released by the white house for political purposes, charges the white house called grossly irresponsible. attorney general eric holder will be today s key witness. susan mcginnis is in washington with the latest this morning. susan, good morning to you. hi, good morning, terrell. well, these leaks generally portray the president as very decisive and capable, and that s led some in congress to believe they came from inside the white house, intended to make him look very good for re-election. well, today the attorney general is going to answer to congress about these leaks and about how the investigations are being run. classified information about drone attacks against terrorists, an american cyber attack against iran s nuclear program and other top-secret information has made headlines. now congress wants to know who leaked it. when people leak secret information, they re putting themselves above their country. reporter: today, attorney general eric holder testifies bef
with scott pelley. pelley: good evening, 2,000 people are being urged to evacuate ahead of a wildfire moving rapidedly through forests in colorado. so far, 118 buildings have burned and 60 square miles have gone up in smoke. that fire is 15 miles outside of fort collins, one of many burning across the west tonight. barry peter seine in fort collins this evening. reporter: the fire is so big it s making its own weather, flames creating winds that drive it one direction and in an instant turn the fire another. 400 firefighters have been rushed in along with tankers and helicopters to drop water and fire retardant. the fire is so fast sometimes roaring through trees at 20 miles an hour it cannot be out run. i m happy a m alive. reporter: rosemary saw 200 foot flames coming at her house. it was minutes. i had less than five minutes to get out. reporter: some of her neighbors had less time. they literally left in their p.j.s. reporter: one thing fueling the fires,
killed by mountain pine beatles. the insects reproduce and have destroyed an estimated $6 billion trees in the western united states and canada. beetles have killed half the trees around tracy s house. each tree a virtual matchstick. it s brown and dead and it s a roman candle. it goes up. reporter: it explodes? it explodes. reporter: from space you can see a stretch of throat-clogging smoke spreading hundreds of miles into parts of wyoming and nebraska. chad professor of fire science at colorado state university worries about the days ahead. it will be at least a few more days before they probably make significant progress in terms of containing this fire. reporter: this summer may be worse to come? yeah, if this keeps going it could be a long summer that competes with some of our bigger fire years. reporter: thisfóm fire is so aggressive, scott, we ve been here for several hours. it s literally doubled on the ridge line behind us. every now and then we see
and one ceo goes above his corporate duties, way above. we ll talk with steve curtis about why he s risking his life to inspire others. from cnn s world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn sunday morning. president obama is warning north korea, don t mess around with its neighbor, south korea, or with the u.s. in seoul today he and south korean president lee myung-bak emphasized deepening economic and military ties between their two countries but it was north korea that got much of the focus. at the heavily fortified demilitarized zone, mr. obama peered through binoculars at one of the most reclusive nations on earth. later at a news conference he said fee pyongyang will pay the price if it goes ahead with a planned rocket launch. north korea will achieve nothing by threats or by provocations. north korea knows its obligations and it must take irreversible steps to meet those obligat
in rockford, illinois, last weekend. you know his views on health care. his view is the heavy hand of the government can do better than you can in picking your type of insurance, the kind of coverage you ll have. ultimately, i believe, the kind of procedures you will be entitled to will be decided by government under his plan. if i m the next president of the united states, on day one i will stop obamacare in its tracks and get it repealed. look closer and you will see people oppose the law for different reasons. 37% say it s too liberal. 14% say it s not liberal enough. in fact, recent polls show most people don t even know what the law really does. so why don t we give you a quick reminder. already in effect health plans must provide certain preventive services such as mammograms and colonoscopies for free. no copayments. children without private insurance can stay on their parents plan until they turn 26. to date, 2.5 million young people have gotten insurance through