Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Tonight, hundreds of firefighters are battling another wildfire in the west, a fire fed by the heat and drought. Today, government forecasters told us a change in the long term weather pattern is coming that could bring more moisture to the area, and fewer fires, along with a slowerthanusual hurricane season. They predict eight to 13 tropical storms during the season, which begins june 1, with three to six of them becoming hurricanes. We have two reports on the extreme weather. First, carter evans on the wildfire tonight in central arizona. Reporter the fire is burning in a canyon just a few miles from the popular tourist town of sedona. High wind grounded water dropping aircraft yesterday, and the fire grew from 800 acres to nearly 5,000 in just six hours. Calmer conditions allowed the aerial attack to resume this morning, but by midafternoon, wind gusts reached 35 miles per hour. Captain bill morse is with the flagstaff fire department. This is the test. Its happening now. Here comes the wind. All we really need is one wind shift and some embers blowing over the top of our control lines, and then we have the potential of it moving up into the Kachina Village. Reporter thats where more than 3,000 homeowners have been told they must be ready to leave. How long have you lived here . Ive been here since 95. Reporter how many times have you had to evacuate . This is the first time. Reporter josh allen lives three miles downwind from the fire. Hes cleared the brush around his home and has a trailer packed with family heirlooms. If they give the order, how long before youre out of here . Just load the dogs and out, so a minute, two minutes. Reporter up to 800 firefighters are battling the flames, and the main road leading to Tourist Attractions between sedona and flagstaff is closed just as the long memorial day weekend gets underway. Pelley how are the firefighters doing protecting Kachina Village now . Reporter commanders tell us they were able to cut a fire break by burning away dried brush at the leading edge of the fire and, scott, they expect that line to hold as long as the weather cooperates. Pelley carter, thanks very much. Fire season, of course, is just starting. The forecast is for higherthan normal fire potential in july and august for most of the california, nevada, oregon, and even into southern washington. Now, more about that forecast for hurricane season. Vicente arenas has that. Reporter the Atlantic Ocean had been in a period of high activity for hurricanes since 1995, causing more than 360 billion in damage. The main reason for todays forecast for a slower season is the development of the weather phenomenon called el nino. An el nino occurs when the water temperature off the Pacific Coast of south america becomes abnormally warm. That band of warm water changes wind patterns around the world. Jerry bell is the governments lead hurricane forecaster. If theres strong wind sheer, which is what el nino produces, that strong change in wind direction and speed with height will either prevent storms from forming or rip a hurricane apart if it moves into that. Reporter surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean are expected to be cooler and rob storms of the energy they need to become hurricanes. But n. O. A. A. Administrator Kathryn Sullivan warned its hard to predict the strength of the storms that do reach the u. S. As we saw with sandy in 2012, and with hurricane andrew back in 1992, it only takes one destructive storm to make for a very bad season on the ground in our communities. Reporter a new Warning System will be available this year to alert coastal residents about storm surge. This map is an example of what an alert could look like in south florida. The colors indicate how a surge could rise. The warning will be updated at least every six hours. And here in the ft. Lauderdale area, waves caused by storm surge from Hurricane Sandy in 2012 wiped out two lanes of a highway. And, scott, we should caution that these government predictions have only been right about half the time. Last year, they predicted that there would be 11 hurricanes. There were just two. Pelley vicente, thank you very much. Severe storms are pushing through other parts of the country tonight. Hail in pennsylvania brought highway traffic to a stop. In redding, they got enough to shovel. Hailstones crashed through a skylight at a mall, and in danville, windshields were shattered. Today, speaker of the house john boehner had to compose himself while describing the scandal in v. A. Health care. Some v. A. Hospitals are being accused of creating phony waiting lists to hide long delays in treatment for veterans. Our cbs news poll out tonight shows 45 of americans think that the v. A. Secretary, eric shinseki, should resign. 31 do not. Nancy cordes caught up with shinseki today, but, nancy, first, tell us about the speakers comments. Reporter well, scott, Speaker Boehner said he was getting closer to calling on secretary shinseki to resign, and he grew emotional when he explained why. These are men and women who served. Our country, and weve not just let them down, weve let them die. This is awful stuff and somebody ought to be held accountable for it. Reporter i asked shinseki when he was here on the hill today whether he believes that he has the full confidence of president obama, and he said yes, he thinks he does. He also told us that he did not offer his resignation to the president when the two met yesterday. Shinseki was called here to the hill today to meet with democratic senator dick durbin who had concerns about v. A. Facilities in his home state of illinois. Cbs news reported last week about possible secret waiting lists at the hines v. A. Medical center in suburban chicago. Shinseki told us today that auditors had visited that facility last week and didnt uncover any irregularities, but that investigators will be going back there next week to talk to whistle blowers. Pelley and a report to the white house expected next week. Nancy, thank you very much. One hospital under investigation is in phoenix. The president sent a top aide there today, and John Blackstone picks up that story. White house deputy chief of staff rob nabors said nothing as he entered the troubled v. A. Hospital in phoenix today. An email from the acting director, steve young, told the staff, if you should have the opportunity to talk to mr. Nabors, i encourage you to be open and honest. But some who work in the hospital say being open and honest leads to retaliation. Dr. Katherine mitchell says she was moved out of the emergency room when she complained it was understaffed and poorly run. In the 16 years that ive been there, every time someone speaks up for Patient Safety or concerns about patient care, they essentially are retaliated against. Reporter in an email to the acting director, mitchell urged that nabors meet privately with hospital workers. Most staff will likely refuse to speak openly in front of other administrators because of palpable fear of retaliation. He needs to speak to the employees who have been struggling ethically with these issues for years and are waiting for someone to come and listen to them. Reporter judi beischel, the american legions arizona commander, spends time with veterans across the state and has heard many complaints about the phoenix v. A. Hospital. Shes one of the members of veterans groups invited to meet the president s representative at the hospital today. Reporter nabors will report to the president on his visit here today. His findings are separate, scott, from an investigation under way by the v. A. s own inspector general, who is looking into practices at 26 v. A. Hospitals nationwide. Pelley John Blackstone, thank you, john. In ukraine today, prorussian militias attacked a military checkpoint in the east, and at least 12 ukrainian soldiers were killed. More than 30 others were wounded. Ukraines government accused russia of trying to disrupt the upcoming election, and Charlie Dagata is in ukraine. Reporter bodies were covered with blankets and lay where they fell. Charred military vehicles this is the aftermath of a predawn attack that took Ukrainian Government soldiers by surprise. Prorussian separatists struck this government checkpoint around 20 miles south of donetsk, an area that hadnt seen much trouble until now, just days before sundays watershed elections to choose a new president. It was terrifying, said this soldier. Three of my friends are dead, and i still cant collect their bodies. This prorussian fighter showed off a stash of weapons he said had been captured in a raid. Its the biggest single loss of life for Government Forces since the unrest in Eastern Ukraine began two months ago. Pelley Charlie Dagata is reporting from donetsk tonight. Charlie, the worst violence so far, and election day is sunday. How is that likely to be affected . Reporter well, scott, its not just the worst attack against Ukrainian Forces here. Its the closest one to donetsk. And although the government insists that this president ial vote will go ahead on sunday throughout this region in Eastern Ukraine, a lot of people here say they dont know how thats going to happen, especially in light of this mornings attack. Pelley Charlie Dagata. Thanks, charlie. Today, the u. N. Security council added boko haram to its list of terrorists and it imposed economic sanctions. Boko haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in nigeria last month. The u. S. Has sent drone aircraft to help in the search. In an interview that will be seen tomorrow on cbs this morning, charlie rose asked defense secretary chuck hagel if the u. S. Knows where the girls are. Northern nigeria is where those girls were abducted and where they initially were. They may be, some of those girls, in other countries. We dont know. Reporter you have no information as to where they are . We have information but we dont have any solid evidence. Reporter if we did, we would go get them . We would do everything we could, as president obama has said, to facilitate helping locate them and figuring out whats the quickest, easiest, fastest way, lowest risk to get them out and helping facilitate the nigerians getting them out. Pelley the rest of charlies interview on cbs this morning tomorrow. While the u. S. Searches from above, local hunters are searching on the ground in nigeria. Debora patta reports. Reporter before each hunt, these men prepare with a traditional dance, but this time, the hunters prey are fighters from boko haram. Armed only with homemade guns, spears, and knives, the hunters say they are nigerias best hope to rescue the kidnapped school girls. We know the terrain, we know the bushes, said adamsi tir. The girls may be hidden in the sprawling sambisa forest, but this is what the hunters will be up again. Abubakar shekau has led boko haram in an increasingly violent and brazen Terror Campaign for five years. Zanna mustafa is a lawyer from the north who knows shekau well, and said he is a charismatic leader. Reporter he told us shekau is always preaching and is willing to do anything to see nigeria become an islamic state. Reporter emboldened by the kidnapping, shekau launched more attacks this week, killing at least 46 people in two villages. Officially, nigeria does not negotiate with terrorists, scott, but our source say secret talks continue between boko haram and the government to try to secure the girls release. However, the ongoing violence shows little in the way of good faith from boko haram, and its only likely to put pressure on the Nigerian Government to take tougher action. Pelley debora patta. Debora, thanks very much. Today, thailands military announced it is seizing power after months of political protest. No shots were fired. The streets of bangkok were deserted. Soldiers enforced a curfew. It is the 12th coup in thailand since 1932. 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Reporter thumbprints or eye scanners have been tried as alternatives, but with spotty success, and people just seem more comfortable with passwords. A lot would have to change to adopt a new standard, right. So what we try to do is we take what users have been accustomed to for ages, and we make it really rock solid secure. Reporter in the meantime, scott, the White House Task force will be trying to come up with new identification tools for all of us to replace our passwords, and the goal is to do that in the next few years. Pelley Dean Reynolds in chicago for us tonight. Thank you, dean. Whats next for the iranians arrested for making a Youtube Video . Thats just ahead. Lot to do. Thats why i got my surface. Its great for watching game film and drawing up plays. Its got onenote, so i can stay on top of my todo list, which has been absolutely absurd since the big game. With skype, its just really easy to stay in touch with the kids i work with. 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