnted by losing her home of 22 years where she and her husband raised a family of three boys. >> every night when i go to bed now and i get into bed, i go room to room and i think about what i left, and i think why didn't i take that? why didn't i grab that? my grandmother's mirror? or i think about things they left, and you just second guess yourself. but you can't go back and then you have to say stop, stop. you can't do that. they're only things, and people matter most of all. >> reporter: today she is somewhere between the shock of what she lost and what is ahead. >> you're almost in a survival mode for-- for us, and then you start thinking about where are we going to have christmas? and what are we going to do? >> reporter: if there is good out of this, that's it? you lived. >> we lived. we lived. and we will live on. >> reporter: well, there's good news, scott. the fire now 25% contained. and all that smoke you see behind me, not alarming. in fact, this is part of backfires set by fire crews. they're creating a break so the fire up in those hills cannot move into homes down below. >> pelley: fingers crossed. barry, thank you very much. this morning, the air force academy in colorado springs was reopened. it had been evacuated earlier. and we were struck today by an image from the "denver post" of a different wildfire near fort collins, colorado. 85-year-old george vidach came home yesterday. there was nothing left. he lived there 50 years. the family pictures are gone, he said, but "i have my memories." he was a refugee from the invasion of hungary in 1957. compared to the soviets, he said, this is nothing. today, the battle over president obama's health care law moved into a new phase. one day after the supreme court upheld the law, house republicans were vowing to repeal it. norah o'donnell sat down with the speaker of the house, john boehner today. norah. >> reporter: and, scott, republicans have already voted 30 times in the house of representatives to repeal or defund the affordable care act, but it never gets beyond the republican-controlled house because the senate is controlled by democrats. well, they plan to do it all began on july 11, and speaker boehner made clear, republicans want to repeal the whole act, including provisions that he acknowledges are popular. why not, them, if you like some of the provisions in the affordable care act, why not work with it rather than repeal the whole thing? >> no, no, no. >> reporter: even mitt romney-- >> this has to be ripped out by its roots. this is government taking over the entire health insurance industry. the american people do not want to go down this path. they do not want the government telling them what kind of insurance policy they have to buy. and how much they're going to pay for it. and if you don't like it, we're going to tax you. it has to be ripped out, and we need to start over, one step at a time. >> reporter: so you say to heck with all these provisions, like additional preventive care for children and women-- >> all of them. when we replace this, we can have a commonsense debate about which of these provision ought to stay and which ought to go. >> reporter: so, scott, repealing the president's health care law may ultimately be decided at the ballot box this november, but republicans would have to he'd on to the house, wayne super majority in the senate and win the presidenciy. and even then, scott, it would take some time to unravel this landmark legislation. >> pelley: speaker boehner's first interview since the ruling. norah, thank you very much. you can see more of norah's interview with the speaker this sunday on "face the nation"." what does the court's decision mean in the presidential race? well, that would be a question for john dickerson, our cbs news political director. john, how is this going to affect the presidential race? >> well, for mitt romney, it's turned out pretty well in the short term. the ruling's helped him raise $5 million already. though conservatives were well on their way to falling in line behind romney. now they're rushing to because only by electing him can they put an end to this law. but it's an open question how much mitt romney will be able to use this issue to woo voters will not already in his camp. romney's case against the affordable care act is muddled because in mrs., not only did mitt romney advocate a health care plan with an individual mandate, but it also included a tax on anyone who did not have insurance. you heard john boehner there complain about that tax. chief justice john roberts ruled that the affordable care act uses a tax in a similar way. that's what boehner was talking about. these similarities may make it too difficult for mitt romney to make the president's health care plan an issue. >> pelley: john, does the court's ruling help or hurt the president? >> reporter: the president's advisers say he was very happy with the ruling, but it's mostly because he dodged what could have been a disaster, the upending of his signature legislative achievement. but the affordable care act is still unpopular, which is why president obama seems so anxious to move on in his remarks after the decision yesterday. he doesn't want to get stuck fighting a battle he's been losing, and the president's aides also believe the voters care about other issues. in a recent poll, jobs was number one. >> pelley: john, thank you very much. wall street had its second-best day of the year today. the dow soared 277 points, more than 2%. halfway through the year, the dow is up 5.4%. the market rallied today after europe agreed to a plan to bail out its troubled banks. but is europe out of danger? mark phillips is at the european union summit in brussels. >> reporter: it was a victory of two marios from italy, mario balotelli scored both italian goals in a dramatic win over germany in the european soccer championships. an iitalian prime minister mario monti kept his suit on to score an apparent victory or german chancellor angela merkel, in the european union summit to try to save the euro and with it the economy. he kept the e.u. leaders up most of the night. in the end, merkel backed down. e.u. loans can now be funneled directly to failing spanish banks, for instance, instead of having to be channeled through the spanish government. that would rescue the banks without adding to spain's debt, which is why its prime minister was smiling and why the germans weren't. they not only lost the soccer game. many feel they've given europe a credit card for which they pay. markets around europe soared, but economists like jean pisani-ferry told us, early euphoria over a deal can go sour. >> details are terrible. the details are extremely complex. >> reporter: the devil is in the details. >> expect long negotiations on the details. >> reporter: the e.u. leaders have declared victory and left town but if this really is victory, another politician far away wins, too, an american president seeking reelection. without a european recovery, an american recovery continues to stumble. good times here, if they return, mean more chance of good times at home. >> pelley: mark phillips joins us from brussels. and, mark, you said the e.u. leaders declared victory but there must be a lot more they have to do. >> reporter: well, there is. in fact they've already met 17 times prior to this meeting to try to solve of the euro crisis. this is the first time they've actually declared victory and say they've solved the short-term and long-term problems with the euro, but there's still a lot of this deal to be worked out, still to be written, and of course there's still the market's reaction to be considered. >> pelley: we'll be watching. mark, thanks very much. in mexico, an election is overshadowed by the deadly drug war. why sea levels on the east coast are rising more rapidly. and one giant leap for china's space program when the cbs evening news continues. break a leg! i used to love hearing that phrase... but not since i learned i have... postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture. i want to keep acting but a broken bone could change that. so my doctor and i chose prolia® to reduce my risk of fractures. prolia® is proven to help make bones stronger. proven to help increase bone density. i take prolia®. it's different. it's two shots a year. 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"they said they were going to cut our heads off," she told us. they told her they would cut her unborn baby out of her belly. you thought you would die. >> si. >> reporter: yes, but she worried more about her daughter. when they didn't find the doctor, gangsters took her son, her husband at gunpoint. >> reporter: were you able to have a last word or last touch? >> no. nada. >> reporter: "no, nothing" she said. all she could do was look out the window and call his name. do you think he heard you? "i hope he did," she said. she hasn't heard of her husband since. valentina peralta helps victims escape drug violence in a kind of mexican underground railroad. she said all three major presidential candidates vow to stop the violence but won't say exactly how. most mexicans don't think they can. she said cartels have the money and power to intimidate police, judges, and politicians, a frankenstein monster no one can control. these days, this woman in hiding lives in a kind of prison, no job, no money, no freedom. what she has in abundance is fear and anger. she doesn't want to raise her children on that. bill whitaker, cbs news, mexico city. >> pelley: the u.s. anti-doping agency has now filed formal charges against lance armstrong. he's accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, and it could cost him his record seven tour de france titles. armstrong's lawyer said today there is not one shred of credible evidence to support the charges. rising sea levels-- they could redraw the map of the east coast. that's next. doctor doing your job. so why are you doing hers? 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( laughs ) i'm going to try with every bone in my body. if it's on that wish list, i'm going to try to get it for them. >> reporter: to that end, karen has sent more than 7300 care packages. she spends $40,000 a year on postage alone. >> next week is going to be heavy. >> reporter: and while she does have some financial supporters, they don't cover all the costs, by any means. are you wealthy? >> no, not even close. >> reporter: put any of your own money into this? >> uh-huh, yeah. >> reporter: most of your savings? >> yes. >> reporter: because you can't stop. a lot of people say they support the troops, but their commitment goes no further than their bumper sticker. karen, on the other hand, is all in and will be as long as there are injured soldiers in need of anything. >> i'd just like to say thank you, karen. >> just thank you from the bottom of our hearts. >> you just have to remember their faces and who they are. and you pack another box. >> reporter: steve hartman "on the road" in stafford, virginia. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scott pelley. i'll see you sunday on "60 minutes." good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org your grilling is still gonna be pretty amateur. but your deck? that's pro. finish like a pro with cabot wood stains. cabot...that's pro. now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. tom and katie's divorce shocker. the abrupt end of their five-year marriage, announced and katie signing papers in new york. was tom blindsided? what he is saying today. what our interview with tom just two weeks ago revealed. >> what do you think your greatest accomplishment is? >> well certainly, my family. my kids. life that i share with katie. she's genuine. she's amazing. >> his kind words for katie just before his 50th birthday. so what went wrong? the latest details tonight and