In a tiny northern town, 100 homes have been damaged or destroyed. Taliban has responsibility. At least two american among us. Flash flood watches are in effect in four states as Tropical Storm odile continues its destructive path across mexicos baja peninsula. Hundreds of thousands of people without power. The the United States going on offense against isis launching air strikes close to baghdad for the first time. They call that simply not true. Now how do you stand on this . The u. S. Preparing to take a more handson approach to the ebola virus. Robin thicke says he was blurring reality while working on blurred lines saying Pharrell Williams did most of the work. A plane plummets towards the ocean and crashes down. The pilot walked away. Hes fine. He does it again. The eagles open 20. And all that matters. A man from san antonio, texas, is home after a dramatic rescue. Youre looking at clouds and whatever to try to keep you focused. On cbs this morning. Preorders for the iphone 6 hitting a new record. 4 million. Thats not opening weekend. Thats day one. And meanwhile, the new blackberry keeps driving by your house to see if your home. This mornings eyeopener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. As you wake up in the west were seeing new terror from the taliban. The Group Claims Responsibility for a vicious attack in afghanistan in afghanistans capitol. The suicide car bomber targeted a nato military convoy. The explosion killed three coalition soldiers. People in the area reported hearing a huge blast. It happened not far from the u. S. Embassy in kabul. Elizabeth is standing by where we have new information about the soldiers who were killed. Elizabeth elizabeth, good morning. Good morning. We just had confirmation from the pentagon that two of the soldiers killed in that attack on the convoy in kabul were americans. The other one was polish. Witnesses said two land cruisers pulled up next to a nato military convoy and blew themselves up. There was instant chaos in the Early Morning kabul traffic. Taxi driver had the narrowest of escapes. The suicide bomber was two cars behind us, he said. And after the explosion, i dont remember anything. American troops joined afghan police, removing the dead and treating the injured before securing the scene so Afghan Security forces could investigate. But the target cause clearly nato troops. They blew themselves up on the just a couple hundred yards from the u. S. Embassy. Attacks like this continue to rock this fragile country. Afghanistans two main president ial candidates are in a bitter deadlock. Neither will accept the other has won. In spite of efforts by the u. S. To broker a deal that would set the country on a more stable footing so it can cope with the u. S. Troop pullout due to end in 2016. That bombing wasnt only antinato attack in the last 24 hours. The taliban also bombed a fuel depot up near the pakistan border and managed to destroy 20 trucks. Norah . Elizabeth, thank you. And raging wildfires are destroying homes and forcing new evacuations in california. Six firefighters are battled about a dozen major fires this morning from los angeles to the oregon border. One fire raced through a Northern California town yesterday, damaging or destroying 100 homes. Danielle nottingham is tracking the dangerous fires from los angeles. Good morning, daniel. Good morning, fire Officials Say the bold fire that decimated the town is only 15 contained. Its just the latest in a string of fires being fueled by the record dry conditions. In the Northern California town the fire raced through dry brush monday afternoon. Destroying a church and a wind meal in the historic lumber town. Little else was left. Theres nothing left. My lawn is all burned up. Nothing left but bricks. Its all burned up. My clothes. All i have is what i got on. Wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour spread the flames from one building to the next forcing thousands in the area to evacuate. This is the time to get out. When we tell you to get out, get out. Firefighters used what resources they had to stop the flames in what has been a familiar sight throughout the state over the past summer months. All summer its been unusually hot and dry. Its supposed to be that way again today. Nearly 300 miles outside of sacramento, 1500 firefighters spent the night battling the king fire burning since saturday, it has destroyed over 8,a 600 acres and is just 5 contained. A lot of these fuels that would normally burn more mildly theyre just burning real fast. On the outskirts of Yosemite National forest close to fresno this fire is just 35 contained. At least 33 homes there have been destroyed. Its difficult to see the devastation, you know. You cant put it into words. What can you say . What can you do . Im hoping its there. Im praying its there. It would be too much of a heartbreak to lose it. Cal fire says theyve already responded to 4800 wildfires this year. Thats a thousand more than in an average year. Forecasters say prop call storm odile will bring much needed relief to the state on wednesday. Charlie . Odile is moving up Baja California this morning. But it still threatens to bring flash flooding to the southwest. Meanwhile, thousands of tourists are stranded in mexico and as ben tracy reports, a resort area popular with americans took a direct hit. Much of cabo san lucas, mexico looked like a disaster zone yesterday. It was a category three storm. Many whoa had taken shelter for the night found piles of debris where the homes once stood. They gathered their remaining possessions and were worried about looting. This woman said when we arrived everything was destroided. Now we just have to start to clean up everything thats left. Ocean front reservoirs once packed with tourists now sit abandoned. Their facades ripped away and lobbies swamped with water. The regions airport seen here hours after the storm hit are still closed. Further stranding the visitors moved to temporary shelters the night before. On sunday videos of the storm rolling in hit social media. With winds up to 125 miles per hour, odile blew out windows, toppled trees and destroyed power lines, leaving almost quarter of a Million People in the dark. But despite the devastation, Officials Say no serious injuries or deaths were reported. For cbs this morning, ben tracy, los angeles. And as odile moves north, it may cause devastating flooding. Evelyn taft of kcbs is watching the flood threat. Evelyn good morning. Good morning. Were still tracking Tropical Storm odile over the baja peninsula. Eventually that moisture is going to stream. We could see more thunderstorms and showers as we move through the next few days. As a result, Flooding Risk is very high. Flash flood watches continuing throughout at least your friday at this point. And were looking at very hot conditions for Southern California. Especially red flag warnings excessive heat warnings and watches lasting through this day. I will tell you temperatures are very hot for the west. As we head to the east expecting milder conditions. A chance of showers for the northeast and southeast later today. Evelyn thanks. President obama is sending up to 3,000 american troops in the heart of africas ebola epidemic. At least 4,700 people in five countries have been infected. At least 2400 of them have died. Dean reynolds is at the center of Disease Control in atlanta where the president will speak this afternoon. Good morning, and good morning to our viewers in the west. Well the Obama Administration is calling this a significant expansion of u. S. Health in the fight against the most ravaging Ebola Outbreak in history. Thousands more personnel and millions more Financial Aid will be brought to bear in west africa. In a fourpronged attack president obama will increase u. S. Resources in south africa aimed at slowly and eventually stopping the spread of ebola. Were going to try to help the governments in africa meet the needs of their people. The administration hopes to galvanize International Partners into action while significantly expanding its own contribution. Making an investment here early is critical to thery to snuff out the problem before it becomes a much more widespread problem. Among the investments, additional 88 million for equipment and supplies. 17 treatment units, each with 100 beds and up to 3,000 military personnel to help contain the epidemic and train up to 500 medical workers per week for as long as needed. What we say is train the trainers. Train the local people so they can do it. Do all the the work. Time is critical. The epidemic is growing exponentially and supplies are dwindling. Officials say assets will be on the ground in weeks. But International Aid groups have been sounding the alarm for months. The u. S. Focus will initially be on liberia. This is a very large epidemic. Its going to take a lot of effort over a long period of time. This is not going to be over quickly. And to push for greater International Involvement in this this, the u. S. Is calling for a special session of the u. N. Security council on thursday to discuss the Global Impact of the Ebola Outbreak. And mr. Obama will seek stronger commitments for other heads of state when he meets with them at the Un General Assembly next week. Dean, thank you. An expanded u. S. Military operation against isis is now under way in iraq. An air strike southwest of baghdad was the first attack under president obamas plan to destroy the terror group. Defense secretary chuck hagel told a Senate Committee that plans for a military action in syria almost finished. Margaret brennan is at the the state department. Good morning margaret. And good morning to you norah. The next step is to turn this coalition into action. And military strikes are only part of the strategy. One key player being left out of this is iran. A country with military the ground in iraq. Secretary kerry posed with the newest members of the antiisis coalition in paris on monday. Top diplomats from 26 countries said they would support an expanded campaign designed to degrade and defeat isis. Among them flying Surveillance Missions over iraq and offering to join u. S. Led air strikes. Australia will provide combat aircraft. Jordan will share intelligence. Saudi arabia agreed to host a Training Camp for syrian rebels. Those fighters are critical because the u. S. Does not want to send its own troops. White house spokesman john earnest. The president determined those boots will not be american boots on the ground. So we need to make sure that we are improving the ability and expanding the capacity of syrian fighters to take the fight in their own country. The white house is sending cabinet members to capitol hill this week to make that case. Defense secretary chuck hagel will ask for funding and authority to train more than 5,000 syrian fighters. Hes sure to get questions about theed a mrks plan to retrain Iraqi Security forces. How hard they fight will determine the size and intensity of the u. S. Air assault. Later this week secretary kerry will share his plans to cut off the flow of funds and foreign fighters to isis. The United Arab Emirates and saudi arabia have offered to participate in strikes. But the u. S. Wants them to give Logistical Support and crack down on extremists in their own countries. Its now up to general john allen who has come out of retirement to turn this into action. He consults today with president obama, and the two will meet with top on wednesday. The Minnesota Vikings and their star running back are losing support this morning. One of the teams major sponsors is pulling out after the vikings cleared Adrian Peterson to return to the field. Vlad, good morning. Good morning. One of the teams main son sors, the Radisson HotelTeam Announced plans to sever ties with the the team saying they take allegations of child abuse seriously. Khou obtained reported images of petersons then 4yearold son with cuts and bruises on his head. And alleged Text Messages between the boys mother and peterson who gave conflicting explanations for his injuries. Now hours before khous report was broadcast, the vikings said peterson would practice and play on sunday. He has been deactivating following his indictment for whipping another 4yearold son with a tree branch. We have seen everything in the file. I will not get into any detail just because i hope that you can respect that the Legal Process is going to take its course. And all the ingredients ofdecisions of today, this is the decision we thought was best. He felt remorse and insisted he was not a child becauseabuser. No one can understand the hurt i feel for my son and the harm i have caused him. Though the mother has not spoken out about the incident she did report the incident to child protective services. But at the time no charges were filed. Vlad thank you. And the nfl is adding three female advisers to help with the commission. Theyll work the leagues new Vice President of social responsibility. Commissioner Roger Goodell say they will shake them on Domestic Violence and sexual assault. A man hunt in pennsylvania still searching for a gunman killing one of them. The states governor called the attack an as is nation. They received hundreds of tips after a friday night shooting east of scranton. They have a 75,000 reward for trips that lead to a suspect. Police say gunmen used a rifle to kill 38yearold Corporal Byron dixon. His funeral is thursday. The other wounded trooper is recovering. A megadeal could be brewing between the worlds two largest beer makers. The Third Largest refused to take over a bid. The worlds number two. Now the wall street journal says the number one beer company is thinking of buying miller. A deal could cost as much as 122 billion. Cbs news financial contributor Mellody Hobson is with us from chicago. Good morning. Good morning, charlie. What are the ramifications of this possible deal . Were talking about a beer bahims if it were to happen. A company that would have 350 different brands have 30 Global Market share, have a market cap in excess of 200 billion. If it were to happen. And its a big if. They made it clear they havent been approached. If it were to happen it would be a big deal. And mellody, why do they want to do this . Where will it expand their market . The geographic footprints are very different. They dominate in the United States, and europe. Meanwhile, miller dominates in the emerging markets. Anheuserbusch wants some of that because the growth in the developed markets has been slowing. So theyre trying to chase the growth in some of the emerging markets. So what about this deal between fsab miller and heineken. Is the story is they went for heineken in order to rebuff them when they come. Coincidentally, i had dinner with someone very high up at heineken. They made it clear they are not for sale. Are there antitrust applications here . Huge. Complex, but not insurmountable. Some speculate it was the miller cores in the United States and a big brand in china. This company would have 65 market share in the United States alone. And everybody wants to know, is it going to affect the cost of beer . Probably not. But you will probably have access to a lot more brands. 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