from the military leaders from iraq, but remember, we are 6 1/2 months from the date when almost all of the u.s. service members will be out of iraq. way bt i want to touch on that in a second. that attack is one of the second attacks in takrit. a suicide bomber drove into an iraqi checkpoint and killed 11 people there. keep in mind, this is is the same day that defense secretary robert gates is in country, and traveling for his farewell tour face-to-face with troops deployed in afghanistan. i want to go straight to the cnn pentagon correspondent chris lawrence with more on that. chris, before you and i talk about what secretary gates told the troops in afghanistan today and he got a little teary-eyed i want to talk about withdrawal from there, and specifically this upcoming wednesday, we have learned that president obama and afghan president chamid karzai will be talking. >> yes, and there will be emphasis on the troops withdrawing will be on the table. and look, there are two voices out there. one is that it needs to be slow and steady and that all of the gains that the u.s. has made are fragile and they can be reversed at any time, but there is another set of voices that says that the strategy has not worked and afghanistan is not on the way to being a stable country that can exist on its own, and there is no reason to expand tens of thousands of troops to go after the taliban when really a small target of al qaeda and other terrorist organizations. >> we know that secretary gates was there and addressing questions on that, troop drawdown and policy questions, but with the sound, you can hear that it got personal for him. secretary gates in afghanistan. >> i probably more than anybody, except for the president himself is responsible for you to be here. i signed the deployment orders that sent you here. that has weighed on me everyday that i have had this job for 4 1/2 years. and so i have taken it as my personal responsibility to make sure that you had what you need to accomplish your mission, to come home safe, and if you get hurt to be medevacked as quickly as possible and get the best possible care. i think about all of oyou every moment of everyday. i feel your hardship, your sacrifice and your burden, more than you can possibly imagine, and that of your family's as well. i think that you are the best that america has to offer. my admiration and affection for you is without limit. each and every one of you will be in my prayers everyday for the rest of my life. >> chris, we know that this is the 12th and final trip there, and no surprise that the men and women overseas are in his thoughts every single day. >> no, brooke, he is one of the longest serving defense secretaries in american history, so he has a long stretch of time with this war, and also now the realization that although, he is leaving, he's already, you know, sort of contributed to getting these troops over there, and now he is not going to be one of the voices in the room when it comes to developing strategy and trying to weighing in on things that the president has to decide. and so, there had to be a little bit of that feeling as well knowing that the troops are going to be there, but he is not in a position to influence what is going to happen to them. >> and finally, chris, we will see you later in the hour, but talk to me about the peace, of what is happening since you have spoken to the troops that they are coming home, and some of them are hooked on pills? >>have been talking about iraq and afghanistan for the better part of nine or ten years, so what has happened is that the troops who have gone through so many deployments, the toll mentally and physically has been incredible, and a lot of them are turning to prescription drugs. the catch here is that it's been the military and the v.a. that has been prescribing them, and some of the concoctions are not working well. >> we look forward to that later in the hour. chris lawrence at the pentagon. thank you, chris. and coming up next, prosecutors try to use a sample of air here, air here, in alleging that casey anthony killed her 2-year-old daughter, air from her car trunk. we will tell you how it is being used in the trial under way right now in orlando. we are going to go there live next. hey, did you ever finish last month's invoices? sadly, no. oh. but i did pick up your dry cleaning and had your shoes shined. well, i made you a reservation at the sushi place around the corner. well, in that case, i better get back to these invoices... which i'll do right after making your favorite pancakes. you know what? i'm going to tidy up your side of the office. i can't hear you because i'm also making you a smoothie. [ male announcer ] marriott hotels & resorts knows it's better for xerox to automate their global invoice process so they can focus on serving their customers. with xerox, you're ready for real business. before we talk about casey anthony and the trial under way there in orlando, i have a little bit more information on the speaking engagement. new york congressman anthony weiner to be speaking from the sheraton hotel and city, guys? new york. speaking at the top of the hour at 4:00 eastern, and we will bring it to you, and we don't know what he will be speaking about. as soon as we have an idea, we will let you know. back to orlando. inside of the casey anthony murder trial, a testimony turns from motion to science, and prosecutors at the halfway point now of this case against the florida mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, caylee, and who can forget this moment last week of casey anthony's mother breaking down on the witness stand as the prosecutors played that frantic 911 phone call. >> there is something wrong. i found my daughter's car today and it smells like there has been a dead body in the damn car. >> what is the 2-year-old daughter's name? >> caylee, c-a-y-l-e-e. >> jean casarez is a correspondent for trutv and joining me live from the trial in orlando. jean, what is today's testimony all about? is it about the smell, the smell of death as we have heard it described in casey anthony's car? >> that is a very big part of it. it is fascinating to listen to this, and to listen to the cross-examination, but dr. arpad vass is on the stand, and he is the foremost expert this this country for decomposing bodies, and he has studied them for 20 years. this has never come into the courtroom before, but he testified that he got a tin can filled with air from casey anthony's trunk. they sent it to him in tennessee from orlando, and he says he opened up the can and jumped back one to two feet, because it was so strong, the smell, and the odor, and when asked, is the odor of decomposition? and he said it was. and he did the analysis and he said that the chemicals were that of a decomposing body in that trunk, and also for the first time we heard chloroform coming into the trial. he said when he measured the chemicals and there was a huge peak compared to other chemicals of chloroform above and beyond what a decomposing body would put out. >> it ism m a mm a amazing to ht they can take a sample of air and put it in a encan and one o the issues will be if the judge will allow the jury to have a whiff of that can, and do we know when the judge will say yes or no? >> we don't know. but the prosecutors have mentioned it and mentioned nit jury selection that they have tin cans left, and the judge was skeptical, because what you are doing is to take a jury and you are making them witnesses in a sense. so, we will see what the judge does, but if he allows it, that is a first time that has ever been allowed in a courtroom, too. >> that is amazing. jean casarez for us covering the casey anthony trial in orlando. thank you. >> thank you. we were all over this when it first happened last week. remember, sarah palin's comment about paul revere made us do a double-take here, and now she defending what she said. we will hear from her next. again, we are getting word that congressman anthony weiner is going to address the media at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. by a heart valve problem. today we have pradaxa to reduce the risk of a stroke caused by a clot. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there's no need for those regular blood tests. pradaxa is progress. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding, and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, have kidney problems or a bleeding condition, like stomach ulcers. or if you take aspirin products, nsaids, or blood thinners. tell your doctor about all medicines you take, any planned medical or dental procedures, and don't stop taking pradaxa without your doctor's approval, as stopping may increase your stroke risk. other side effects include indigestion, stomach pain, upset, or burning. if you have afib not caused by a heart valve problem, ask your doctor if pradaxa can reduce your risk of a stroke. again, just to remind you that as i am sitting here watching the clock along with you, we are about 45 minutes away from hearing from new york congressman anthony weiner, and he will be addressing members of the media at the top of the hour from the sheraton hotel out of manhattan, and again, we will bring you the latest developments and what it is that he has to say. thus far, we don't know yet specifically what he will be addressing. i want to revisit a piece of history. last thursday to be exact, we were tracking the sarah palin bus tour as it took the former alaskan governor the boston. let me pick up there. >> reporter: word got out today that she was walking the sights of of the the freedom trail and signing hats and t-shirts and take a listen to something, because she is doing a riff on the midnight ride of the original, original tea party patriot paul revere. listen. >> he warned the british that they weren't going to be taking away our arms by ringing those bells and making sure that as he rode the horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free. >> wait a second, governor. >> history lesson from sarah palin on the midnight ride of paul revere. again, that was last thursday, but as it turned out, we were not the only ones to notice her take on that part of american history, but this story has taken off and some media offered history lessons on paul revere's ride. >> reporter: as school kids across the nation learned, that paul revere warned the colonists that the british were coming and remembered not for bells, but lanterns and one if by land and two if by sea. >> so, palin's version of paul revere's bells versus lanterns may have raised a few eyebrows, but in an exclusive interview on fox news channel where she is by the way a paid contributor, palin held her ground. this is what she said. >> you know, what i didn't mess up about paul revere. this is what paul revere did. he warned the americans that the british were coming, and the british are coming, and they are going to try to take our arms. i was not one ride. he was a courier and messenger, and part of the ride was to warn the british that were there, you are not going to succeed or take the arms. i answered candidly, and i know my american history. >> the palins are off of the road now making a new pit stop at their vacation home in arizona. we will tell you about the palin biopic in nevada, iowa, new hampshire and south carolina and one more time for good measure, palin maintains she is not running for president. and tests show that another vegetable is not the source of the deadly e. coli outbreak, and so now what? and with his wife by his side, the head of the imf pleads not guilty to sexually sas sa l assaulting a hotel maid. and now the head of the hotel and lodging association will tell us whether he believes it is a good idea to give maids a panic button, and whether he believes lit work. and anthony weiner addressing the press today at 4:00. a lot of news happening on a monday. we will be right back. again, just a reminder that 40 minutes away here from the press briefing that will be given by new york congressman anthony wean, and there he is speaking with our own wolf blitzer and that is from last week, that the congressman will be speaking the top of the hour. with le brithat we will bring i you and we don't know specifically what he will be addressing. here in germany, scientists are keeping an eye on the deadly e. coli outbreak, and they say that the source is probably not bean sprouts. they felt that sprouts from a farm in germany did make people sick, but at least 1 person in germany and 12 in sweden have died from this toxic strain of e. coli that can make people very ill. and people with the deadliest form of skin cancer, for the first time two new treatment options that prolong survival. research was presented in the national cancer conference this weekend. and the drugs caused the tumors to slink and prolong life for patients with melanoma that have spread to other parts of the body. scientists call it striking and remarkable. a woman in libya who says that she was gang raped by moammar gadhafi's forces has fled. she was hoping to be a refugee in qatar, but reported last week and sent back to libya. a high-level state source says that the u.s. worked closely with officials in europe and libya to get her out of libya and provide her with the support needs. and the fighting in syria is the deadliest. opposition protesters clashed with government troops in the northeast of syria. a television station there says that 120 security forces were ambushed by what they called armed gangs who reportedly set government buildings on fire. we are working to get confirmation on the figures and more details. so stay tuned for that. to arizona where crews are fiting the third largest wildfire in that state's history. look at these images with me. the massive fire near the arizona/new mexico border has already destroyed just about 200,000 acres. pushed along by strong winds, dry temperatures, but here's the tough number here, right now, the fire is zero percent contained. zero. the winds are picking up more and more than 2,000 people have had to leave their homes. arizona governor jan brewer calling this fire horrific. we know that there are a couple of other fires burning in the southeast part of the state, but chad myers, i want to bring you in, because as i read about the fire today, it is the northern half of the state where they have the red flag warning. >> yes. >> which means what? that the winds are picking up? that it is great conditions for a wildfire? >> well, certainly no burning. no outdoor burning or camp fire, because those things fall under red flag warning and simply don't do it. and the other thing is that the winds are blowing 25 to 30. and the containment they are trying to make, is that they had relief from the wind in the overnight hours trying to make the backfires which is if you take a dozer and make a road and then try to burn the fire away from the road so that when the real fire gets up to that road, you will have a buffer where it can't burn anything else, because it has been burning over the hours, and you do that when the winds are 1 or 2 miles an hour, but not when they are 25 or 30. so, when the wind is 25 or 30, the embers go downwind and start fires ahead of where the firefighters are. so it is dangerous and difficult situation when the fires are in a big tough terrain area like here, and the wind is oblowing like that. >> i want to bring in brad who is a fire information officer out there in arizona, springerville, arizona, to be precise. brad, are you with me? >> i am. thanks for having me. >> we were just talking about the fire, and one of the issues that i have read is the fact that this burn path is very unpredictable which is making it a more difficult situation for the guys and gals out there fighting this thing. >> it is unpredictable, and this is a complex fire, and we have a lot of odifferent factors playing into play on how massive the fire is getting. we have the terrain, the weather that mother nature is serving us, and also some of the rugged areas that the firefighters are trying to work in. it is right now wind is giving us the biggest headache, and there were some forecasts earlier that there is a potential for dry lightning strikes out here, and that would be just another element of the fire that we have to handle. >> this area has gone through, brad, this is chad, a difficult drought situation and points east of there as well where the fire could be burning into it. what is the outlook here? >> well, the outlook is that it is a long haul fire, and we are in for a long durduration, and will be excited for the monsoon rains to comto put this fire out. we have many plans in place, and we have known for the a while that in arizona and throughout the southwest we have had the markings of a dramatic wildfire season and unfortunately, we don't like the predictions to be correct, but they have been. with the predictions have come the tactics and strategies to ramp up, and we are not taken off guard by the weather conditions or the situations with the fire, but we are trying to keep up with mother nature. >> brad, i feel like it is not often that i sit up here when we talk about the wildfires and say that a fire is zero percent contained, but that number jumps out at me. what is the biggest challenge other enthab, you n than the co you were describing to try to begin to get this thing contained? >> well, it is the weather, and right now, we are having a lot of spot fires as it was described so well before. when we have fire that is crowning or working the tops of the trees, one small ember can be thrown three miles and start a big run of fire. that happened a couple off days ago that it lit up 60,000 acres because of embers. that is not one area of the fire, but every arena the fire is burning in has that growth potential. so we have evacuated communities, and can't emphasize enough how great the community support has been in cooperation. these folks are tight knit community, and been adhering to the warnings. >> and a lot of the folks say they are suffocating, and some of those who have evacuated as well. ena a and thank you, brad and chad for joining us. i hope they get the assets they need. >> yes, and people from other parts of the country to jump in as well. did you see this? take a look. i know it is hard to hear, and we listened to it, but some of the chants are "shame on you" as the former headf of the imf walks into court. we will tell you what happened when he got inside and what the maid accusing him of sexual assault is now saying. that is next. plus, it is confirmed, we know what tv's katie couric plans to do next and where. we will tell you coming up, and again, we are waiting to hear from congressman anthony weiner who is planning to address members of the media at 4:00. we don't know what he will be talking about, but kate bolduan is on capitol hill and gathering information. she will join us here in a moment. all right. just into us here at cnn, we have been reporting that congressman anthony weiner is going to speak in new york city at the top of the hour. we do not know the subject matter. but we are aware of a new photo being made public this afternoon. take a look. here it is. we believe it does show a shirtless anthony weiner and according to the conservative blog it came from a woman who was exchanges messages with the congressman online. it was sent 20th of may via e-mail and that e-mail does not show any evidence of photo shopping, and it is difficult to be absolutely c