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welcome to "american morning." it is wednesday, june 1st. >> first day of june. >> unbelievable. >> 90 degrees. in many parts of the country. we're going into summer with a bang. >> a lot of interesting news, but first, a milestone after traveling 122 million miles and 25 flights "endeavour's" final mission is complete. >> and every time we talk about this now, it's the last this, this is "endeavour's" last mission and only one more happening, so we're paying a lot of attention to it this morning. the shuttle landed safely overnight at kennedy space center in florida. as it was touching down "atlantis" was rolling out for the final flight in the history of the space shuttle program. john zarrella is live at kennedy space center. i thought about you, thinking what's john thinking about this. as i understand also, some of the "atlantis" crew came out to see that landing? >> yeah, they sure did, kiran. it's funny because any time there's a landing out here, nasa's always worried about the cross winds or thunderstorms in the area, or rain showers and anything that could mess up the landing and stop the vehicle from coming back here. but, you know, tonight, picture-perfect weather. no wind at all. no cloud cover. the only thing anybody was worried out at the landing site were all the mosquitos out tonight. it was really bad. of course, "endeavour" coming home, absolutely perfect landing. flew across the indian ocean and then across the central america, came across the gulf of mexico, touching down at 2:35 eastern time. absolutely flawless landing by commander mark kelly. of course, after the vehicle landed the "endeavour" crew got out, and they did what's traditional, they walked around the vehicle, inspected their vehicle. literally for the last time, certainly bittersweet for all them as "endeavour," of course, being retired as well as the other shuttle vehicle vehicles and then commander kelly actually talked about just how proud he was to be part of this team. >> really want to thank my crew member ers who did such a spectacular job on this flight. could not have done this without them. they all, every single one of them, just performed flawlessly. >> our commander, we want to thank him too. >> so thanks for coming out. it's great to be back and have a good morning. so long. >> reporter: as you guys mentioned the shuttle "atlantis" rolled out to the launch pad for the final time, making that journey four miles took about six hours, really fascinating because you had one shuttle "endeavour" coming home for the very last time, and then you had "atlantis," the last shuttle that will ever fly making the final journey from the vehicle assembly building to launch pad 39-a for the scheduled july 8th launch. everything on track for that. and you know there's an interesting caveat that you guys will be curious about, if they actually get off the ground on the 8th of july, they will return to earth on july 20th. you know what day that is. that's the day man landed on the moon. so wonder if nasa planned that. >> that will be fun to watch. >> all they need is the weather to cooperate to make that happen. >> john, we will be with you for that one too. it's a milestone, an important one. >> absolutely. >> we'll talk to you later. new concerns this morning over the safety of your cell phone, after the world health organization did an about-face on the potential health risk. they're now saying that cell phones could increase the risk of brain cancer. >> senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is following developments for us and joins us from atlanta. elizabeth, these things seem to be moving incrementally, this acknowledgement of the dangers of cell phones. what are -- what is the world health organization saying now? >> this is really a big moment because this marks the first time that a big, prestigious group has said, you know what, there might be a link between cell phones and cancer. previously who and other groups have said oh, no, there's no there there. now they're saying there could be a there there, be a possible carcinogen to humans, the category they put it in. let's look at what else is in that category. also in that category are things like lead, engine exhaust and chloroform. now when you see those things and when you hear me say a possible carcinogenic, i fear people are going to freak out. i want to explain why people shouldn't. first of all, if you've been using your cell phone for years, you've used it, it's over, there's nothing you can do. you don't need to drop your cell phone right now if you're on one. no one cell phone conversation, no two cell phone conversations, no three cell phone conversations are going to give you cancer. this is a risk that accumulates day after day after day, year after year after year. it's not -- no one cell phone conversation is going to kill you. i think that's important to keep in mind. >> you're right. the perspective, they say engine exhaust, we're surrounded by engine exhaust all the time if you live in a big city. in terms of cell phone companies, may this change or is there any consideration of changing either recommendations, warnings, or just guidelines for use? >> you know, governments really do look to the world health organization for guidance, kiran, and it is possible that the fcc could say let's look at this and might ask cell phone companies to go back to the drawing board and try to come up with phones that emit less radiation. that's one of the things that could come from this. right now, the cell phone companies really to a large extent, seem to be sort of dismissing to some extent this study. here's something from their statement. what they said is that it's clear that this does not -- the who was clear that there was no -- this classification does not mean cell phones cause cancer and the who finding is based on limited evidence. that's the statement that the cell phone industry put out yesterday. >> interesting the response from the industry, one thing we were saying, we would like to hear the industry say we are doing everything we can to make sure this is a safe product and that the very smallest amounts of radiation are being emitted, you know, because people are very concerned when you hear that it's put in a list that includes lead and chloroform -- >> they haven't been in front of this really. if somebody says these things are dangerous, it won't be because the cell phone companies did it first. >> that's fair to say. it is interesting if you read the small print on the websites of some cell phone companies they will tell you that you should be holding your phone a little bit away from your head like about half an inch. now, i don't know how in the world you can do that really, to hold your phone half an inch away from your head. that's not very practical. sort of surprises me in a way they don't say what all the experts i talked to say, which is the answer to this problem, is this. it's this. it is a headset. the reason why is that the farther away your phone is from your head, the better. this is not so great. this, the radiation, is dissipating into the air. hold it far away, put it on speaker phone or use a bluetooth one is fine also, that's the answer here. it's not going to completely cut your radiation but cut it to a large extent. >> good advice. thanks. we want to ask you, will the risk of cancer change the way you use your cell phone? that is our question of the day. we want to hear from you. e-mail us at cnn.com/am, tweet us at @cnnam, facebook.com/americanmorning. we'll read your responses later this morning. i want to put a filter in this so my wife doesn't e-mail me. there's a whole lot of "i told you so". >> a lot of young people put the cell phone under their pillows, their alarm clock, night light, everything. >> we'll have lots on this through the course of the show. nato extending its mission in libya another 90 days. a statement from the head of the military alliance saying the extension, quote, sends a clear message to the gadhafi regime they are determined to protect the people of libya. nato war planes and missiles have been pounded gadhafi's forces and buildings since the end of march now. president obama today welcoming republicans to the white house, but can the two sides come to an agreement on what it will take to let the government continue to borrow money. it follows a symbolic vote that took place on the debt ceiling in the house. our brianna keilar is live at the white house this morning. so, everybody admits obly that it's a problem and we sort of have to reign in our spending and how much we borrow, but there are two very different perspectives on what this debt ceiling vote means. >> yeah, whether the debt ceiling should be raised on its own, or -- which is what the obama administration says, or house republicans who say they want spending cuts for it. this vote failed overwhelmingly, 318-97, a lot of democrats joining joining republicans, this was house republicans saying to the obama administration you can't raise the debt ceiling on its own. see it failed. give us some of what we want, spending cuts. you see house democrats on the hill saying this was a ploy as we heard, some of the democrats say, here at the white house they're taking a much more measured tone, not jumping into the fray, and president obama will have a chance today to meet with house republicans. jay carney, the press secretary here, was asked what about that vote and he sort of said, it's fine, it's fine. you could see they were trying not to jump into it. this session today, as he meets with house republicans, being billed as a listening session, an opportunity for him to hear republicans concerns and this is as the clock ticks towards the august 2nd deadline, the treasury department has set, for a debt ceiling definitely needing to be increased. >> it will be interesting. 86 democrats sided with republicans on this some. i wonder how many of them are gearing up for a tough re-election fight. >> and certainly there's a lot of appetite for cutting spending and a feeling among lawmakers that they certainly need to take that tack and appeal to voters. the next step here moving towards deficit reduction because we were looking at the hill, right, at some possibility for them to come up with a solution. we were looking at that senate group, the gang of six bipartisan group that was talking about a solution, well that went all but belly up last month. now there's a lot of renewed interest in the talks going on with vice president joe biden. the talking point here at the white house, that they're very optimistic that things are going well. there's a lot of work to be done. the big sticking point, whether taxes should be increased. republicans say no way, it's a nonstarter, different story from democrats, different story from the white house, guys. >> all right. brianna keilar this morning, thanks so much. one of the democrats said, i'm not going to have a repeat of 2008 when they had the split screen and watched the stock market plunge as republicans voted against approving t.a.r.p. >> barbara boxer and bob casey saying the first thing they need to do is make sure congress doesn't get paid if you're not raising the debt ceiling. >> top of the triage list. ratko mladic, the so-called butcher of bosnia, has been extradited by serbia, in the custody of the united nations in netherlands at the international court in the hague. he's been processed at the detention center. mladic is facing genocide charges and other war crimes with the massacre of 8,000 bosnia men and boys in srebrenica and the 44 month siege of the capital seer yeah vo. to iraqi refugees face terrorism charges for alledgedly helping al qaeda carry out attacks against u.s. troops. the men identified as ron and shareef. federal officials say in recent months the two men were involved in a plot to provide weapons from the u.s. to al qaeda on pratives in iraq. and the number of people stung by jellyfish on florida's atlantic beaches are ballooning at 1600. most victims are being treated with a vinegar solution. officials say they've gone through about 25 gallons of vinegar. scientists say the small but potent species appear in large numbers after small changes in climate making it a sting-filled memorial day weekend. >> and everybody in central florida smells like a salad. the number going up to 1600, is that new stings or are we just counting more people? i can't imagine that fully the same number of people after hearing this everywhere, went in and got jellyfished. >> you mow who is going to know that, rob. >> let's ask rob. >> rob marciano in the extreme weather center. >> you know, americans want to know just how many people have been stung. >> i want to know how many people were stung after everybody found out there were jellyfish. >> how many heeded the warning. >> like much of the stuff we report in the news business, it's accumulating. probably 800 on top of the 800. >> changes in weather, yesterday we were saying wind, are these -- are we looking at this is the start of summer and these are popular tourist beaches. >> i read one report scientists said it has something to do with el nino, but we're in a la nina so that doesn't make sense. temperatures in the gulf or seaboard are about a degree above celsius. maybe that makes it inviting for jellyfish. happy hurricane season, everybody. it's june 1st. we've got a long one to go and more -- talk more about that in the next half an hour. a lot of heat today. temperatures are going to be in the mid to upper 90s. records across the board yesterday. temps in the mid to upper 90s through thursday, potentially through friday as well and cooling off across the northeast. look at chicago, temperatures staying around 90 degrees. no place to escape it, at least in central florida right now. just a temporary thing. don't cancel your plans to cocoa beach, especially in you're going to see the last shuttle launch in july. guys, we'll keep that vinegar handy, does go nice on a salad, especially the red wine stuff. >> you already got the oil, sun tan oil. >> nice. >> yeah, that's -- all right. >> that's grossing you out. >> you're walking down the beach in south florida and people start licking you. >> that was our senior jellyfish correspondent, rob marciano. congressman anthony weiner had a heated exchange with reporters, and dana bash, and her producer as well over the lewd photo sent from his account to a college student. he says he was hacked, remember. he wouldn't answer other direct questions about it yesterday. >> why don't you do -- you want to do the briefing. >> do you -- >> do you want to do the the briefing, sir? >> lewd photograph was sent -- >> called our cnn producer there a jackass. we'll have more of this exchange 16 minutes past the hour. i have astigmatism. so my old contact lenses would sometimes move 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