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estimated 5% of the fires at this hour. right now, you are looking at the city of san marcos, worst of it you can see, uncontrol able blaze, what local officials call a fire nato. -- firenado, city home to 10,000 student state university, 9 other other report that 15% of city has been evacuated. but the biggest of those fires, all good size fires, hitting marine corps base at camp pendleton. burning to 6,000 of the bases' 125,000 acre area. prompting an evacuation order for a naval web son station and nearby military housing units, bases' daily population averages to 100,000 people, and the fire is only 20% contained. at this hour on the base.

local officials are confirms more than 20 homes have been destroyed by the fire, thousands in the potential path of all of the various fires, 3 thousand homes and businesses have lost power, fox news correspondent will carr on the ground in an marcos, and has the latest for us. us. >> well firefighter had hopeed that wins would be calm this afternoon, but the truth is that these conditions are ripe for the fires to continue to jump around, there is low humidity, temperature that have been high about 98, noon degrees, have you california dry, drought conditions, and then about 3:00 eastern today wins picked up and pushed fire around, and that is when they got really out of control. fire started racing toward homes we saw hot spots popping up, and apartment in carlsbad, burned to the ground, about 35 miles north of downtown san diego, carlsbad

also is where yesterday's separate fire burned, 8 homes,side, biggest fire with biggest threat is cocoas fire in -- cocos fire in san marcos, thousands of people are still evacuateed it is one of 9 that broke out yesterday, they are trying too figure out the cause of these fires, are looking into arson. but they are quick to point-out, at-this-point, they don't have any facts to back that up, at the same time, crews are still on the ground, they will be working plow out the night to tomorrow -- working throughout the night into tomorrow. lou: is there an estimate, a sense on part of the leaders of this firefighting effort to whether they will have this fire under control at least? >> heading into tonight, to be honest, i am not sure they do have a good estimate. they did hope that today they would get upper hand on this

fire, but things have gotten out of control quickly. i know the winds may downtown tonight, they hope they can containment numbers go up tomorrow, tomorrow not supposed to issue a red flag warning day, no winds so hopefully they will get containment throughout the night, things can get better, maybe some of these residents can get back in their homes tomorrow. neil: to you, all -- lou: to you, all firefighters and residents be safe. >> thank you, lou. >> will car. >> fast-food workers 150 cities here, more than 30 country, in the world, today, protesting demonstrating higher wages and power to unionize here in united states, workers are demanding a pay increase, from the federal minimum wage of $7.25 a hour to $15. that is more than double. and about 50 for more than esident obama,'s idea of a

minimum wage, he want to be $. continue an hour, increas that congressional budget offers, cost country, $1 million jobs. minimum wage 50 years ago was a dollar and a quarter, that is $9 poe 39 in curren in .39 an pour. >> we'll be talking with media magnate steven "forbes" will be here to give us his perspective on all this tonight. the minimum wage issue already a major wage issue in these midterm elections with 172 days to go to election day, it is surprisingly to many not looking very good for republicans. a new fox news policys 43% of registered voters would now

choose the -- for congress, if the election were held today. compareed to only 4 40 percent o would are choose the republican. that 3 advantage is a reversal from the advantage a month ago. voter also saying that democrats would do a better job, on immigration, healthcare, even job creation. republicans even on taxes and the economy, only winning issue is dealing with the deficit. our first guest said that conservative movement is not dead. david, great to have you with us, let me ask you, what do you make of these newly released, as i reported it, fox polls in. >> well, look. i could those numbers are

interesting elections, 24 hours is an eternity in politics, we have 6 months to go to next election, i think that polls will ebb and flow. so i'm not worried about, that i believe that obamacare is a vil around the neck of any democratic candidate. the voters in november find that issue to be prev len in every poll that we look at, between deficits, and deficit spending and obamacare, our chances are pretty good. lou: chances are pretty good, ben sasse winning in tphe nebra, and pete ricketts but we have primaries in kentucky and georgia coming up next week, i mean, right now mcconnell up 32 points over tea party candidate. in the georgia race. to succeed saxby chambliss in senate.

i mean, paul brown lags, this is not looking good here. >> well, first of all. lou: that is a week away not 6 months away. >> you are correct. those are bearing down on us, paul brown and tp*eufl are chopping up the conservative vote, three good conservatives in that race, so they are splitting vote up, and you see, perdue, and king ston moving away from those 3, and maybe they go to run off, we're not going to winner race, establishment does not win of race that is why we have elections, a lot of fun, to participate in this, so, winning with sasse in nebraska, with alex in west virginia to tuesday days was terrific. , i think that mississippi is next race, where everyone in -- on the wednesday following election day. lou: one concerns is that

, of course, that g.o.p. establishment has come out so hard, so strong with chamber of camers, and others, just targe targeting -- tea party is targeting, has driven away tea party voters to be a large tent is a tent that may be flapping in a losing breeze, tea party that provideed energy in last midterm, may be saying at least some states, then hell with you g.o.p., are you concerned about that? >> upsetting to see leader in republican party attack those that put them in the majority in the house. and those that made them the leaders, in the senate, it is very upsetting and troubleing that we could have -- be driving a wedge, those voters, those important voters that knock on doors and make phone calls and donate, will look to stay home in november instead of voting

that is where we have to have all of the energy for the candidates come november. >> well tea party express leaders sal russo with a op set within 24 hours of primaries, saying that it time for comprehensive immigration reform. sal russo a republican operative, gop establishment -- tea party express, i don't know how you would describe it, i think it comes close to being that astro tough that nancy pelosi talked about. 4 years ago, but this is not helpful to the conservatives, to base or tea party is it? >> it is not helpful. but, no voter in america -- know voters in america know who sal russo circumstance but after that no one will. >> he lost his credibility, whenly was as you said, one of the tea party leaders with an organization, that may or may

not have been able to do anything, he had a little bit of gravitas, but i think he is thrown that to the wind. lou: david, thank you. >> thanks lou. lou: up next, president obama ground zero today, talking about justice. but was there justice for those who were killed on september 11? ambassador john bolten here next. up. a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying

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because no act of terror can match the strong or the character. lou: president refering to osama bin laden saying three years ago this month, navy sales made sure justice was done. joining us now ambassador to united nations. john bolten, ambassador, your thoughts? was justice done through the death of osama bin laden? >> absolutely. that sense you know the president's use of word bringing osama bin laden to justice is not different from what president bush and others have said. but it masked a more fundamental problem that i think -- remarks generally today. not appropriate to the ceremony, there was nothing in it about larger struggle that 9/11 brought home to us in the war on terror.

and their referring to the seals killing osama bin laden. is justice, is consistent with president's view erenious i think that this is a law enforcement matter that people who violate criminal. a war a war before 9/11, we sure saw the war on 9/11. and we should have been fighting it more consistently. lou: killing osama bin laden was justice for him. but against al qaeda, and radical islamist terror, number of terrorists incidents rose 60% last year, world wide this is hardly a battle that is concludeed. and i would hope that no american would infer from anything that president said that in and way, that this has been a battle in which we have been victorious, or comp bleat

in our -- complete in our fight. >> no, right, and the president's own director of national intelligence general an open congressional testimony that terror threat. where it was before the first 9/11. we saw on september 11, 2012, terror kill ambassador christopher stevens, and here we are done to avenge those assassinations. we see both coharam in nigeria -- boko haram in nigeria committing atrocities that is why the impart answer of conceiveing of this as a war is high, therefore the objective to be victory, but president said on other occasions, victory is kind of a victory in war on terror is not something he sees that is huge mistake, both in terms of war itself, but also

what it says to the american people about tragedies we have undergone like 9/11. in foreign policy of athe new normal, and new concepts and -- words, that matter much to those who are engaged in the battle like -- ambassador john bolton good to talk with you. >> thank you, lou. lou: we ask do bluff that tea party is -- do you believe that tea party is anything more than a facade, 8% said yes, 92% said no. be sure to tonight's poll do you believe that president obama served up just first 9/11 attacks cast your vote on lou do lou dobbs do the wom. >> a triple digit sell-off on wall street.

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lou: a major sell-off on wall street, dow down 167, s&p lost 18, nazdaq fell 31. volume picking up 3.5 billion shares, that is what passes these days for heavy volume. crude oil down 87 cents. u.s. product hitting a 28 year high. gold down $12. in case you done hear me, a 28 year high for u.s. crude production. yield on 10 year, falling to 2.5%, lowest level since last october. homebuilder confidence dropping as well, consumer prices gaining, posting largest gain since june. jobless claims, falling to 297,000 last week. lowest level since 2007.

walmart down 2. 5%, reported weaker than expected earnings. general motors recalling 3 million more vehicles. bringing total recall to 13 million, world wide, this year. chipotle shares dropping after shareholders rejected an executive a-plan. and here with his outlook for market and the economy now chairman editor in chief of "forbes" media, steve "forbes," great to have you here. >> good to be here. lou: this market we have now, a evaluate this, it looked like we were going to adjust, now, we're negative territory, on two of three indexes. >> i think the market in essence is waiting to see how the fed because in terms of so-called tapering it was contractary for the economy, took credit from small and new businesses, which are the job creators, fed within

and played games buying what they are buying 45 billion a month on long end. we know price controls are bad whether in credit market or housing market. so market is pausing, seeing what fed is going to do. lou: but there seems to be something else at work here took we're looking at, the 10 year, we're talking 2 1/2%. >> no one buys a 10 year or a 30-year bond to hole to maturity. do you it as a you either a place to hide, or trading vehicle. lou: trading vehicle here, you would think this would be a automatic short here for everyone to. >> you see what fed has done, reduceed supply of these long term bonds they scooped them all up in last 3 years, a lot of ensure ess and others have -- insurers and others have to have

a search amount of bonds, fed is doing to soak up the cash it created. now borrowing, reverse, allowingsing instutions like fany and others use it as collateral. lou: you are against perversety by the fed, it is worse than steve is even saying the -- complexty of it. >> plane we shoul maybe we shoud to north korea. lou: i thought we would goack tto all that money. what do we look at here in terms of the economy? we hardlyeem to be in resurgence.

resurgence. i can't -- >> most americans and rightly so feel they have gone nowhere if not backwards this is still a recession for millions, what and i think hopeful sign is that banks are starting ting lend ag, commercial industrial loans, consumer loans. if that continues then the economy will -- like a baseball player, we've been hitting .150, this year maybe we could get to .250. lou: what do you think that impact would be on the midterm elections, republicans have been talking down the economy. >> combination of uncertain foreign situation, ongoing disaster in obamacare. still punk economy, .250 is not going to win you the world series, republicans, they will

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lou: breaking news. firefighters are trying to control fires the burning of control. san diego county is seeing the worst of it at this hour. 125,000 resident to the residents have been told to evacuate their homes. joining us by phone is the california southern region information officer and a fire captain, michael muller. great to have you with us. if you can bring us up-to-date for greed the order cards. the horrific outbreak of fires. >> it is. we have a total of nine fires throughout san diego county fair. the most-active right now is in san marcos were we unfortunately have seen explosive fire broke this afternoon. trying to get ahead of this, but

mother nature has not been on our side with the offshore winds , triple digits each, and the low humidity. lou: how many firefighters are on the line now? >> we have well over 2,000 firefighters that are committed and more are on the way as we speak. lou: your sense, you talk about the wind, do we have yet indication of what caused these? nine separate fires. that seems to be a remarkable coincidence. >> it is. and fat, we are working closely with san diego county sheriff who is handling the investigation. we are actively investigating, but we cannot speculate until we find the cause of the fire. lou: i understand entirely. any sense that you're getting the upper hand, or is this a battle that will continue through the night before you have that? the ability to judge whether or not your control is at hand.

>> i think the best term for us right now is we are cautiously optimistic. we have a lot of open fire line and i seeing high temperature and low humidity. we are hoping that we can gain the upper hand hopefully this evening. again, we have a long road ahead of us. lou: we appreciate your time. we know you are busy and joined in the fight all across the nine fires. wishing you the very best. thank you very much. >> thank you, lou. lou: the nba players association vice-president robert mason jr. saying lebron james would boycott next season if clippers owner donald sterling was still the owner. he now says lebron never said anything about boycotting. nba players apparently realize they don't what some would consider a circular firing squad over and obviously emotionally

and mentally troubled the year-old. billions of dollars in income. joining us now, read i contributor. i should have said modest. radio talk-show host. good to see it, my friend. let's start out with right now. the idea that donald sterling looks like he is going to be in control of that team for some time. his wife has decided that she will file divorce papers. a lot of effective control over what happens from here on. >> i think they jumped the gun big time. i talked to a very smart lawyer about this. she tells me that it looks like the nba actually violated its own constitution.

i'm not point to debat that this kind is not a billionaire big hit and i am certainly not going to defend him, but it sounds like the league went way beyond what their own constitution says and may not have the power to either ban him for life or take the team away. >> from day one they were not taking the team away from him. one thing with racism, one place you can do it is at home, and he did it home. [laughter] that is the one place they tell you. if you're going to do that nonsense, go home and do it. lou: all right. he is not recommending any one do it anywhere at any time. but i think that you are making a great point. and the truth here is that the nba is behaving rather -- would simply audacious, and it looks now, perhaps, recklessly. >> i think there was media running with it. so the god then did what he had

to do, but the media ran with the story so quickly. the media was talking to the players before the league was. they misconstrued what lebron said. they need to step back and let the lead to what they're going to do because it is going to be a fight. >> i have an idea for you. right now the team is worth somewhere between 700 million to more than a billion dollars. that is what it is worth today. they lose the advertisers. what will that be worth in the year if donald sterling stays in control of it. there will have the fire sale a year from now. lou: you are calling for a market solution. >> i love markets solutions. you and me both. lou: i cannot understand why that did not occur.

seriously. the fact that he is racist and also in the bull by prostate cancer. all the wrong things around perot people. lou: what he said on one level without any question at all, i direct result of who he is. the other part of it is is that he is a man who is sick, and people, and he has, as you point out, his rights and is home. the idea that that mobs formed rather quickly, i mean, you talk about mob action. you talk about people moving quickly. oprah winfrey, david geffen, magic johnson, first of all, they were there. lou: i do know wind. you can tell by the gils that

he is trying today. the grocery got in trouble with. the kind of girl who likes magic johnson. all of his life. even with hiv, the girl's super for magic. and that's the truth. lou: he gets rather granular and its threat to the point. and he does. your sense right now of this administration if we can turn it to an administration that says we have had justice. we are going through, you know, i mean, another ceremony on september 11th. have we had justice, as the president said? did we just bring to justice osama bin laden? >> we got ban-lon, more of the television, work in afghanistan. think what this administration is doing right now. cozying up to people they should not be.

they refuse to declare a terrorist group. egypt is a mess in libya is a mess. we are projecting no strength. if you're worried about justice, for kaywun, yes. heading into the future we learned our lesson. now we have a man in charge you does not seem willing to step up to the plate. where does that leave america? may be back or we were on september the tenth. >> strong words. i don't even know what's going on in the ukraine. should i be playing with atari 2600? they are just laughing right now . lou: a gaining system. i want to make sure you knew.

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example, pay for performance which does not quite capture what you are suggesting. >> basically we should be paying teachers according to the market. the public likes that. 66 percent think it is a good idea. lou: teachers do not like it, and parents love to have choice. choice is extraordinarily limited. >> parents would like to see

as you discuss in your book. >> i think they have that students take examinations on

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gerri: we're flat-out of time. neil cavuto is next. ♪ oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hailed, at the twilight's last gleaming ♪. >> the 9/11 memorial is open. and to the public, within hours. but the fact of the matter is, 13 years now, after the horror of 9/11, think about it. terror alive and well. al qaeda rocking and rolling. bad guys the world over dominating the headlines the world over. have we forgotten what happened