The wildfire has nearly quadrupled in size. Triggering mass iive evacuation. 2,500 structures remain threatened. The International Community to take action in syria what weve seen indicates that this is clearly a big event. Of great concern. We dont expect cooperation, given their past history. San diego mare bob filner reportedly preparing to resign. His parting gift should be good riddance. Instead of a handout. Rain and hail all over colorado. Causing all kinds of problems. That is crazy what a crazy day. A Technical Glitch at the nasdaq. We dont really know whats happening. Aaron hernandez indicted on first degree murder charges in the killing of oden lloyd. A huge wave crashed into a riverfront in eastern china. All that the motorcyclist slamming into a bear in british columbia. Ben affleck will take on the role of batman in the sequel. And all that matters. The white houses newest member is adjusting to life in washington with the exception of one thing. A break on cbs this morning. Pope benedict tosaid god tol him to retire. I was thinking its a good thing gods not talking to alex rodriguez. Welcome to cbs this morning. Norah odonnell is off. Good morning, gayle. Good morning, charlie. We begin with the wildfire outside yosemite park, growing at an alarming rate. 1 it is one of 55 major wildfires burning in the western United States. Our sacramento station is west of yosemite. Youve been covering this region for years. Have you ever seen anything like this . Reporter i have not. Residents around here havent either. They said its been since 1987 theyve seen a fire even approaching Something Like this, that this one is burning much more quickly and much stronger as well. About 300 hopes evacuated after Governor Brown declared a state of emergency in california. The rim fire, burning about a week or so, remains only 1 contained. Firefighters worked through the night to battle the flames. In the last 24 hours, the fire nearly quadrupled in size. Spanning nearly 99 square miles. It goes every which way. Thats what this fire is doing. Reporter columns reaching 40,000 feet were visible from more than 100 miles away. The fire has scorched at least two homes and threatened some 2,500 more. Tourists were forced from camp grounds and vacation spots. A major road in yosemite became engulfed in flames. This 87yearold had to flee the area. Its such a beautiful area. This is my home. Reporter dry brush has fueled the fire as firefighters continue to examine how it all began. Crews aided by the California National guard worked in the air and on the ground creating fire lines to halt the progress. Its a monster. Its breathing itself right at the moment. Were fighting this fire very, very hard. Reporter with lightning in the forecast for today, it remains an uphill battle. This is just one of 32,000 fires that have burned this year. The u. S. Forest service says its billion dollar firefighting budget is nearly tapped out so Governor Browns emergency de declaration should help get money to fight these flames. The United States and the u. N. Say they want immediate investigation into the accusations that syrias government used chemical weapons in an attack that left more than 1,000 people dead. President obama called that attack very troublesome. He also said action by the u. S. May not solve the conflict in syria. What weve seen indicates this is clearly a big event. Of grave concern. And we are already in communications with the entire International Community. Were moving through the u. N. To try to prompt better action from them. And weve called on the Syrian Government to allow an investigation of the site. Because u. N. Inspectors are on the ground now. We dont expect cooperation, given their past history. And, you know, what i do believe is that although the situation in syria is very difficult, and the notion that the u. S. Can somehow solve what is a sectarian complex problem inside of syria sometimes is overstated. The u. N. Now estimates that 1 million children are now refugees because of the syrian fighting. Margaret brennan is at the state department. Margaret, whats the latest . Reporter good morning to you gayle and to charlie. Many Obama Administration officials believe this was a chemical weapons attack carried out by the assad regime. Israel, turkey, sweden, they all publicly say so. But president obama wants conclusive evidence before he acts. Hes ordered the Intelligence Community to urgently gather information. Some of the syrian activists are bringing samples to u. N. Inspectors who are already on the ground in damascus. This could be the worst chemical weapons attack in more than 30 years. But, the u. S. Wants International Support before it responds. Margaret, what do you think the United States is considering doing . Reporter we know that they are covertly training some rebels in jordan. That programs small. Theyve concentrated on the south of syria. The weapons that the white house promised two months ago still havent arrived. And general Martin Dempsey says the best strategy is to expand that program. And to build a moderate opposition. We do know theyve spent hundreds of millions dollars on Communications Equipment that has helped activists record war crimes like the images of the poisoned gas attack. We also know the u. S. Has spent more than 1 billion on humanitarian police. More than 3 Million People have fled into surrounding countries to flee this violence. And as you noted, 1 million of them are children. To give you an idea of the scale and scope, thats the number of kids in boston and los angeles combined. And the u. N. Is trying to raise the awareness with powerful ads its running. This comes back to International Support and thats what the white house wants. Shares of microsoft are up this morning after news of a change at the top. The worlds Biggest Software company said ceo steve baum will retire within the next 12 months. Microsoft will spend that time choosing his successor. Balmer took over as ceo from bill gates 13 years ago. Microsoft is part of nasdaq which is also gaining ground this morning. A Technical Glitch shut down trading yesterday for three hours. This was the latest in the series of problems. Our geuest, a senior columnist t yahoo finance. M how serious is this glitch . Pretty serious. I dont think there was money in jeopardy during the three hours it was closed. Kind of a blunt reminder we have a rickety system. It is just a Data Processing network. Its very intricate. It cant really deal with all the data traffic. How will they fix it . I think they have to invest more in systems and coordinating. There are dozens of trading platforms. Its not just two exchanges anymore. They all have to be very tightly coordinated in the back office sense. Thats going to happen. Obviously regulators are kind of on this. Theyve kind of needed a priority since the flash crash a few years ago. But it hasnt really changed the underlying structural dynamic. Pointed out in the lead this is not the first time this happened. How vulnerable are we . Well, pretty vulnerable for this kind of thing. Basically, theres so much data traffic being thrown at the market by these hightech traders that maybe they cant quite handle it in the current format. So its going to be dealt with in terms of i think more coordinated technology investment. I dont really think, again, its a matter of peoples money being lost. Its much more a matter of Peoples Trust in the integrity of the system. Comforting to hear you dont have to worry about your money. The embattled mayor of americas eighth largest city is expected to formally resign today. San diegos mayor bob filners decision ends six weeks of suspense among repeated accusations of Sexual Harassment. Ben tracys in san diego with the latest on this. Ben, good morning to you. Reporter gayle and charlie, good morning. Bob filner may have been one of the only people who thought he could stay in office after being accused of Sexual Harassment by 18 different women. Now he is apparently ready to resign and the city council here in san diego is expected to vote on the deal later today. Mayor filner was spotted late thursday behind san diegos city hall. He was carrying two large briefcases. Likely from the office he is now planning to vacate. Finding that line and print your name below it. Reporter on the other side of the city, rocky was collecting signatures to force the mayor from office. Those likely wont be needed anymore but the recall effort did put pressure on filner to resign. When we see him walking out of office with his little card board box with all his goodies in it and theyve announced a pro tem mayor and hes gone, then well stop. Reporter in the past six week, 18 women have accused filner of globing, forcible kisses and unwanted touching. The mayors resignation should not be bought at the expense of ihis victims. Reporter attorney allred represents some of his accusers. She worries the city will pay his legal fees as part of the deal with the mayor to resign. If the deal requires that the City Council Pay him 1, then i, for one, think that they should vote against it. There should be no payoff for mayor filner. Reporter rachel lane says san diego just wants the filner saga to be over. Is there lasting damage to san diego because of this or does this blow over quickly when hes out of office . I think once hes out of office and we show we pushed him out of office, think it shows what san diegos about. I dont think there will be lasting damage. This is one man. This is not our city. Reporter its also likely going to cost the city a lot of money. One of filners accusers is suing the city and the city is also expected to be paying at least part of bob filners legal expenses. Charlie and gayle. Thank you, ben. In our next half hour, well have a revealing interview with mayor filners former fiance. She was one of the first to demand his resignation from office. Army private first class Bradley Manning says he wants to live in prison as a woman named chelsea. Manning was sentenced this week to 35 years for giving classified materials to wikileaks. His lawyers mentioned during this trial that manning was struggling with his identity. Cbs news legal analyst jack ford is here. Jack, good morning. Good morning. What happens to manning now . This is interesting. An extraordinary case from the beginning. In so many ways. This is the latest twist. Generally, his sentence now is for 35 years. Theres an appellate process. Its a little different from the civilian court system. The first person to look at this is the commanding general in this area. Then it goes, because of the severity of the sentence, automatically to an appellate panel. After that, theres still a possibility it can go to the highest level of the Appellate Court in the military justice system. Even a remote possibility the case could work its way in front of the u. S. Supreme court. The other, the interesting thing, now, whats going to happen to him personally when he goes to prison, especially in light of what weve heard claimed by his lawyer, saying that he wants to go through this gender changing procedure and would like the government to help him out. Normally the military does in the provide sexual reassignment surgery. Do they have to treat him differently now that he says i am a woman . The prison system has basic standards. Military, a little bit different. But certain standards. Provide you with medical care and treatment. You can get Mental Health evaluations and care and treatment. But the notion that, especially a guy whos just been convicted and admitted to crimes against the government, is now saying through his lawyer to the government, oh, by the way, after youve sentenced me to 35 years, id like you to take cash of the cost of this procedure. I think its unlikely youll see the government step in in. Hes arguing, this is a medical issue. Does the timing surprise you of the request . It is a little surprising. The day after his sentencing. There are supporters of Bradley Manning. There are an awful lot of people who think he betrayed his government and put people at risk. For his lawyer to step up and say, in the midst of all this, we want the government to help him out with it, it was surprising timing i think for all of that. There seems to be some indications he had problem with identity before this. It wasnt a defense to this case which is an interesting component. Thank you. 15 month sting operation captured a man accused of trying to send uranium to iran. It started in sierra leone in west africa. Officials tell Senior Correspondent john miller that Patrick Campbell agreed to sell 1,000 tons of uranium to undercover agents. Campbell was arrested wednesday at jfk. Officials say he had uranium samples in his shoes. The investigation is not terror related at this time. Fbi director Robert Mueller says the threat of terrorism from al qaeda remains the bureaus top priority. Mueller is stepping down next month after 12 years. He gave his final interview to bob orr who is with us now from washington. Bob, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you, gayle, charlie. Al qaeda continues to show interest in attacking aviation and other u. S. Targets. Outgoing fbi director bob mueller warns we have to remain vigilant. He says the most recent threat which shut down 19 diplomatic posts this month is still active. Were monitoring it very carefully. And want to make certain that if it were because of the actions we were taken, we alert to the possibility that its back on for action. Reporter for fbi director Robert Mueller who took office just a week before 9 11, terrorism remains job one. The fbi has added intelligence and transferred agents to counter terrorism. Mueller warns the threat is not going away. Over the year, it migrated somalia but most particularly to yemen three, four years ago. In a number of the countries going through the arab spring now, you can anticipate threats against american interests overseas and perhaps in the United States as well. Libya, syria, egypt, mali. A number of these countries will be hope toed a, home to radicale future. Reporter pointing to attacks in benghazi which killed an ambassador and three others. A very hardpressed investigation, but that has not stopped us from identifying witnesses and pursuing the investigation. Reporter will we see these people prosecuted, these people tried and brought to justice . There were two terror attacks during muellers tenor. But mueller says in both cases, there was not enough information to prevent those attacks. Muellers last day will be september 4. Gayle, charlie. Bob, thank you. A grand jury has indicted forrer nfl star Aaron Hernandez for murder. In connection with the shooting a semipro football player. He pleaded not guilty in june to first degree murder charges. Hes being held without bail. His lawyer says theyre happy to be moving towards a jury trial. Ryan braun now admitted head did take performance enhancing drugs during his bet season. Braun says he used cream and loz zan jess. He will start serving his suspension. Baseball tried to suspend him after the season but that punishment was overturned. Braun says it was a huge mistake. And says he is deeply ashamed. It is type ime to show you morning headlines. The New York Times says hope is fading for an budget deal between those working on a plan all summer. It could lead to a Government Shutdown in october. Politico says conservative billionaires david and charles koch have dropped their bid to buy the tribute newspapers. Those include the Chicago Tribune and the baltimore sun. The Dallas Morning News says the Justice Department is suing to block the tough new voter i. D. Law in texas. In june, the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights act. The news journal william on it delaware says bo biden is back at hope. He underwent a procedure this weekend at a Cancer Hospital in houston. His father, Vice President joe biden, was seen leaving the Md Anderson Cancer Center yesterday. Biden is not giving specifics about his sons procedure. The Vice President s heading to scranton, pennsylvania, where he grew up, for an appearance tonight with president obama. Atlanta journal constitution says the president called a woman who encouraged a gunman to give himself up at a georgia elementary school. The president thanked antoinette tuff for her courage and calm. Tuff received the call yesterday as she was in the makeup call getting really to appear on Anderson Cooper 360. She said talking to the president was awesome. There are flash flood warnings in the Colorado Springs area this morning. Up to 5 inches of rain fell yesterday in parts of colorado. It led to many water rescues and several road closings. There was also large hail that looked a whole lot like snow. Some residents are being advised to move to good morning. And happy friday we have a great friday weather wise coming your way as were going to see the clouds clearing out. Right now, a lot of clouds even into some of the interior valleys l