captioning funded by cbs welcome to the "early" show. good morning. i'm chris wragge. i'm rebecca jarvis. it is the 1st of june. that means hurricane season is officially under way. forecasters predict 3-6 major hurricanes. we will visit galveston, texas after hurricane ike did $30 billion in damage three years ago. mary so marysol castro is there. the shuttle landed at kennedy space center overnight, closing another chapter in nasa's long running program. michelle miller is here. good morning. good morning, chris. this was the last trip into space for "endeavour," which is being retired. the final shuttle mission aboard "atlantis" is set to lift off next month. the shuttle program has only done half the flights na 23sa intended when it began three decades ago. >> space shuttle "endeavour" is coming in for a landing. >> reporter: when "endeavour" touched down it was its 25th and final landing. >> touchdown. >> the program that has been through 134 missions, built the international space station and delivered the hubbell tell scone into orbit ends this summer. >> it is going to be probably five or six years, maybe seven before we have a new u.s. spacecraft. >> it is sad to see her land for the last time. >> reporter: this morning "atlantis" marked the end of an era, now the only american spacecraft to mission for human flight, with its final set for july 8th. >> there's a certain irony that 50 years later that after the americans supposedly won the space race the only way for u.s. astronauts to get to and from earth orbit is aboard russian rocketships that, sticks in the craw of a lot who work at the space center. >> reporter: "atlantis'" final mission is to prepare for the future. >> they're trying to get the space station stocked up with enough on-board supplies to make it for a year so they think this is critical to help with the space station. >> reporter: the hope is in the next decade to replace the shuttle with a multipurpose vehicle that can transport crews even further into space. a reboot says four-time shuttle astronaut scott altman that will bring nasa full circle. >> we went from barn stormers to getting on a shuttle and nol thinking about it. it was a brunlg for us to making space flight appear to the public to be almost routine. >> "endeavour" commander mark kelly's next step is a reunion with his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords, in houston still recovering from her january gunshot wound. >> cbs's michelle miller here in the studio. thank you. thanks, chris. now, to washington and the noisy debate over our federal debt. president obama meets with dozens of house republicans who voted to stop the government from boroughing more money. cbs news congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill. good morning, nancy. >> good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: republicans held a vote to prove that any attempt to raise the debt ceiling without cutting spending is doomed to fail. democrats called it a stunt with the potential to harm the markets. >> this is like a dance today. >> reporter: what democrats call political theater, republicans described as an important political statement, holding a vote on a bill they unanimously oppose. to raise the debt ceiling with no strings attached. >> this vote, a vote based on legislation i have introduced, will and must fail. >> reporter: and fail it did. >> and the bill is not passed. >> reporter: by a wide margin, with every single republican voting no. >> this wild spending spree the press has been on the last two years has to come to an end. >> reporter: 82 democrats also voted no while their leadership continued to blame republicans for driving up the debt in the bush years by lowering taxes and going to war with iraq. >> they ran up the debt and now they don't want to pay their bills. >> reporter: the nation actually hit its $14.3 trillion debt ceiling two weeks ago and since then has been taking emergency measures such as liquidating some investments which the treasury secretary says will keep the government defaulting on its debts until august. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is not an honest debate, this is not an honest proposal. this is a serious issue. >> reporter: behind closed doors a small group of republicans and democrats led by vice president biden are taking it seriously, trying to come up with cuts worth more than $1 trillion, in order to offset an increase in the debt ceiling but freshmen republicans who campaigned on fiscal discipline are pushing for larger cuts. >> we've seen what has happened in greece and ireland and i reject that future for the united states. >> reporter: this vote took place after the markets closed yesterday, so it's unclear what, if any, impact it will have today. republican leaders privately assured leaders on wall street that this was just a symbolic vote and they would vote to raise the debt limit once the conditions were met. >> they have a little time before the august 2 deadline. wall street will be watching with the biden group. does it look like there is going to be some consensus in this bipartisan group before that deadline? >> reporter: both sides say that's what they're committed to. there is disagreement between the two sides about how much time they have. the administration says august 2 is the drop dead date. that's when the u.s. could start to default on its loans but republicans many freshman republicans in particular say there's no reason why we can't continue to go on past august 2nd. they would like to hold out for a better deal. >> cbs's nancy cordes on capitol hill. thank you. here is chris. >> rebecca, thank you. this morning as former, alaskan governor continues her bus tour, others are trying to get the press to focus on them. jan crawford has the latest from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. sarah palin is making her way up the east coast in that bus, there is a lot going on elsewhere like in iowa and new hampshire. the republican presidential hopefuls hit the trail this week. former minnesota governor, tim pawlenty was in iowa taking on president obama. >> fluffy promises don't buy gas and pay the mortgage and make a paycheck. >> reporter: michele bachmann was making changes at the white house. and herman cain who will likely find himself second in a gop contender release a new have you had yoi. >> put your hands together for the next president of the united states. >> reporter: in it, he makes a staunch defense of the tea party. >> to all of those people that say the tea party is a racist organization, eat your words. >> reporter: for the third straight day over the one nation tour, most of the attention was on non-candidate sarah palin, the media chased her by air and on the ground, and even got in the occasional question. >> reporter: do you think you can beat president obama? >> to put it concisely, yes, i do, thank you for asking. >> reporter: palin did down sit down for one interview with her employer, fox news. >> it's not pictures of sarah palin out on this bus. this isn't about me. it is about our charters of liberty. >> reporter: and off to new york for a pizza dinner with donald trump who not too long ago was being chased by the media himself as he also flirted with the presidential run. the two of them together, a match made in media heaven. a trump spokesman said he and palin are friends and that they talked about having dinner whenever she and her husband were in new york. he of course decided not to run for president and to keep that television show "celebrity apprentice" but whether palin will take a similar path and stay with her television commitment and speaking engagements and remain a celebrity and not a candidate that is anyone's guess. >> this has been quite the clandestine bus tour. following it everywhere, meeting with donald trump. does all this attention on people that aren't running right now like sarah palin who has not officially announced her candidacy or chris christie, the governor of the state of new jersey, does this reflect real dissaturdays fak among republicans with the current field? >> sarah palin is a phenomenon all unto herself but there is unhappiness among the current candidates, among republicans and we've seen top republicans try to persuade other people to jump in. yesterday, for example, a group of big time iowa businessmen flew to new jersey for a meeting . so far, he is saying he won't run. this, we've got to look back. in many ways this really is like 1992. then it was the democrats who were complaining about their candidates and they were begging other people to get in like mario cuomo. when everyone in 1992 was looking for all those big names, begging people to get in, there was this obscure governor from arkansas who was out there, on the campaign trail, meeting voters named bill clinton, so today, i mean, many republicans think their next nominee is already in the race and this is just a distraction in this effort to recruit somebody else to get in. >> jan crawford, for us in d.c. this morning. thanks so much. >> now, we turn to jeff glor standing by at the news desk with a check of today's other headlines. good morning, jeff. good morning to you and everyone at home. a bigger problem than ever. the faa is targeting those lasers that some people point at planes. the faa is announcing this morning it's imposing big fines again anyone caught aiming laser beams into the cockpit of a plane. the maximum civil penalty is $11,000. right now, there is no federal law to prosecute in court. lasers can temporarily blind a pilot. offenders will now be considered to be interfering with a flight crew. the same statute that protects them from hijackers. there have been 1100 reported incidents this year. ratko mladic will be aryaned by the tribunal on friday. they want to now how he evaded capture for 16 years. he spent the night in isolation and faces 11 charges including genocide for his alleged roll in the killing of 8,000 muslims during the bosnian war. nato will extend its air campaign in libya for another 90 days. officials say that decision sends a clear message to moammar gadhafi that nato is determined to protect the libyan people. more violence in yemen and syria. >> in yemen's capital, 41 people died in fighting this morning between government forces and rebel trinsmen and near duraa in southern syria, shelling by army troops have killed at least eight including an 11 years girl. new information about the arrest of two terror suspects who appeared in court in louisville, kentucky, yesterday, an unusual case connected back to iraq. bob orr is in washington with more on this story. bob, good morning to you. exactly who are these men and what are they charged with right now? >> very interesting case. both suspects are from iraq originally and the past two years lived in bowling green, kentucky. prosecutors say for eight years, they have supported al qaeda's insurgency against u.s. soldiers in iraq. alwan is specifically accused of making and placing roadside bombs while in iraq in 2003 and 2006. both have been charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. >> bob, how did they make the case? >> well it's interesting there, the men moved to the u.s. two years ago. the fbi got some tip and began watching them and used an informant to record the conversations. alwan said he had been involved in attacks. this is really great. an fbi was able to match alwan's fingerprints lifted from a bomb found in iraq in 2005. also, the informants has helped alwan and they helped collect cash and weapons. we thought it would be sent to iraqi fighters. but we know it was government-supplied material under strict control of the fbi. >> bob i think a lot of people might be wondering why these two men were in the u.s. in the first place. >> they shouldn't have been here. they came here with iraqis who were seeking safe harbor. 50,000 iraqis have come to the u.s. over the past five years since 2006. the refugee screening should have been tighter than it was. the men never should have been told here. the screening gaps which caused this problem have been closed. >> bob orr, thanks for your reporting. after one final sweep to look for tornado survivors, cleanup will officially begin in joplin, missouri. the national guard will lead the effort to remove the mountain of debris. more than 8,000 buildings and homes were damaged or destroyed by that tornado more than a week ago. 120 people were killed and ten people are still missing. it is 15 minutes past the hour. chris, you saw the damage down there. it will take awhile. >> a long, long time, thank you. marysol castro is in galveston, texas, this morning, for the official start of hurricane season with our first check of the weather on the morning. marysol, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris and rebecca. good morning, everyone at home. the sun has just started to rise over galveston, bay. this very tranquil scene is a stark contrast to just three years ago, september 13th, 2008 >> thanks so much. i'll have more on your outlook later on in the show. back up to new york for chris and rebecca. >> thanks, see you in a bit. >> these storms they have a massive impact not only on the humans locally but the whole economy, but we'll watch that. >> down in houston, texas, in that area. >> exactly. coming up ahead this morning, we have new concerns about cell phone use raising the risk of brain tumors. we'll see if it's time to shut off that beloved cell phone. also, pilot error in the crash of air flight 777. what can keep you safe. this is the early show here on cbs. ♪ [ male announcer ] and just like that, it's here. a new chance for all of us: people, companies, communities to face the challenges yesterday left behind and the ones tomorrow will bring. prudential. bring your challenges. ♪ and the ones tomorro♪ ill bring. ♪ ♪ introducing purina one 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