lou dobbs. lou: good evening, northern california is increases, firefighters battling one of worse firestorms in that state history, 17 wildfires now raging in 9 northern california counties. and the devastating fires have killed at least 15 people. destroyed 2000 homes, businesses and other buildings, scorched. upward of 115,000 acres consumed, more than 150 people have been respected missing. -- reported missing, many unable to communicate amid a widespread loss of power and cell phone service, and the wildfires, trump is, has approved a federal

disaster declaration for state of california. >> i spoke with governor brown last night, to let him know that federal government will stand with the people of california and we will be there for you in this time of terrible tragedy and need. and i just want to pay my warmest respects, they are going through a lot. lou: a lot, and we learn now that weather conditions are beginning to cooperate. but forecasters say that another round of gusty winds are scheduled to hit region binding tomorrow night. fox news correspondent claudia cowen is in santa rosa in sonoma county with our report. >> it looks like a bomb within off. -- went off, you were nothing is left. reporter: california under season, more than a dozen lives lost, people unaccounted for, homes, businesses and cars

reduced to files of ash, now some are slowly making their way back to see if anything is left. >> to come in here, and see it now, see everything across the highway, and how far it goes it like, just unimaginable. >> it was right there we were like, we have to go now. and we -- this is all i got. >> oh, my god. reporter: it has been an emotional 36 hours, 17 wildfires started across the golden state, burning 180 square miles. >> the size and scope of these fires is massive, 20,000 acre fire 25,000 acre fire and 5,000 acre fire. reporter: vice president pence visiting command center in sacramento promising federal government full support. >> we'll be with you every day until we put the fires out. and stand with the families to rebuild these communities.

reporter: and of woft worst hit, sonoma and napa county, heart of california's wine making and tourism industry, 2000 struck ours, including popular vineyards and hotels are gone. >> they sad state of affairs for the state. reporter: officials warning those under evacuation orders to stay away until they deem it okay to return. >> it is not safe to do that until we can ensure the safety of the utilities and gas line, and make sure trees will not fall on someone. reporter: and in southern california, east of anaheim, a 7500 acre blaze charred 2 dozen homes. the smoke cast an eerie orange glow over disneyland, orange county fire crews say they were no match for the wind whipped fire. >> the flames came up, you could not see you're land in front of your -- your hand in franc fronf

your face. reporter: here, 15 people have died, there are concerns that the death toll will rise because a number of people have suffered very serious burn injuries, and 150 people are listed add missing. back to you. lou: thank you. >>n new revelation in las vegas massacre. that left 58 people dead, and 500 people injured, las vegas police are changing the narrative that has dominated the news for a week. today offering a new timeline of the shooting. as they continue to search for motives, and more, more understanding of what happened and why. fox news correspondent dan springer is in las vegas with our report on this shocking new

development. reporter: lou, big story is that police have shifted timeline as to whether shooting start -- whether shooting started, we were told first shots 10:05 to the crowd here in las vegas. but they were fired 6 minutes earlier at 9:59 at a security guard what works at mandalay bay. jesus campos, who was responding to an open door alarm, that is when first shots were fired. >> immediately, upon being injured notified security of the situation. in close product imtie of mr. campos -- proximity of mr. campos shot there was a min maintenance worker who presented himself, mr. campos prevented that man from receive anything injuries. reporter: also how quickly the police responded, and did they get there fast enough.

other big development after a full week of examine every aspect of paddock's life, police say there was not one single, vin that trigger -- not one single even that triggered this massacre, they have interviews and reinterviewed all closest to paddock, and believe that motive evolved overtime. >> a comprehensive picture is being drawn to the suspect's mental state and we do not believe there was one particular event in suspect's life for us to key on. reporter: police continue to say that there was a single gunman and there is no connection to terrorism. lou. lou: dan thank you. >> so much to learn yet, dan stringer from las vegas. >> president trump bringing nfl to its knees over players refusal to report our flag, our country, and national anthem. nfl now says it will consider a

rule requiring players to stand for the national anthem. fox news media analyst howard kurtz with our report. reporter: national football league taken a hit since president trump launched his campaign against protesting players, ratings in first month are down 8% from last season, to 16 .5 million viewers, nfl goodell is giving ground, saying that the controversy is dividing us and hurts the league, we believe that everyone should stand for national anthem. it important moment in the game, dallas cowboy owner jerry jones backing mr. trump, he said he would bench any player who did not stan for the anthem. >> we stand for the flag. if there is anything that is disrespectful to the flag we will not play. >> the debate intensified sunday vice president pence walked off of eye colts game after more than 20 members of 49ers

refused to stand for anthem, that mass protest was the ex soaption, on 6 other teams this between one and four player sat, took a knee or said in locker room. a right tor to -- protest. >> i was ashamed of what was taking place, i don't know you can disrespect our country, our flag our national anthem. reporter: president called for a change that could deal league a financial blow, why is nfl getting massive tax breaks and disrespecting our anthem, flag and country, change tax law? nfl central office gave up tax exempt status two years ago, 13 teams have gotten more than a billion in federal subsidy since 2000. to build or renovate stadium. >> if this industry is going to use money from the taxpayers is

it too much to ask they show respect to the american flag. reporter: nfl remains a cash machine. but popularity dropping in abmonth it is clear that president has thrown the league for a loss. >> howard, also, brought commissioner and the owners to their knees, they will it looks like next week, get their heads on straight, and understand what country makes it possible for them to make the mistakes they have made since the outset of this de-- pr disaster for nfl. >> white house said president trump was making a joke when he challenged secretary of state rex tillerson to an iq test, saying she did not believe reports that tillerson questioned hidden tell jengs, saying -- intelligence, saying, i think it is fake news, if he did that i guess we should

compare iq tests. president insisting he still has confident in his secretary of state. >> with the iq comment. >> no, i didn't under cut anybody. i don't believe in under cutting people. lou: with henry kissinger, who is advising president, north korea and china amongst other issues. new revelations in the ever could panning democratic i-t scandal on capitol hill. investigator are looking into a bag with a laptop with congresswoman debbie wassermann schultz's initial, it was left in a phone booth on capitol hill's rayburn building, bag of found two months after i-t aid

emron was banned but not before he was fired by wassermann schultz. this has a lot of republican lawmakers more than unset, nothing has happened since those discoveries. they have sounded the alarm on allegations that awon transferred massive amounts of data from house servers to a secret server belonging to then democratic congressman javier becerra who is now attorney general of california, and we do not know where that investigation rests at this moment, we don't know if there is san investigation at all into this matter, the fbi is not speaking. and it looks like something is being buried against in this scandal. a spokesman for becerra said he is working with authorities. to provide home with any in, they request. that is generous.

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lou: president trump giving senator bob corker a new nickname today, tweeting, failing "new york times" set little bob corker up by recording his conversation that was made to sound like a fool, that is what i'm dealing with. joining me now, former republican presidential candidate, business executive, radio talk show host, her man

cain -- herman cain. thank you for joining us, i want to ask you, something about taxes. i'm concerned there is not pure equity in tax reform plan as called by capitol hill folks. why, if we're going to cut corporate rates by 40% from 35 to about 20. condition w can't we cut pass ft through rate and middle class taxes by 40% to have i'm following your lead, instead 40%, 40%, 40%, does that sound right? >> well, it might sound right. but here is what they are dealing with. they still have to try and cut taxes big enough to stem late the economy. but in are some areas that won't be cut by that much because we

still have to deal with not cutting so much that it adds to the national debt or deficit. i believe that the cuts that president has proposed represent the right balance. such that we super charges economy. yes, the middle class gets a big cut, maybe the top a little bit of a cut. so what but they have to balance. lou: the middle class gets a little bit of a cut. >> no, no, the top gets a little bit of a cut, middin -- middle class gets a big cut. lou: but we have not heard how much of a cut they get. >> they quoted 3 rates, and 3

brackets. lou: i got it. >> they define what most of middle class gets, i am not worried about that angst it people talk about in sound bites about what it does and doesn't do. look, i have been studying like you, many, many years, whole issue of tax cuts and sim simplification. lou: mm-hmm. >> president's proposal as he proposed it is is a good plan, people are messing it up. i'm happy with the president's proposal, if congress would just leave is alone and go lady and pasaheadand pass it. lou: i think i get it, if corporation go the 40% tax cut, it just seems like it is

equitable to do things for small business, putting brakes on at 25, not 20, small business is where the jobs are created. if i turbo charge going it is not going to be goldman sachs, it is going to be small. i know you understand. and also a middle class tax cut in washington, and i don't hear when they are doing in how much they are cutting. we know when they are doing with big companies, but we don't know what they will do with very people who need the most help. >> lou, with all due respect. lou: i love when you saw lou. >> lou, with all due respect, you wrong, your perception is wrong. i am a small business people, my business taxes go through my personal income, i am thrilld to pay 25% even though i don't get

20%, i am thrilled, that is going to encourage me to continue to grow and run my. they have to try to achieve some balance in terms of what it does to deficit, as well as encouraging big businesses and small businesses. chapter s like me, i am thrilled. i think that perception being created is wrong, it does not do enough for small businesses when it does a lot for small businesses. lou: okay. we are out of time, we're overtime, have to ask. >> yes. lou: i'm giving you extra time, you are a man who called me wrong, that hurts, but i am giving you more time. if this tax cut results in a deficit larger and greater debt would you oppose or support.

>> it's not going to. it's not going to. lou: okay that is one way to answer that question. >> that is absolutely wrong. >> herman cain, we made mystery, you said i am wrong, i am hurt. >> lou, i know we can work our way through it. lou: you got it, good to see you. >> thank you. lou: vote in our poll, do you believe that nfl owners should give rodger good e goodell his 0 million dollar contract extention. i think that is low but we'll go with that, cast your vote on twitter, he made 44 million the other year, yeah. follow me on twitter, like me on facebook, follow me on instagram, on wall street stocks closing higher, dow gaining 70. closing a new record my, s&p up

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lou: joining me now, national spokesperson for citizens for trump, jan morgan. i just have to ask, this is a press like we've not seen for a long time on gun control. but there is a funny sort of

atmosphere. as if everyone has learned their lesson, they know that reflects and not same as reason and nationality in -- rationality. >> well, i'm not sure that likes they have to learn their le. >> when the foundation of your argument has always been that restricting the rights of law-abiding citizens does not stop criminals. to even go down this route, this is a slippery slope we don't need to be sliding down. lou: this nra position is they are willing to discuss. >> they did ask atf to look into

further regulations. the reason i say it's a slippery slope. when you look at the radical left, they look at magazines as accessories. lou: people who know guns know better and our legislators know better. they know the game. they know the gun control lobby and what they are. they are all about an anti-constitutional framework for the debate. i'm proud the nra took the position it did. i have never seen a bump stock.

but i don't think automatic weapons ought to be in the civilian population for whatever reason whatsoever. that's the only restraint on guns i support or endorse. >> we are going to have to agree to disagree on that. >> if we have a law that prohibits automatic weapons -- why should we -- >> why should we not mimic that law in its application to bump stocks which mimic machine guns? >> because bump stocks just like any other accessory and fully automatic weapon, further regulating them doesn't stop bad guys from getting them. how do we stop mass murder? i saw a documentary the other day that was that almost all of

the mass murders in america were committed by someone under the understand fliewfns psychiatric drugs or on psychiatric drugs. when we grew' people had weapons in the back windows of their trucks. lou: we did not have automatic weapons of any time. a handgun was an exotic weapon. we have plenty ofhan guns and -- plenty of handguns and fire power. what i'm talking about is a reasons position on the part of the nra which i personally think is right. that's what makes america great. we get to keep our guns or we get to disagree. did she disagree?

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at finishyourdiploma.org lou: joining me is fred flights. i think the president was speaking subtly to iran and north korea. >> the president inherited a real mess. i think he's making the best of it. in march an order was was issue bid this administration. there are instances where our diplomats went to foreigners and

said cut off these ties to north korea. they said yes we do and pointed them out. why did obama do this? it's another sign of the incompetence of the last administration. lou: as you say, night and day, between president trump's policies and those of this president. but we are also looking at the possibility that plans have been hacked from the south koreans to the north koreans regarding regime change and assassination of kim jong-un. if i hear one more story how our allies and we have vulnerability to cyber attack without seeming any any response. this is frustrating to all of us. >> everyone knows north korea has a rebust cyber capability.

it stole $81 million from a bank in bangladesh in 2014. the south koreans don't appear to have adequate cyber-security. their gps systems have been jammed. this is inexcusable. lou: it appears the united states has no way to defend our assets or counterattack the russians, the chinese, you name it. >> i think the united states government is getting better at this. this compromise was because the north korean government wasn't defending secrets adequately. lou: what kind of moron in south korea isn't thinking about north korea when he or she is in a responsible position to defend

the country against the number one enemy which is north korea. they live in a constant state of potential conflict. >> we don't know what was behind it. i can't figure out how this country of all countries wouldn't be defending their computers against north koreans. lou: the president said he's behind rex tillerson. he thinks calling him a moron was fake news. and he says he's a hell of a lot smarter than rex tillerson. >> the 11th commandment from president reagan is thou thalt not -- shalt not speak ill of

other republicans. lou: we'll be talking privately. fred flights. stocks hitting record highs. businessman anthony pratt pledging $8 mill to create jobs in this country. stay with us.

lou: the president revealed he's work on an economic development bill to incentivize companies to stay in the united states. president trump telling "forbes" magazine, it's a carrot and a stick. if you least it's going to be tough for you to think you will be able to sell your product back into our country, end quote. our next guest invested $billion to create manufacturing jobs. we are joined by jeremy pratt. thing are going our way in this country. the president has delivered in his first months in office, not

even a year yet bringing manufacturing jobs back. he delivered on this economy. he said while barack obama and most of candidates for president were saying it's the new normal. something around 2%. he demonstrated it's 3% and higher and it's possible and part of his plan. >> people like us we pledge $2 million in investment. and i think that that's caused a general sense of optimism in the general economy. lou: the global food form that is your brain child. how is that going, and ways your sense of america's role in the global food chain? >> we started a conversation that we had to double america's

food production industry. we increased the work of the american farers and increased food exports by 9% after years of decline. lou: we have been looking more to food imports in this country the past decade or so. what is driving that? >> there are 3 billion people coming into the middle class in asia with disposable income. and america has a great brand for food safety and that's important. president trump did a great trade deal with china to get the good into china for the first time since 2003. lou: how much food growth there

is in this country. >> food that's packages, processed and sent overseas to feed the world. it doesn't get attention it deserves. if you turn it into flour it's worth 500. if you turn it into bread, it's worth $1,600. great to have you here. chairman of pat industries. every time we talk about it will something you are doing. as president trump put it. the people who actually do things are far more interesting than folks like me.

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lou: last night we asked you if you thought football fans should follow vice president parens' lead and walk out when football players insalt the fashion agricultural anthem. i think roger goodell has something when he says it's time to have a meeting with the owners. hillary clinton has broken her silence on the harvey weinstein scandal. she says she was shocked and appalled by the revelations. she didn't mention what she thought about weinstein himself or did she i whether she would be returning a quarter million

dollars to the clinton foundation and her campaign. i'm sure a woman who styled herself as the leader of the war on women, she would want to get that money right to him straight away. she has to be very, very disappointed. joining me now, ed rollins. esteemed members of the political consultant hall of fame. i think he would have sipped the hall of fame even if he weren't esteemed. pulitzer prize winning columnist michael goodwin. let's start with you. ed: i'm in the 94% group. i think the% group are the owners and their families. lou: jerry jones has drawn a line.

the first time he did it, he not on didn't react tha to their crossing it, he jiens them himself. what's going on with the nfl? >> i think .> i think . president correctly framed this and people responded. people who like football thought this was more important than football. so you had the declining tv ratings and lower attendance. lou: 74% lower ratings in monday night football. michael: that trickles up. that's the money that pays their salaries. lou: good he will is the guy who said go to your knees and to hell with the anthem and to hell

with this country. he condoned it. ed: he did. it can't be america's number one sport, you can't be america's team and december crate the flag, disrespect the flag. we spend a fortune with our military, bands, planes flying over their event. it's have much a part after football game. for these people to go out there and disrespect them. the problem is nobody tells them no. the american public is telling them no, you can't disrespect our flag. lou: they are under evident might be the anger. the players, i don't think they care one way or another. but they are not there to think. they are there to hit and tackle and play the game. but, my god, they expect more of

the owners and a lot more of the commissioner. this is a matter that's treechtd gut of the american people. edreport other thing that will have to happen, the networks that cover these games including fox and cbs. , they better get back in. it's very much a part of the game it's hah we started. you see hundreds of gigantic flags, jets flying over, the whole 9 yards. lou: when i see service members around that flag, it burns me. that's not the proper role for our service members to be out there holding a big flag. put cheerleaders out there. put fans out there. but our service members need to be treated with respect. they are there to be -- to be be

honors along with the flag. they shouldn't be there because they are doing a halftime pore pre-time ceremony. even the pga. they have service members holding up flagsticks on the greens. it burns the mel out of me. it's not respect for the uniform other service. let's turn to the president. immigration. he's got points out there and immigration. sequence isn't exactly organized. where are we, ed? >> the polls that are coming out. there is no efforts to basically support other side. i think he's in a great position. if you want immigration reform

you have got to start with security. how do you secure the border. how do you make compromises for who comes in. every single one is a major point. >> i'm struck by the fact that's this is a reversal of the deal he made with schumer and he localsy. he did say funding for the wall would not be part of it. that was a mistake on his part. he has undone that deal and attached new conditions to it. schumer says this is a non-starter. lou: everything with schumer is a non-starter. but i think the president has right himself in terms of his base. he was elected. the wall was such an important part of those who wanted a strong position on immigration. you can't be tough on

immigration without the wall. i think he correctly has come back to where he started. lou: it's important to keep that base solid and keep them fired up in support of this president because he's getting hit from the left, the dems. the lobbyists. the national left-wing must media. lou: on the issue of immigration, a sil if you want o reform immigration it's critically important that you control immigration. and if you want to control immigration you have to control your own borders. so far we are not close to being ready to reform immigration. ed rollins, michael goodwin.

it's good to see you. that's it for us tonight. we thank you for being with us. laura ingraham and pastor robert laura ingraham and pastor robert lauren: breaking news this morning, stunning new allegations of sexual assault including charges of rape against disgrace hollywood mogul weinstein. cheryl: 17 confirmed fatalities, a live report moments away. lauren: president trump pitching tax reform in pennsylvania today and he's not giving up on health care either, saying he will use the power of the pen to do what congress isn't. cheryl: records all around, wal-mart pushing dow to a new high yesterday, take a look at the futures barely pointing to lower