fox news.com/over time. >> we'll have pizza, baby. fox news alert. we'll monitor a senate armed services committee hearing on isis and how to destroy the terror group >> it is getting heated over whether or not the united states should send troops to syria and how that should be handled. and this is "happening now". and accelerate aring the fight against isis. and the u.s. air strike hitting the terror group near baghdad. more targets pending inside syria >> and a warning for the assad regime to stay clear. >> there are rules of engagement any time our men in uniform are in harm's way. >> new concerns about terrorist launching physical attacks on the home land, but cyber ones as

well. >> plus, in the line of fire. >> get the heck out right now. and raging flames devour 100 homes and orders for 1500 people at risk to get out. and fire is on the move. and army of firefighters battle to contain it. will nature lend a hand. that is another problem. and back on land after going missing at sea. >> and one man's fight for survival before the coast guard became an issue. it is all on "happening now". first two hour top story, some of the nation's top military leaders are not ruling out american forces on the ground against isis. i am jon scott.

>> i am heather howard in for jenna lee. general martin dempsey telling law maker ares he doesn't so the need to put troops in the combat situations in iraq, but said things could change. listen to this. >> my view at this point, the coalition is the appropriate way forward. and i believe that will prove true, but if it fails to be true and there are threats to the united states, i would go back to the president and make a recommendation and may include the use of military ground forces. >> chief white house correspondent ed henry join us us from the the north lawn. making news on the administration's plan to fight isis? >> reporter: you are right, john. general dempsey was frank under the testimony. and said he oh, posed the

president and that general dempsey. and he and other members of the national security team. that is resonated on the hill today. they are moving forward to give the president the authority to arm and train the syrian rebels and hope they have the ground forces. and those rebels up to the task and you are right, the other big headline. general dempsey and like the president saying over and over. the door is closed. kelly a yot said if things chaefrj on the ground you come back to me with a proposal. you have not ruled it out. >> i have not. has the president ruled it out. he stated positives that we will

not have u.s. ground forces. he hoold me to come back to him on a case poi case basis. >> reporter: the door is closed and slightly a jar if things change on the ground you heard the administration say there is progress with the new iraqi government formed. they rejected the new picks that the prime minister came up with within that cabinet and so the question marks about the new unitty government is coming together. i know right now, the president is not in the white house and headed to atlanta to make an announcement. and the president heading down to the cvc and trying to

leverage the might of the u.s. military and saying we have to stop the crisis that is growing in africa. the president is committing 3,000 u.s. military personnel and 17 mobile houses and training 500 health care providers a week. and meanwhile, the reports the state department ordered has mat suits. it is obviously getting ready just in case and in fact, speaker boehner said he was surprised that the president had not moved quicker for the crisis. >> and russian involvement in ukraine. ukraine ratified the pact with the eu today. respiratory six people in the

city of don'tesq city of donetsk were killed. >> reporter: the ceasefire between pro russian separatist and the central ukrainian government in kiev brought greater calm to easter ukraine but the lull is tenous. in don'tesque the city of the rebel held enclave had explosions. the northern part by the airport saw multiple residential buildings shelled. in a pentagon briefing, the nato commander said russia reduced the troops from over ten battalion task forces to around four. >> make no mistake, those forces

are close enough to be quickly brought back to bear. they have not left the area and not either a cohesive force or a force used for actual >> and in the meantime two votes in the ukraine & they have brought it closer to full integration in the eu. after the vote erupted in the nationalan them. and they approved greater measures for the russian rebels in eastern ukraine. since world war ii, no country paid as high of a price for the right to be european, heather? >> what a statement. james rosen in washington. >> president obama had several major crisis to work through. and it shoes the white house

rallying support and demonstrating to the world they have a hand on global affairs according to the washington post. it reflected the whiplash as crisis on three continents sowed doubt. it is less than two months before the midterm elections. and joe trippi manager of the dean campaign. and ed rolin campaign director for reagan. and both are fox news contractor. >> good to be with you. >> joe, how would you say the president is doing in the handling of the crisis right now? >> you have ukraine and syria, give us your assessment? >> i think he's doing what he thinks is the right thing to do. but the problem is none are

particularly easy crisis to deal with in the political environment we are in with this election coming up. >> and i think that you know, the measurement is out on whether these programs or policies will work or not. they appear to be working and get better, that will improve the standing with the american electorate. it will not be time to undue the damage in terms of democrats that are on the ballot in 2014. it is 75 days away from now. and ukrainian policys work and if the policies in the mideast work and ebola turned down. the credit will not happen until after the election. that's a problem for the democrats in november. >> and there was also an article and quotes a former administration official named

rosea brooks who worked in the pentagon. this is what she said. there is a sense that there is not a clear strategy and the white house is buffeted by events and they make decisions over the political pressures and that felt strongly over any given time. that transcends the day-to-day crisis. and that is a crisis like they do today. and the polls are not supportive. this president committed us to a third war in the middle east or whatever they want to call it. his war against isis. if it is a serious threat we need to use every resource and sending 3,000 troops to west africa to fight ebola and 400 goes to middle east to fight

isis. and the syrian rebels are battered back and now 400 trapers and try to make it work is a challenge. i think general dempsey's statements preclude further statements we'll not get it done unless we put american troops on the ground. >> joe, i want to play for you a section of the president's speech from last week. the prime time address at the white house. it was supposed to be all about isis and that threat and how to hand tele. and then the president said this, listen. >> technology companies and universities are unmatched. manufacturing and auto industries are tloifing. energy independence is closer than it has been in decades, for all of the work that remains, the business are in the longest strecht of job creation in history. >> republicans and maybe some democrats, republicans were

ticked at that. they say this is supposed to be a speech about a grave foreign policy crisis and the president touted his economic record, are they correct in the criticism. >> i don't think so. the president is addressing the country and one of the things with this new media and i don't mean just cable but twitter and social media, is that bad news is trumpeted and spread all over the place and the good news that is happening in the united states, it doesn't get out unless the president says something about it. he's got every right to do that and to do it in the national address of the people makes perfect sense particularly since the elections are coming up in november. obviously they are statements aimed at bolstering the numbers. i don't think they are going to change between now and november,

though. >> we added no manufacturing jobs last month and over the course of the year, we are only up one percent in manufacturing jobs. it is not exactly an area of strength. >> he can use the talking points. no one will believe it. it was supposed to be a serious speech and ask for a nationwide audience to address a specific threat. and not time to do your talking points about the economic. he didn't fill in the details. it was well delivered but no substance. for the rest of the presidency, the man who won the nobel peace prize. first thing he will get on the desk is the result of what happened against isis in the former day. it didn't turn out to be serious. and the media will be far less

reluctant. but if it is not a true message and people don't believe it. it will not matter. it is the issue today in the isis battle. >> it will go on three years and well in the next administration. thank you. >> you're welcome. >> we have another story. danger of the weather right now. hurricane odile moves out of mexico and forcing tourist to evacuate the area and leaving beend a mess. and now folks in arizona are bracing for that storm and possible new flash floods. >> and then another natural disaster in the the making. hot and dry and windy conditions and fuelling dozens of wildfires in the california area. that's next. once it jumps, it is right there. anything can happen. (woman) the constipation and belly pain feel tight like a vise.

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a sery was wildfires raging out of control in california. the dry conditions fuelling the flames. one is taking place of sacramento. so- called king fire and it is only five percent contained. there is a drought that turned the grass in bone-dry kindling. that is far from the only dangerous wildfires. an interno near the oregon and california border. it has destroyed the town of woad off of the map. it forced t2,000 people running for their lives. joining us on the phone from weed, california. amy, thanks for calling in and

this sounds devastating to the area. can you paint the picture of what things are looking like in weed right now? >> obviously as you saw, there is a lot of devastation in the small city. firefighters have done a great job of saving homes. there were 150 homes damaged or destroyed. njust to put this in context. two-thirds of the people were evacuated. >> there is a few areas that are under mandatory evacuation and a lot of people have returned home. obviously the people in the destroyed areas have not returned. >> one person told reporters about half of the town is gone. another person said some parts of the town were levelled and just foundations standing?

>> it is sporatic in the town. i wouldn't call it completely levelled. that's not true. we are doing ongoing damage assessment to get a accurate numbers. >> and one thing, the main industry is the lumber mill. they could lose not only their homes but jobs as well. do you know the status of the lumber mill. >> the lumber mill was not completely destroyed. parts that were and we are working on containing that. there is a lot of sawdust miles that will take a lot of work to put out. but it is one of the biggest employers for the area. >> i understand that those winds are specialing at formiles per hour. any sign it is dying down.

>> it is lighter than yesterday. yesterday was erratic wind behavior and it is all morning here and expecting it throughout the day. and it is good containment lines around the fire and a lot of a pressure. and resources on the line. >> we understand a thousand firefighters contributing to that. >> over a thousand firefighters. >> that is devastating for the town and those folks. we thank you for the brave men and women trying to take care of that fire. amy, thank you. what kind of a threat does isis pose to the u.s.? >> there are new worries about that. not only on the ground but in cyberspace. and the possibility of cyber are attack system a growing concern. >> it was live breaking news on "happening now". a truck left dangling eight stories up above a major freeway

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an update to a story that broke yesterday on "happening now". after a tractor trailer carrying construction equipment overturned. the machine left tanningling 80 feet in the air. a brave truck driver hung from the rope to secower it. it was shut down as crews cleaning up the mess. >> we have new warnings about

a different threat that isis could pose to america and that is cyber attacks. they use computers and social media to recruit fighters and hackers as well. one british hacker tweeted. this you can sit at home and play call of duty, or you can come here and respond to the real call of duty. the choice is yours. >> the twitter account was deactivated. we'll talk to a morgan. author of safe life. tell us why we should be concerned. >> he might be remembered for hacking british prime minister tony blair. he has the ability to penetrate networks and all of these isis folks are learning how to use social media.

now the soiber capabilities and 425 million and that's what they got about robbing the iraqi banks. >> they may be recruiting to help infilt trait government and our banks and infrastructure and transportation. how likely is it that it could happen in >> it will happen. it is not if, it is when. when you recruit in somebody in engaging and they have to physically leave the country. you get the best and brighter. you don't get travel or pass words. >> oh my gosh. you pay them here and they engage in warfare. >> how equipped is our government to track these people? >> it is like anything else. you have only so many assets. we watched the forest fours.

you only have so many firefighters and you have to pick and choose. you can't throw enough or spend enough. you have to take out the leadership and quite frankly twitter and wok book. take them off line. >> and that is a call of duty come down here in join us in syria his account was taken off line. >> it is a game of whammaco. >> they are good at social media. and it doesn't like they will be hacking in the mafrm bank. younger folks who are connected with ipads and computers, it is a numbers game. if you socialize with enough people using social media, you will find the people with the

skills. they are looking for people who break in networks and building their own encryption. they are learning the lessons of snowden. >> what did they learn from snowden? >> how much the united states doesn't know. and one of the hearings, nsa was in the position to tell about they didn't know about the critical expo. >> we were put on the defensive and they are listening and learning and flying low enough under the radar. so they don't get detected. >> companies will need to test their skurt. and morgan, thank you so much. jon, what dow have over there. >> a tight race for a state that is gown for tight election.

we'll head to iowa. and first of its kind. a victim's family is suing the on line dealers who sold ammunition to suspect holmes.

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dead after a suicide bombing in afghanistan. that happen in kabul. a polish service member was killed. the deaths bring the number of international troops to 59. at least 44 of them are american. we told you earlier in the hour about the wildfires in california. in this extreme weather alert, clean up in northern mexico. and power is still out to thousands and many roads are impassable and homes are destroyed after hurricane oshs dell came on shower. reports of looting. supermarkets to electronic stores. and people in arizona and new mexico are preparing for flooding there. there is potentially heavy rains

expected. nmeteorologist janice dean has more for us. >> and places who don't need the rainfall and places that need to see it like in california. they are not going to see the moisture. and looking at a 60 miles per hour tropical storm. category 3 with 125 miles per hour making a hit on cabbo. and now moving over california and in the northwest. >> and there is a track of the storm closer to tucson and phoenix and what the track as it moves in the southwest. and remember that this is the desert and it can't absofsh the moisture. it is desert and no where to absofsh. you could get rainfall in areas

that really can't take several inches of rain south of phoenix and to now mex. it is a huge concern in the next couple of days and would you believe jon scott, we have tropical storm polo. coming close to cabbo again. this is just like eye broke ep record. pacific is so active this season in terms of tropical activity. >> like florida was some years ago. stay on it, thanks. >> we'll talk politics now. iowa, the state that plays a big role in presidential election. and it could now play a 55ittol role because of the hotly contested senate race. carl came ron has more. >> hi, there, carl. set the stage for us.

>> it is the same stage as all year. republicans could pick up six seats and capitol hill and the large years of the president's term is tougher for president obama. iowa polls are tide. bruce brailly. a democratic congressman. and the republican trying to fill the vacan't. >> it is more compet out are. and there isap ad. she couldn't wait to make them squeal. and there is a lot of colorful. and personal type attacks. mr. braly hadap adand going after the state senator in which he used video as a chick.

there is a lot of women who took offense to the chick. it is really, really tough. and the polls are locked in a margin of error. it is coping a close eye on and the democrats thought they could defend it. boy, it is seven weeks in the election. what is the home stretch looking like. >> we are now seven weeks from the election and both candidates went up on theire. they are going positive. and in the case of mrs. erst talking about her time in the national guard. and she was commander of the biggest unit. and mr. brailly is emphasizing after partisan attacks. he will reach across the aisle

on his advertising. >> and it is a race that is dedicated in demope. >> and what appears to be the first of its kind jand who died in the they are suing an on line ammunition retailer. they say it is liable because it provided the shooter the ammunition. >> these kinds of sales are unit >> and the president of the brady center in this lawsuit. it is presidentic in

>> because of standing. how did the brady center that was shot and killed that horrible day. this is the first legal issue. if a lawsuit is left to go forward like this, what to say that someone can't sue a car dealer. you buy a car and that person that was killed can go back and sue the person who sold you the car? >> amazon is in the kitchen selling business. did they sell a knife. >> no. we have two kinds of quotation. you throw them on the empire state building. and as they pass the 53rd now

someone cues him. >> you can see the maker of the map. it is never going to work. >> and the only thing that is you have to figure out when you are selling on the amount of moments, who is this person? is this something else they could have done and were they appropriate. is this that is a viable theory of they were negligent in some way. but negligence and causation are two different things. >> they can be negligent, but if it doesn't cause it. for example, if the other guy shoots you, it is not my fault.

>> it does not seem. that james holmes was 100 percent in his right mind at the top of all of this? why not and it so manies like any number of other people or companies or university or psychiatrist, any number of people >> they could be liable. not the psychiatrist but the university that should have gone. >> it is a brady foundation. but it is a tough case to mount. >> it is a gun control case. >> it is stronger if it had to do with the big guns and not the ammunition. >> doug berns and a list wheel. >> and watch watch state

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the two british tourists were found in an alcove close to the holtz where they were staying. police say they had wounds that show that they were likely murdered. there was a bloody hoe that was found nearby. doctors say they plan to perform an autopsy. in the meantime, residents gathered at a nearby beach for a candlelight vigil. they offered prayers and flowers and prayed for justice. controversy erupting over textbooks in texas with charges

that some could be distorting history. the state board of education is set to vote two months from now, but before that the public takes a chance to weigh in. tracy seagull live in austin with that story. case where i. >> yeah, john. remember a couple of years ago it was science textbooks that were the center of the controversy. now we're talking about social studies textbook that is would be adopted for use in texas public schools starting next year, but there is first this lengthy review process. that's what's going on at this public hearing underway right now behind me where scholars, professors, retired teachers, parents, they have combed through all of the material, and they are pointing out the errors, the emissions that have been made by the publisher wrshz then those authors have a hands to go back and make revisions before the board formally votes in november on which text books will be adopted here. >> publishers have been responsive to the concerns of the moms and dads and teachers and others who come to testify,

and there has been some content that they have greatly improve and they have certainly corrected the factual errors that have been brought to their attention. >> the most egregious mistakes we have heard. some textbooks suggest that moses was essentially a founding father. some paint islam as only a violent religion, and others downplay the hardships that african-americans faced during the civil rights ear wrarera. >> we do our students a disservice when we scrub history clean of unpleasant truths. it promotes a simple-minded idealogically driven point of view. >> an awful lot is riding on this because texas purchases the second largest number of text books in the country, so a lot of the versions that are approved here trickle down into classrooms in other states across america. john. >> casey seagull live in texas. thank you. >> well, in washington we're

following developments from today's hearing on isis. the nation's top generals say that boots on the ground in iraq or syria may be needed at some point. we'll have a live report that's minutes away. plus, talk about taking the big plunge. it's right here. we'll tell you about where the couple said their i do's. it's a roller coaster. >> where do the bride's parents sit?

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accommodations, but when the bride tossed her bouquet, pretty hard for the woman in the last car to catch. >> i hope she didn't take the cake up there. >> high pressure ni hope not. >> thank you for joining us. >> the real story with gretchen carlson starts right now. >> fox news alert to kick it off. the possibility of american boots on the ground not being ruled out today as the u.s. begins taking the fight directly to isis. hi, everyone. i'm gretchen carlson, and this is "the real story." our nation's top military and defense officials auto the hill today answering tough questions about president obama's expanded strategy for defeating the islamic terror group. joint chief of staff general martin dempsey saying american troops could, could end up on the battlefield if necessary. >> if we reached a point where eye i believe our advisors shared attacks against specific isil targets, i'll recommend