when i see you at 8:00, how a lack of sleep could be more dangerous than you ever imagined. and we'll talk coffee and a little commerce with starbucks ceo howard schultz. but first as we do every monday morning, we begin with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. it was minutes. i had less than five minutes to get out of that house. >> raging colorado wildfires turn deadly. >> a woman received two evacuation notices. but when firefighters arrived at her cabin, they were turned away by a wall of flame. >> spreading at a mile an hour. >> winds have already destroyed 100 structures. >> we're just trying to hang in there. >> we'll rebuild. if we have to. this is one of the most serious breeches since anyone can remember. >> a capital showdown looms over alleged white house intelligence leaks. >> a number of top secret programs have been disclosed in recent months. >> president obama is in a very embarrassing situation that could escalate to a full-blown scandal. and the start to the trial of jerry sandusky. >> a 28-year-old man identified as victim number four -- >> he alleges that jerry sandusky raped or sexually assaulted him more than 40 times. >> middleborough, massachusetts. residents start enforcing a $20 fine for cursing in public. >> that woman is recovering after police say a man poured gas on her and lit her on fire. all that -- >> for the first time in their 45-year history, the kings are the kings! you had an hispanic name originally. >> yes, i did. >> your name was originally geraldo rivera. a daredevil's dangerous move caught on video. this driver caught hanging on the open door hang using one hand to store and cameron forgot his daughter at a pub. called the pub, hello, is the daughter there? and she was. the secret service messing around with colombian prostitutes. you never know what they never did? left malia in an applebee's. [ laughter ] captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." a massive wildfire in colorado is burning through half a mile of forest every hour and threatening hundreds of homes. >> one death is now blamed on the fire, which burned dozens of buildings on monday. barry peterson is in bellevue, colorado. good morning. >> good morning, charlie and erica. and our viewers in the west. the fire has now scorched more than 41,000 acres. it is zero percent contained. and there is worry about possible high winds later this afternoon. experts are calling this a dirty fire. that means the flames skip over areas and then circle back burn what they missed the first time. jim key believes that his home was destroyed. >> my dream. >> your dream? >> it was my dream. this place. i mean, i -- i got my saw mill. and living off the land. i mean, it's been my dream to live here. i think it went yesterday. so it's real sad. >> reporter: 400 firefighters have been battling the blaze from the air and on the ground. that number will soon swell to 600. and while the steep mountainous terrain appears green, a dry winter and spring have left the moisture level in the trees down to 60%. at this time of year, it's usually 90%. the result, flames are leaping easily from treetop to treetop. >> so even that fuel looks green, normally wouldn't burn this time of year, it's burning very well. and that's why we are getting this aggressive and active fire behavior that we are. >> reporter: at least 118 structures have burned. cheryl pratt and her daughter, char, are hoping their home was not one of them. >> if our house is there, then we have faith for our neighbors to pull in a camper, to be close to their house or whatever they need. >> so far, the focus has been on life safety and structure protection. a different team, a recovery team, will go in and start determining what the damage was. where these homes exactly are. who they are owned by. and work directly with those residents. >> reporter: there has been one fatality. linda steadman, a wife, grandmother. firefighters were at her doors to rescue her when they were literally beaten back by the flames. president obama's white house has been on the defensive for nearly a week now over classified information that was reported by the press. republicans claim it was leaked by democrats for political reasons. nora o'donnell says they want an independent investigation not led by the justice department. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. you've heard the president say it's offensive to suggest that anyone in his white house leaked information. but senator mccain says that is exactly what this white house did. and that's why today, senator mccain is introducing a senate resolution calling for a special counsel. the leaks involve highly classified information. one about the president's approval of drone attacks to target a secret kill list of terrorists. another included details about a joint american-israeli cyber attack on iran's nuclear program. >> this is one of the most serious breaches since anyone can remember. >> senator john mccain accuses the obama administration of intentionally leaking the information to make the president look tough in an election year. >> whenever there's a leak, look at who benefits. and then you can usually find out who did the leaking. >> the department of justice quietly announced late friday that it would appoint two u.s. attorneys, not an independent special counsel, to conduct a criminal investigation. but that is not enough for critics like senator mccain, who argue that these investigators still work for attorney general eric holder. the president says he has zero tolerance for these kinds of leaks. then why not support a special prosecutor? >> there is no need for special counsel. these things have consistently been investigated when that's appropriate. >> the last special counsel investigated the bush administration for leaking the name of cia operative valerie plame. fit gerald had all the power of the attorney general and could subpoena whoever he wanted. >> nora is joining me here at the "face the nation" desk. tell me why a special counsel is necessary. >> well, senator mccain and more of the republicans want the special counsel because that's the only way they say it's going to be an independent thorough investigation. these u.s. attorneys who are appointed by the attorney general, eric holder, if they want to subpoena, they have to actually report and get that through the attorney general. so there's a suggestion that it wouldn't be an independent investigation. >> does the administration agree that there have been serious leaks and these things are serious and they want to see something done about them? >> the president says he has zero tolerance for these leaks. and that's why he said he's sure it wasn't anyone in his white house. the justice department also points out that they have launched six cases since 2009 to investigate these leaks. and interestingly, charlie that, is more than all previous administrations combined. there have been about three other prosecutions of leaks before that. >> but does the administration agree with senator mccain when he says this is the most serious breach that he can remember? >> i don't know that they agree with that. i think there have been other serious breaches. but i think what this white house is saying and the president has said, zero tolerance. it's got to stop. and they have been tougher on prosecuting these leaks than anybody else. but i think you also have to remember, and many people would be surprised, there's no law against leaking classified information. the people who have been prosecuted in the past, it's actually been under the espionage -- an espionage statute. daniel elsburg with the pentagon papers was prosecuted under that. so it's very tough to get one of these convictions. >> nora o'donnell, thank you. good to see you. >> good to see you. good morning, by the way. we have been reporting on the so-called fiscal cliff coming at the end of the year when major tax cuts are set to expire and $1.2 trillion in spending cuts would take effect. this morning, secret discussions are going to deal with the fiscal cliff. rebecca jarvis talked with economists and two legislators involved. good morning. >> good morning to you. cbs news has learned that this is a broad group of about 30 senators from both sides of the is aisle, and according to sources in the meetings it is not just those with so-called bases nearing retirement. there are even some freshmen senators participating. it began with a dinner. a senator who has been attending says there's no clear leader, calling it a coalition of the willing. insiders also tell me that the senators have been broken into working groups to address primary issues, including defense spending, corporate taxes, and individual taxes. and while the groups overall are agreeing on principle, and coming to some broad conclusions, they are still split down party lines on specifics. participants in the meetings say that their biggest achievement so far is just getting to the same table, bringing lawmakers together from both the left and the right. a rarity these days. and as far as what they are agreeing on, people who were in those meetings say everyone wants to cut corporate taxes. but how big those cuts will be and how to pay for them is still up in the air. another bone of contention, tax loopholes. both sides agree they want to close them, but there are the sacred cows in the mix like eductions for mortgages and charitable donations. and those are not easy to deal with. one area where there actually does seem to and be is broad agreement they likely will not be extending the temporary payroll tax cuts. charlie? >> rebecca jarvis, thank you. with us now from boston, ed gillespie, senior adviser to mitt romney's presidential campaign. good morning, ed. >> good morning, charlie. >> so where -- what does the romney campaign say it will do different and how do their plans for dealing with the fiscal cliff differ from what the president might do? >> well, first of all, charlie, there's been an absence of leadership as you can see. we have senators talking about this. but the president has been vacant. he has been campaigning and obviously having a lot of fundraisers. but in terms of what governor romney would be different, clearly, you know, a completely different direction in terms of policy. governor romney would repeal obama care as you know and prere-place it with market oriented reforms and take that drag off the economy that the health care bill has proven to be. he would reduce tax rates and spur economic growth. he would be tougher in terms of china's currency manipulations. so in terms of doing things different, pretty much down the line, especially when it comes to economic policy, things would be very different under a president romney as far as -- >> but is he looking for a -- >> from day one. >> ed, is governor romney prepared to try to seek out a grand bargain that jeb bush, for example, says he supports, looking for some capacity to deal with this -- that fiscal cliff by looking at both the spending side and the revenue side? >> well, charlie, as you said, i was listening to your news account about these secret talks. so, you know, these are secret. up until now, i'm not familiar with what these discussions are and i don't think it would be appropriate for me to put words in governor romney's mouth. about, you know, a news report i just heard about. >> well, you certainly are familiar, ed, with his thinking. >> charlie, you asked me to comment on something i just can't comment on. i'm sorry. i just heard about this in my earpiece. and certainly an interesting story. and like i say, i don't doubt your reporting on it. and congratulate you for unearthing this secret. but to put me on at 7:00 in the morning and ask me what governor romney thinks about it when i just heard it now i don't think would be appropriate for me as a senior adviser to the campaign to put words in his mouth. i apologize. >> let me distinguish between a secret meeting, whatever that might be, and the simple basic question of this campaign. for example, jeb bush was with me last week and he said that when all the republicans are in the presidential primary said that they would not accept a 10-1 spending cut versus tax revenue, that he would have, and that he would have been prepared and would like to see the republican party look to a grand bargain. is jeb bush or is jeb bush and governor romney on the same page? >> well, governor romney has a plan. a vigorous plan to control federal spending. and to in fact reform our social security and medicare programs so they would be saved for future generations to start with and across the board discretionary cuts in spending, to foster economic growth, which is the biggest cause of our deficit rye night now as you kn. we have too much spending and too little revenue coming in because we have 8.2% unemployment. so governor romney is running on his plan, which is a plan for spurring economic growth and to rein in federal spending and to make sure we save our entitlement programs for future generations and in the process bring down the rate of increase in federal spending. >> ed gillespie, one last question. where is this contest between governor romney and president obama right now in terms of you with your own political instints look at? >> i think it's close. i think this is going to be a close contest throughout. charlie, as you know, the country is pretty evenly divided. and as you look at the nationwide surveys and the surveys in critical swing states that will make a difference in terms of the electoral college outcome, president obama and romney remain close. but when you look at president obama's numbers, he's consistently somewhere between, you know, 44% and 47%. which historically is a danger zone for an incumbent president running for re-election. it's unlikely that there are many voters who haven't already kind of formed a conclusion about the president and his performance. and i think that's why he's so consistently below 50%. and often, at the end of an election when the incumbent president, the undecideds tend to break pretty favorable in terms of the opponent. i think it will be close even into the fall. >> thank you. prosecutors jumped right in as jerry sandusky's sexual abuse case began on monday. one of the accusers telling the jury that the longtime penn state coach abused him for years. we have a report from the course this morning in pennsylvania. >> good morning. day two of the trial is now underway. another day of dramatic testimony from a young man who says as a young boy he was abused at the hands of jerry sandusky. as jerry sandusky entered court on monday, he was on his way, it turned out, to hear a graphic tale of alleged abuse at his own hands. the witness, a slight now 28-year-old man, previously identified by prosecutors as victim number four. speaking in a flat, steely voice, the accuser testified how a friendship at 13 grew into a five-year ordeal. gifts and special access to penn state practices and games weighed against the touching and fondling, countless soap battles in the coach's shower, leading to repeated oral sex and other sexual acts. did you ever tell anyone else, asked the lead prosecutor. no, answered the accuser. i was too scared. things were nice. i didn't want to lose that. monday's opening arguments displayed clear signs of how both the prosecution and defense plan to proceed. the young smiling faces of the eight victims expected to testified being flashed on the video screen, calling out their first names. the defense attorney likening the fight to a david and goliath battle, and that his client was naive and innocent. keep an open mind, he asked the jury. what you hear initially is going to be graphic. it's going to be very, very easy to say i've heard enough. it's going to be awkward. but that doesn't make it true. one of the most dramatic moments came late yesterday afternoon when joe amen dolea asked the victim, didn't jerry sandusky treat you like a son? and the victim replied, the alleged victim replied, yes, in public he did. aside from that, he treated me like his girlfriend. charlie? >> thank you very much. the u.n. says the violence in syria is getting worse this morning, and syrian troops are using children as human shields. the united states says bashir al assad's government may be organizing another massacre. elizabeth palmer travelled north of the hard-hit city of homs, this morning in the syrian capital damascus. >> reporter: the fierce battle in homs is just on the southern edge of a whole area of central syria along the main highway where the syrian military and the armed opposition have been fighting each other from positions that are often just a few hundred yards apart. a police barrier marks the start of the war zone. just north of homs, fighting has closed syria's main highway. but the u.n. has allowed through and we go with them. on either side, mile after mile of devastation. and dug in all along the way, syrian tanks and artillery, some ready for battle, others wrecked and burned by armed opposition attacks. every few hundred yards along this road, there are syrian military installations. and yet as soon as we stop, within seconds, out came the syrian free army to talk to us. most civilians have now fled from these towns. but just up the road, a woman shops and waves us in.of wrecked she says a syrian army helicopter missile did this. and a young opposition fighter agrees. when a helicopter suddenly appears overhead. the u.n. says syrian forces have attacked the opposition from the air in recent days. it's time to go. we pass through syria army checkpoints. they are dug in with their heavy armor in force. but not forceful enough to take down the rebel flag hanging from an overpass just up the road. while syrians and international diplomats are still reluctant to call this a civil war, that certainly is what it looks like along the highway and in some of the villages north of homs. for "cbs this morning," i'm elizabeth palmer in da >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by hotels.com. finding you the perfect place is all we do. well, hello! welcome to hotels.com. summer road trip, huh? 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