that's it for this week's show, thanks to my panel and to all of you for watching i'm paul gigot, hope to see you right here next week. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ arthel: we begin with breaking new developments out of florida, the secretary of state ordering a recount in both the senate and governor's race said to begin early tomorrow morning. hello, everyone, welcome to brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters i'm arthel neville. eric: hello, everyone, i'm eric sean, republican rick scott leads incumbent democrat bill nelson by 12,000 votes, also razer-thin margin separating ron desantis and andrew gillum, desantis currently up by 33,000 votes, gillum earlier today supported the recount after he

initially conceded the race. >> well, let me say clearly, i am replacing my words of concession with uncompromised and unapologetic call that we count every single vote. we count every vote and i say this recognizing that my fate in this may or may not change. eric: they will begin county, doug, outside of elections, they have seen a lot of action both inside and outside, what's going on this afternoon? >> it's been that way all day long, eric as well, if it is now official we are heading for a recount of 3 important florida statewide races, the first one people most people outside of florida don't care about agricultural, the other monumental importance across the country, senate race rick scott and bill nelson and also the governor's race between democrat andrew gillum and the republican ron desantis, the first recount

is going to be by machine, it has to be completed by this coming thursday, now, if the margin of difference between any two of the candidates in that machine recount is less than 1 quarter of 1%, then it goes to a hand count, now, while all of that is going on, the board of -- the supervisor of elections here is defending itself against all kinds of allegations of corruption and criminal activity, listen up. >> allegations of fraud, those are serious charges to throw out there, there's no basis for it. to give a claim of fraud without any evidence, i think is unacceptable. >> but an attorney for governor rick scott with 18 years experience of examining close elections in broward county says it is incompetence but worst than that intentional incompetence. >> it's like the clowns in the

volkswagen and they keep coming out and they keep coming out and you think how many more can they possibly have in there, keep coming out. they have more today. >> are they overwhelmingly democratic voters? >> of course, this is -- that's why they are here. i mean, that's where the money is, democrats come here because that's where the votes are. >> well, the president of the united states pretty much agrees with that, he's weighing in by tweet by europe saying, quote, trying to steal two big elections in florida, we are watching closely, senator nelson also reacting very statement he says, we have every expectation that the recount will be full and fair and will continue taking action to ensure every vote is counted without interference and efforts to undermine the democratic process and spokesman for governor rick scott taking a hard hit at nelson saying, quote, his time -- it's time for senator nelson to accept reality and spare the state of florida the time, expense and discord of a recount. all to be continued, if this

comes down to head count, the completion is november 18th, we have another 8 days of this, a lot of floridans, waiting, watching and worrying about the outcome of these elections back to you eric. eric: meanwhile the overseas ballots they still get counted until wednesday so it ain't over until it's over. doug, thank you. arthel. arthel: all right, eric, bring in our panel, we had a panel for you planned and in fact, we will have one guest right now, guest john thomas, he's the former president of thomas partners strategies, also republican pollster, we were to have joining you is josé muñoz but he could not make it, so i will talk to you, jon, let's look at numbers, first of all in broward county, one of the counties in question there in florida n2014 in broward county 774,000 people

voted, in 2,018,682,453 voted. and now as you know the recount is on, so with such an increase in voter turnout are you surprised the humans are work to go organize getting vote counted couldn't finish original count before the deadline? >> no, i'm not surprised. let's take a step back to get the full landscape of brenda snipes, the county election -- arthel: supervisor. >> it's not the first time she had problems, in 2016 she was accused of destroying ballots by a judge. arthel: first of all, john bear with me because josé is not here, i will have to play side for a second, did you tell me josé is here, fantastic, jose, you're here, let me see a shot of josé muñoz. >> how are you? >> my apologizes arthel: i'm glad that you're here, i do not

want to play you, not my place. he went out the gate saying brenda snipes had problems from back in the day, what does that have to do with current day and whose fault is it that she's still in place? >> let me just say about this recount about to happen in florida, they just announced it. every single vote in florida must count, this is priority, this is not about -- this is about democracy, our democracy is at stake here, we have to make sure -- i don't think if it's republican or democrat, whoever wins every single in vote florida must be counted. arthel: john, what do you say to that? >> josé, i'm glad to hear, we both agree on it. what we should agree on that votes should be legal, we already know from snipes just recently that illegal invalid -- arthel: let me move on, you know that the secretary of state knows there's no illegal criminalities happening right now. >> well -- arthel: here is, hang on for me. here is brenda snipes, okay

again broward county election supervisor on thursday denying claims of incompetence by senator marco rubio on twitter, listen. >> we ran 22 fights, we ran 14 days, we ran 12 hours, we had a big vote by mail, so don't try to turn it around to make it seem like i'm making comedy out of. arthel: before you guys jump in, i want to show you something from the newspaper ft. lauderdale on brenda snipes, quote, snipes is not something that would manufacture boxes of boxes of ballots to throw an election, she's simply incompetent, track record of mistakes and fallen to own up to them, she's long been willing to settle to come in last and reporting in election results and before you jowmp -- jump in, her office adhered to early voting and mail-in ballots to be posted within 30 minutes of polls closing on election day

adding that the requirements does not mean all of those votes have to be posted in that time in that, quote, you're not expected to have a complete result for 700,000 people 30 minutes after polls close, you say to that, john? >> invalid provisionals mixed in with valid provisionals, now we are trying to undo -- they admitted to it. we are trying to undo and figure which ballots were -- arthel: i understand, but just think here -- i understand, i get your point, in your opinion there's some sort of history here on the part of ms. snipes but i want to say focus, you two bickering doesn't move the needle forward and the bottom line is what joée said was that both need to be

counted, do you feel that and sticking with you, john, secretary of state in florida says that they are, quote, they had no indications of fraud, so does that count for anything? >> yeah, well, look, at best this is an incompetence, at worst it's fraud. i hope it's not fraud. i completely agree with josé, every valid legal vote should be counted and here is the kicker, is that transparency in some is needed in every stage to have process not just the final results, that's the key here. arthel: that's a good point that john is making, josé, is that where ms. snipes went wrong, this is what's happening, this is why it's happening, you have to give a real lifetimeline, real world timeline and therefore no one looks at you sideways going why are you telling me this now? >> it's one thing i can say for sure we must all learn from this is that we have to do something about some of the ballots, look

at the ballots in broward county, a lot of folks that voted democrat, they voted in the governor's race and didn't vote in senate race, they didn't see it, bottom-left of the ballot. if it's a learning lesson for all of us, we have to do something, design, voter friendly and the fact of the matter that rick scott and marco rubio politicizing this trying to make this about we are stealing the election, you look at some of the tweets, they are trying to make this about steeling elections, i think president trump maybe said something about it, i wouldn't be surprised -- arthel: he did say something about it, on the same lines. finish your point, josé so i can get john to jump in. >> my point is this, no democrat is for vehicle -- voter fraud, r wins wins, we have to make sure every single vote counts. that's the most important thing, sacred thing we hold democracy, our vote, let's make sure that

the people of the state of florida do their job, count every single vote, make sure there's transparency and we get to the bottom of it. arthel: josé, really this is such a wonderful, wonderful freedom that we have here in america and you want every vote to be counted fairly fair and square so i'm going let you wrap up with this, john, you know does it help and does it, you know, or hinder voter confidence when you have someone like the president and like the governor of florida who is running to be the senate in this race that is, you know, being debated here now. you know, does that help, folks at home were thinking where the heck are we? are we in america or somewhere else, why are we bickering about who votes should count or not? >> well, it's not about whether votes should count it's about the transparency of the counting process and i think marco -- senator rubio, last person to be rashed and jump to conclusion but even he is calling foul but

-- arthel: that ms. snipes is incompetent. >> if you take into consideration history we cannot give this woman the benefit of the doubt -- arthel: why wasn't she removed by governor scott? >> well, because she's an elected official. so -- arthel: why wasn't she put on the ballot, how does that work, however she's supposed to get out of be removed legally if there's such problems with her after having served many years there, why if there's such lack of confidence in ms. snipes' ability to do her job which she completely denies, why is she still there? >> you are making the argument for why here in la county where i'm broadcasting from where appointed registrar's office, she absolutely should have been removed but the voters perhaps just didn't dial in and thought well, she agrees with us politically and so we will keep

her in office, anybody who messed up as many times as she had would have been normally removed from her job. arthel: listen, we will keep shot up here, what we are looking at here live pictures there in florida, brenda snipes is on the left-hand side of your screen there and they are working, the workers are prepping the machines to be recalibrated for, you know, machine recount, so -- here we are again. i just don't understand why we are here again and, you know, at this point -- and i keep repeating this because this is what i'm hoping for, quote, they had no indications of fraud, i really hope that our elections are clean and as according to secretary of state they are and let's hope that these votes can be counted properly, fairly and squarely and then may the best person win, how is that, guys? >> i like that. yeah. >> i'm with you 10%. arthel: josé, do not be late next time, i do not want to take

your side. [laughter] arthel: traffic is bad everywhere. thank you, guys. eric: major developments on 3 major wild fires that are causing a lot of destruction and damage and devastation in california, officials say the campfire, well, that's burning north of sacramento so far horribly that's killed 9 people. the quick-moving flames have destroyed thousands, yes, thousands of homes and left the count of paradise tragically in ruins. >> the fire started moving quickly and we were able to save tens of thousands of people and get them notified, despite our best warnings often times, despite efforts to get people to be prepared and moved often times people don't avail themselves of that advice or don't follow directions and as a result we see the situation that we have here today. we are we are we have fox news team coverage for you jeff paul covering two major wild fires in southern california. let's begin with claudia, up

north, surveying reporting the devastation there, hi, claudia. >> hi, eric, well, now pretty much wiped out the city of paradise the campfire continues to burn south and east and now threatening the city of oraville, evacuations have been ordered for communities between here and there. tens of thousands of people right now are staying with friends and hotels and shelters with no idea when they'll be able to return to the burn zone, it could be many, many weeks, meantime a grim recovery effort is underway in neighborhood that were here thursday morning, police officers are going to the homes of those listed as missing later today we will find out if the death toll has gone up and now stands at 9, most of the victims found in or near their cars, law enforcement also protecting property from looters arresting two men who may have been trying to impersonate

forest service personnel because they were wearing similar-type jackets, this fire has burned more than 100,000 acres and 20% contained, reports today that a down power line may have sparked this fire, that's part of ongoing investigation. but president trump he's blaming the state's forest management policies and is threatening to withhold federal funds tweeting this morning, quote, there's no reason for these massive deadly and costly fires in california, billions of dollars are given each year with so many lives lost all because of growth mismanagement of the forest. remedy now or no more fed payments. federal funds have already been secured to help with the recovery efforts meantime lull in winds providing massive air in front lines and crews are hoping they can get the upper hand on this fire before the strong winds return tonight, eric, could be strong as the winds that blew through here on thursday morning the difference this time, some 3,000

firefighters are here ready to respond back to you. whef whef that devastation just really incomprehensible, claudia, thank you. arthel: really is eric, deaths from the woolsey fire, has been burning out of control for third day, live pictures in west hills, northwest of los angeles, so the fire doubled, doubled in size overnight and has forced more than 200,000 people to evacuate. jeff paul is live in agoura hills where many homes have been destroyed, what's it looking like jeff? >> we have since moved over to thousand oaks california, very close to the area as well where the fire, the woosley fire continues to grow in size and intensity, i want to show you what's going on behind over here, that's where the fire is kicking up right now, the santa monica mountains and a lot of helicopters coming to nearby lake and dumping off water.

as you mentioned the fires growing in size, doubled in size, now about the size of salt lake, utah, a quarter million people have been evacuated and, yes, we are hearing about unfortunate deaths of 2 people within the fire zone, while that's being investigated, they are trying to figure out if those two people died from this fire or other causes, that's under investigation, we've also been talking to people who have had to evacuate. we spoke with one woman earlier today in malibu who had to not only get herself to safety but also a lot of her horses, take a listen. >> i just want to get out of here. i'd like to be any place else. this is hell. we've got a little bit of food out, some food for the horses but it's a war zone up there. horses burned everywhere, power lines are down, the roads are blocked by trees that have fallen over, it's really bad. >> one bit of good news today

compare today yesterday is that the winds have really started to die down, you can see as you take a look off to the side there, the smoke kind going mostly straight up and over here this is what i was talking about before, the helicopters that are going over to sheer wood lake and picking up water and heading to canyons. this would be a bright saturday day but all of that smoke blanketing over sun and gives haze. this is what we are seeing over here for the last couple of hours as they just try to get some sort of control on this fire right now it is only at about 0% containment and they are working to get some sort of grip on it because they know the winds are expected to return tomorrow. back to you. arthel: yes, indeed, as reported by adam klotz. eric. eric: new developments to tell you about in the case of the murdered columnist jamal khashoggi, the evidence turkey

is turning over to the united states, we will take a look at that. plus president trump and french president emmanuel macron are working through easing tensions after they had dust-up over the defense of europe, white house correspondent john roberts will join us live from paris after the break but first the president earlier on this. ok everyone! our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition... for strength and energy!

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arthel: turkey reportedly turning over recordings linked to the murder of jamal khashoggi. the washington post columnist was murdered inside saudi arabia's istanbul con consolatet month. turkey's president reportedly giving tapes to saudi arabia and the u.s. within the last 24 hours. mr. youmr. erdogan did not say s on the tapes. the audis deny involvement -- saudis deny involvement. eric: world leaders gathered in france to commemorate i the endf world war i. president trump and president macron are working to see eye to eye in europe after a bit of a

dust-up. john roberts has the latest on that and what we can expect. hi, john. >> reporter: good to see tonight. on the story that arthel was talking about, we checked with white house officials. they say they will not talk about that because it involves intelligence matters and they don't want to talk about intelligence matters. the president i president will g up dinner very soon. earlier today the president had a bilateral meeting with the french president, emmanuel macron, where new tensions appeared to emerge between the two leaders. earlier this this year they appeared as they did last year to enjoy a bromance. the problem with macron is his approval numbers are in free-fall. he's making the play the to strengthen his standing in europe calling out european ultra liberals for failing to look after working people, calling for the creation of a

true european army to provide for the protection of europe. the president didn't like that one bit, calling macron's comments insulting, saying europe should live up to its nato commitments, listen to what the president said. >> we're getting along from the standpoint of fairness. we want to help europe but it those be fair. the burden has been largely on the united states as the president will say and he understands that. >> reporter: macron's initial comments appeared to be based on earlier statements that europe and france can no longer rely on the united states to provide for europe's defense. macron during the bilateral meeting spun it as being this is part of us sharing the bu burde. listen here. >> it's unfair to have the european security being assured just by the united states and we need a much better situation, that's why i believe we need more european capacity, more

european defense. that's taking the burden. that's one of the things of the united states, he doesn't ask france or germany or the government to europe to finance it. >> reporter: the president macron had the bilateral meeting and they had lunch. thethey emergedand they seemed d things up. the relationship at least for the moment, eric, appears to be intact but with macron's approval numbers at only 29% and that has been a very, very steep drop from last year when he was about 40%, slightly less than president trump, he is going to have to try to assert himself and we'll see what effect that will have on the france/u.s. relationship. historically a very strong relationship and when leaders are in political trouble, sometimes they look for a foil. eric? eric: that's our oldest ally.

we came to their aid 100 years ago. we're offering special coverage this weekend on the fox news channel on world war i, on the armistac. we'll hear from the grade great granddaughter in law of general pershing. that will be a special event. john in paris tonight. thanks, john. arthel: from paris we go to arizona. we're watching the senate race there and also like florida a winner has still not been named. how long it might take until those results are in. ♪ ♪

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arthel: they are serving up the margaritas in arizona. it will be days until we know the winner of the senate race there. that is because election officials are still counting

ballots. the latest tally shows democrat kyrsten sinema expanding her lead over republican challenger, martha mcsally. garrett tenney is in washington with the late e. latest. >> reporter: there are around 360,000 ballots still needing to be counted in arizona. right now, kyrsten sinema is leading martha mcsally by just about 20,000 votes. on friday, republicans and democrats reached an agreement in court that gives all of the state's 15 counties until wednesday to address problems with ballots and submit their totals. that agreement brings in an additional roughly 10,000 ballots from many of the rural, more conservative counties which previously would not have been counted. but even with all of those votes, the current projections are not in mcsally's favor which is why simean's campaign released a statement that says as the ballots are counted she will steadily build her

advantage and be elected to the u.s. senate. republicans are holding out hope there will be surprises in the vote totals that are still coming in that may help their chances. arthel: what is the latest on the georgia governor's race? >> this is another tight one. democrat stacy abrams is refusing to concede to brian kemp until she is certain every vote has been counted. her campaign is waging a number of lawsuits in an effort to absentee ballots counted. her campaign chair said, quote, our team will continue to take legal action as necessary until every eligible vote is counted and every voter's voice is heard. georgia voters deserve to know their votes will count and we will continue to fight for every vote. there are roughly 21,000 votes that could be affected by the court challenges. kemp is more than 63,000 votes ahead of abrams. it's a bit of a long shot effort. abrams' campaign is hoping there

are thousands of votes out there somewhere which could bring her closer to forcing a runoff. arthel: garrett, thank you very much for that update. eric: investigators are still searching for a motive at that horrible mass shooting this week at a california bar. as you know, 12 people were killed when a gunman opened fire inside the bar that was full of college students. young survivors are struggling to try to make sense of the horror that happened there. we have more. >> reporter: this is the closest look yet as investigators piecing together what went into a national tragedy. 12 lives lost as a gunman fired into a festive country crowd inside the borderline bar and grill. >> the feeling of running away when you're not sure if you're going to die or not is -- it's a scary feeling. >> reporter: for brianna shelly, the scene now being calmly combed through by the fbi and other officers feels as chaotic

and confusing as when she ran from it. investigators also grieving for one of their own killed, but looking for that scene to tell a story beyond the immediate horror. >> we're going through and making sure that we capture every bit of evidence, every piece of information, that will help us nil the blanks. >> reporter: part of the evidence online. all social media accounts tied to the gunman, ian f david long, are being scrutinized. one post was sent during the time of the massacre. it said i hope people call me insane, wouldn't that be a big ball of irony. yeah, i'm insane but the only thing you people do after these shootings is hopes and prayers. looking back at the tech of that post, what does it leave you with? >> it leaves with you the rantings of someone who is crazy. there is no rational person that would want to put this kind of grief onto another human being.

>> reporter: there is tight police control. what's not, memories, of trying to save lives and lives of friends after the first shot. >> i was saying we're going to run now and we're going to make it or we're going to wait and sit like sitting ducks. >> reporter: one friend who didn't make out out tal orfanus, a security guard at borderline . eric: he led our young forces to save europe in world war i. next up in the fox news channel, we'll talk with sandy pershing, her grandfather in law was general john j. pershing as fox news remembers and honors the memory of those who served 100 years ago in world war i.

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eric: world leaders including president trump in france right now, marking 100 years tomorrow of the armistice that ended world war i. it will be the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month tomorrow morning recall as we reflect on what was known as the great war, remembering our nation's leading military man, general john j. pershing. after the war, he was promoted to general of the army as the position only held previously by one man named george washington. who was general pershing? joining us now is sandy pershing, the granddaughter in law of general john j. pershing, special advisor to the world wan washington, d.c. thank you so much for joining us. we grew up knowing about generalizeegeneral eisenhower .

tell us about general pershing. he faced an unknown challenge in europe. >> well, the general was a poor boy from missouri and he grew up on his family's farm and worked very hard on the farm and went to school and the family just didn't have the money for him to go to a regular college or university. so he applied to the american military academy and was luckily accepted. i believe he spent two years in something that's probably now called the junior college and then was accepted at west point

and -- eric: he thrived and went on to lead this amazing campaign where we basically saved and rescued europe. did he have any doubts? do you know what went on in his head? he had courage and faith and dedication. >> he did. and he loved his troops always. he was out west for many years, because there were so many graduates from his west point class that were actually better students than he was but he had a very interesting intuitive personality and he got along with his soldiers. they didn't like him at west point as a teacher.

eric: he was tough. >> he was very tough. but he was honest and he worked so hard and i think that eventually he just worked his way up so that he had the respect of a lot of people who thought that he was amazing which is true. and he had a lot of tragedy. eric: his family, his wife and children died in a fire in persidio. did he have any doubts? america was more isolationist then. this is going to -- what was seen as a foreign war among some. was he totally on point, knowing that he could lead american troops to victory to save

europe's hid hyde? >> well, i don't think he knew it but he certainly trained thousands of soldiers and he had command of the buffalo soldiers for years and -- eric: the african american soldiers. >> yes. and he thought they were the bravest and kindest of the soldiers that he had ever trained and he felt that he got along well enough with young recruits that he could choose their command officers and that they would do what they could to save france and europe. eric: finally, what is his legacy? he actually lived until 1948, so he saw world war ii. what do you feel is the legacy of general john j. pershing? >> that he was color blind and

he felt that all people and nationalities deserved the same chances and education and training were the most important things and then truth. eric: sandy pershing, granddaughter in law of general john j. pershing, certainly we could say america and europe owes him and all of the troops enormous debt of gratitude. we thank you and we thank your family and we thank you for sharing the general's story today as we hon for hi honor his momomentous weekend. >> and all of his soldiers. eric: of course. thank you. arthel: what a wonderful lady and a wonderful legacy. we move on to this, every nfl team is honoring members of the military and their families, a very special guest up next will explain how you can help this

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of we've been to italy, we've been to germany, had the opportunity to meet unbelievable people. >> i want to say thank you to the guys from cincinnati serving over here. my family served. this gives me another point of

view. >> shoutout to all the fans overseas, everybody that's serving for our country, it's great when you can see these families and soldiers smile. little do they know, they put smiles on our face as well. arthel: it sure does make you smile. the nfl is giving back to military families with the league-wide salute to service program. it honors our nation's service members, veterans as well as their families. fans can get involved. tomorrow the nfl is donating $25 to its nonprofit partners for every retweet using the hashtag #salutetoservice. joining us now is tony richardson. he is a three-time pro bowler. nice to see you. >> good to see you as well. arthel: i want to start here, tony. your family we pointed out is a military family. your father i believe served for 32 years, vietnam vet with a

purple heart. your sister also served, 28 years. >> four deployments. arthel: take us inside your home. what happens on veterans day during this time of the year? >> for me, it's all i've ever known in my life is service just from seeing my dad get up every morning at 5:00 in the morning. biggest thing we do in our home is we want to say thank you. my dad served but he thinks of the soldiers that served before him. we pay homage to the freedoms we have now. our soldiers do everything. they fight and control our borders, they protect our country. that's the reason we get to do the things we have a chance to do. arthel: we mentioned how nfl is paying tribute. there's a website, salutetoservice.com. >> for every tweet that happens tomorrow, it's a $5 donation that goes up to $5 million. so there's a lot of programs a that we try to support. i went to a uso tour with amani

tumor and we had a chance to go to japan to see our troops. it was amazing. this is one base where you have the army, the navy, marines and air force. they're working together. the biggest reason we wanted to go over there was to say thank you for everything you do, our men and women. these young soldiers away from their families, they're overseas. we want to say thank you and we learned about their day-to-day life. arthel: you mentioned how young they are. we don't realize that. it just always strikes me that they are so young with such enormous unimaginable weight on their soldiers. >> exactly. for me, i think about it football is one of the ultimate team sports. if i miss a block, my quarterback may get hit. if one of our soldiers misses a block, that could be someone's life. you don't think about it. but these are young men and women. the sacrifices that they make -- the biggest thing i was humbled

by. the troops kept telling us thank you for what you do. i'm like i haven't done anything. they say we love watching the gales because that gives us -- the games because that gives us a chance to get our minds off the day-to-day stuff they have to do. they love watching sports many that's great to see. arthel: that's what's great about watching football. it's an american sport. i hope it stays free of politics. there's a time for very important issues to be pointed out but we want to just watch football on sunday. >> that's the beautiful thing. sunday or monday nights, it's when america comes together and we lock arms. you could be a raiders fan, a chiefs fan, and we can come together and enjoy football. when i saw the troops, how much they appreciated us coming, saying thank you for what you do, i'm like i haven't done anything, thank you for what you do. arthel: keep it up. you could be a saints fan.

>> drew breez breeze is a buddy. arthel: the hashtag, #salutetoservice. you are doing a good job and i'm proud of you. >> thank you so much. arthel: tomorrow night, be sure to catch our veterans day programming. we're going to have a special called modern warriors, pete hegseth is going to host that show. eric: thank you for your service. raging wildfires are continuing to burn in california. thousands of buildings have already burned down across the state. firefighters are desperately working to save what they can. we're live with an update on that fire-fighting. to look at me now, you don't see psoriasis.

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as evacuations continue we're told in malibu. meanwhile, the deadly camp fire that's burning north of sacramento now is deemed the most destructive wildfire in the state's history. it is only 20% contained at this hour. the damage massive and taking a heart-breaking toll. >> i lost my business, my home. i'm pretty sure everything is gone. i could have had everything i needed but i didn't have time. this is hard stuff. eric: that is just a sense of the heart-break, what is going on. we have fox news coverage. jeff paul is in malibu where the entire city of malibu has been forced to evacuate. let's go first to claudia cowen in the town of paradise that has basically been wiped out, claudia. hello. >> reporter: hi, eric. the name of this town used to be fitting but now paradise looks more like hell here along the main drag.

virtually every building has been incinerated. 6,700 homes and buildings have been demolished, making the camp fire the most destructive wildfire in california history. for those who were in it, it was sheer terror that came out of knonowhere. in many cases people drove through the flames to escape. at least nine did not make it. most of the victims were found in or near their cars, overcome by flames as they tried to get out, just heart-breaking to think about that. 35 people are listed as missing and officials say the death toll could rise. more than 50,000 evacuees have no idea when they'll be allowed to return. one firefighter said the flames came through so fast, there was little anyone could do. >> it was a wind-driven fire. that's certainly mother nature and when you have that much wind pushing that much fire, nature's going to run its course. >> reporter: paradise was known for its active retirement

communities and tourism industry. now some are saying the town's 150-year run is over. there are reports that a downed power line may have sparked the inferno. fire investigators wouldn't comment on that but president trump is holding forestry officials accountable. saying there's no reason for the massive fires in california. billions of dollars are given each year with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forest. remedy now or no more fed payments. the camp fire has grown to 100,000 acres, still just 20% contained but calmer winds are providing an opportunity for repeated water drops ahead of the front line. some 3,000 firefighters are working to build containment lines around this fire before strong gusty winds return to the area tonight. eric? eric: thank you so much. arthel: we're going to go to southern california now where firefighters are scrambling to take advantage of calmer winds

after strong gusts helped the fire double in size overnight. more than 200,000 people have been forced to evacuate from malibu and other communities outside of los angeles. there's a shot here of west hills, call goo california. folks in thousand oaks are devastated by this as well and hopefully those homes will be saved as flames ripped through neighborhoods and insense rated many homes. today police confirmed the worst. >> sadly, and tragically, i'm reporting today that we have two fatalities that occurred in the fire area. that is currently under investigation. we have our homicide investigators on-scene. arthel: let g's to jeff paul now. he is on the move out there in california. you're now in thousand oaks, right, jeff? >> reporter: yes, arthel. we've been moving around. we were earlier over in malibu, checking out the damages over there. it's incredible to see how the fire moved from the canyon area

where we are in thousand oak, all the way up to the beach. we're watching fires spark you. we're at a spot where there's a lake over here where helicopter are picking up water and they are flying over into the mountains, the santa monica mountains, dropping water into some of the trouble spots. the fire is now the size of salt lake city, utah, a quarter of a million people have been displaced from their homes and we're also learning about two possible deaths, two people found dead within that fire area. again, as we mentionedded, this fire has quickly moved from the canyon area all the way up to the beach. we spoke with one man who lived in the same house, he built this house right there on the beach about 45 years ago. he spent his last night in his house, comes back today and finds the a absolute worst possible scenario. take a listen. >> i have not seen anything like this but i think it's important to be positive about the future

because there's nothing you can do about mother nature. it is what it is. like i said, we'll rebuild. >> reporter: the one thing working in firefighters' favor today is that the winds have calmed down significantly the last couple days, 40 to 50-mile-an-hour gusts. as you look over here, the helicopters are coming over here and it seems like within just the last hour or so, these efforts have made a big difference. this fire off in the santa monica mountains, you can see the flames coming down the mountain. it's helped them get a grasp, having the winds knock do you understanknocked down afew notcg them to return tomorrow. they're trying to get as much work done on the fire, trying to get some containment. right now, 0% contained. arthel: they continue to work very hard. it's very difficult for all of those. thankfully, you have your life. but there is such a profound impact on you when you lose your home and everything in your home, baby pictures, the notches

on the wall where you gauged the growth of your children, all of that stuff really, really does hurt. jeff paul, thank you. eric: on the other side of the country, in florida, that state again turning to the epicenter of a post-election battle. election officials are preparing machines after the secretary of state ordered a recount in the hotly contested senate race between democrat bill nelson and republican rick scott. a recount has been ordered in the governor's race between ron de santis and andrew gillum. the recounts are set to begin tomorrow morning. doug mce lway is live in lauder hill, florida. the action inside is election officials trying to say they can be trusted. hi, doug. >> reporter: there's been a lot of confusion about precisely how this recount will work. let me describe it to you as described to me by one of the

attorneys for the scott campaign. we all know that the first recount will be done by a machine. what these machines do is kick out overvotes or undervotes. so you ask what is an overvote? an overvote is when somebody fills in the little blank circle or oval and then fills in the owe l val or blank circle right under it or on top of it, voting for the candidates and the opponent. the computers cannot compute that so they reject it. an undervote is where somebody doesn't bother to fill in either for the candidate or for the candidate's opponent. the machine kicks that out. you move on to the hand count it's not as if these people will be counting every single ballot that has been cast in florida. they will take those ones that have been kicked out by the machines and human beings will analyze those little circles. is that an intentional fill-in

or was it a scraping of the circle by somebody putting the pen down. or did they fill in one and realize it was the wrong candidate and cross it out. it's up to human beings to decide which one of those count and need to be counted. that same attorney told me he has a long history studying close, close races in broward county and believes the system here is fully corrupt. >> like the clowns in the little volkswagen, and they keep coming out and they keep coming out and you think how many more could they possibly have in there, they keep coming out and there's more today. >> are they overwhelmingly democratic voters? >> of course, that's why they're here. willie sutton robbed the banks, that's where the money is. democrats come here because that's where the votes are. >> reporter: in a mid-afternoon press conference, the board of elections supervisor denied these kinds of accusations coming from the scott campaign. >> there have been allegations of fraud.

those are serious charges to recklessly offer out there. there's no basis for it. to give a claim of fraud without any evidence i think is unacceptable. >> reporter: there's no doubt what is in president trump's mind about this. he tweeted this afternoon tried to steal two big elections in florida. we are watching closely. what the recount does is give all four candidates time to really lawyer up so they can follow every twist and turn of this recount and be prepared to file suits or petitions to various courts. on that note, let me close by telling you, when i came into fort lauderdale last night there were no rental cars available, none whatsoever. i'm half convinced it's a bunch of washington lawyers checking into the area. eric: they put them up in the best hotels. the florida department of law enforcement has said there are

no allegations they have of fraud but they say they will take that up if indeed they get them. doug on the watch. thank you. arthel: speaking of florida, the accusations are flying there in that contentious senate race. >> i'm so disappointed in bill nelson, a career politician has been there forever. all he's doing now is he hired hillary clinton's lawyer to say -- his lawyer said i'm here to win the election, not a ferrell ex, -- not a fair election, not to make sure the ballots are cast. arthel: we'll dig in deeper and how president trump is weighing in on the undecided races. the president is in paris as a bilateral meeting between the president and the french president taking center stage, issue that sparked heated comment from both sides, we'll talk about that, next. e! our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition... for strength and energy! whoo-hoo! great-tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein and twenty-six vitamins and minerals.

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county they started finding democrat votes. don't worry, florida i'm sending much better lawyers to expose the fraud. joining us now is jeff paul, white house correspondent for reuters. jeff mason, i'm sorry, jeff. >> reporter: that's all right. eric: election officials in broward say there are no allegations of voter fraud. if there are any they will investigate. so how can we tell if the recount is definitely on the up and up? >> number one, the recount in florida is happening because of the law that says that it has to happen with that margin in the voting. so that's what triggered the recount and the fact that the president is unhappy about it or both of the candidates are filing lawsuits to some extent is immaterial. that decision was made because that's what the law says. the president i think it's important to note was sort of

declaring victory a couple days ago already for the republican party and this was one of the races that he no doubt had in mind, the senate race and the governor's race as well. so it's a particular point of frustration for him in that state which he partially considers his home. but it's going to be a few more days until the country and that state in particular find out what the final result is. eric: here's bill nelson, both sides as you point out have filed lawsuits. here he's blaming rick scott. here he is. >> no one should stand in the way of the people of our state exercising their right to vote and to have their voice heard. clearly, rick scott is trying to stop all the votes from being counted and he's impeding the democratic process. he's worried and he's desperate. we believe whenever legal ballot is counted, we'll win this

election. eric: so both sides are going like this, they're both claiming fraud or both sides are trying to steal the election. at the same time, you've got the broward county office for example has been under suspicion for a long time. it mixed provisional ballots with ones that were deleted. they have a history as we're told of some problems getting rid of votes, the ballots which was against the law, they kept the digital ones, losing absentee ballots in 2000. so what happens in that office as they continue and start that recount tomorrow? >> well, i can't tell you what's happening in that office specifically but i certainly can tell you that people who are watching this on both sides, the democratic side and the republican side, will be scrutinizing carefully what is done and we'll be scrutinizing to be sure it is legal and obviously both sides want to win. here's hoping that really the

process leads to fairness and equality and that the things that ideally both candidates and both parties would be pushing for. eric: there's suc cynism becaue we've gone through this before. let me play you a sample of the news conference when one of the he protesters, an activist, got mixed up with the reporters. you know what that's like when someone comes in. take a look at this. >> when is he going to go to jail for destroying ballots. broward county is win o one of t corrupt counties in america. eric: the reporters are going this is a news conference, not a rally. how do we make sure this is credible and the election system has integrity and they're doing the right thing. there's republican and democratic inspectors, it's being videotaped and it's all public. >> i can't offer a view on that as a reporter, it's my job to report on it.

i certainly imagine that my colleagues in florida will be reporting on it very carefully, that analysts on both sides, that lawyers on both sides will be looking -- both sides, rather, will be looking at it carefully to make sure it is handled appropriately. but it is no doubt a source of frustration, the fact that it's been a few days now and it's still not a clear result. it's a source of frustration for the president. it's a source of frustration for democrats who are also eager to increase their tally and it's a source of frustration for the voters who i'm sure would like to just know what the result is. eric: and maybe for a lot of our viewers too. overseas ballots could still come in, they have until wednesday, and there are 40,000 overseas ballots that were september out. we'll see how many it takes in. >> and overseas ballots are very important. that no doubt includes a lot of members of the military who are serving abroad and all of those votes are important especially when the election is so close. eric: and when they're on the

front line, we want each vote to count. jeff mason, good to see you tonight. >> good to see you too. arthel: border agents have arrested over 400 illegal immigrants in a two-day span this week. agents say the migrants were mainly from central america. one group was seen trying to cross the border by digging beneath a wall in as as. thiarizona.this as u.s. customsr protection announce agents made more than 23,000 arrests in october, setting the highest one month total under president trump. eric? eric: president trump is in paris tonight. he is marking the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended world war i. the president also meeting with french president emmanuel macron. they were at odds over a contentious issue but now it's breaking the croissants and raising the red wine so everything seems to be fine. as part of our special coverage

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got red flag warnings that indicate high fire danger in a couple locations, southern california and northern california. north of los angeles, that's where some of the big fires have been around, thousand oaks, stretching to malibu. this red flag warning runs down to san diego, down the coast and then in northern california including areas around san francisco, up towards sacramento which would be right in this area, you get to the camp fire, about three hours north of that, all areas where you're going to continue to see this high fire danger because the humidity is just so low, the air has been bone dry and they haven't seen a lot of rain lately. this is the drought monitor. it's not on the most severe end but pretty much the entire state is at least dry. southern california, you get more the extreme drought conditions or even to at least severe drought conditions across portions of the state. the good flus for today, it has been just today, maybe giving firefighters a little bit of a break. it has been really windy on thursday and friday, those winds have back down for today.

here's the forecasted winds. as you see across much of the state right now, not too bad. you begin to see some colors pop up when winds get up to 15 miles an hour. as we continue through the day, and this is the forecast mo mod, the winds turn late tonight into sunday. by the time we get to sunday, the fires could again rapidly spread. it's across the entire state. the winds pick up again in portions of the northern part of the state, stretching all the way to los angeles and toward san diego. the winds increase, with that the only thing that might help is a little bit of rain and i can run you through future cast here, eric, and as you see, my time stamps in the corner, we go sunday, monday, tuesday and no rain is on the horizon. the wind will be coming in and the air will be really dry. eric: we hope the firefighters have the best of luck in trying to tamp that down. arthel: president trump is in france to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end

of world war i. in a meeting with french leader emmanuel macron, the president reiterated that europe needs to share more of the burden for defending the continent. president trump also focusing on trade. >> we will be discussing many things, not only military and aid and nato and others, but we'll also be discussing trade and we've been discussing that for a little while. i think we made a lot of progress. we'll see if we can get it over the line as they say. arthel: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live in paris now with more. hi, john. >> reporter: arthel, good evening from paris. trade certainly a big issue and other issues on the table as well. the president back at the ambassador's residence, in for the night after meeting with emmanuel macron and other world leaders for a dinner as part of the chem raise of the 100th -- chem raise of the 100th anniversary of the armistice of world war i.

the relationship between president trump and president macron was a little rocky. macron said they need a true regional army to deal with threats, including from the united states. the president said macron's idea was insulting, particularly because many european nations have not lived up to the financial commitment to nato. macron suggested his plan would actually help do that. >> i do share president trump's view that we need a much better burden sharing within nato and that's why i do believe that my proposal for european defense is consistent with that because it means more europe was in that nato, more capacity in order to take our part of the burden. >> i appreciate what you're saying about burden sharing, you know what my attitude's been. we want a strong europe. it's important to have a strong europe and whichever way we can

do it the best and most efficient would be something we both want. >> reporter: two leaders spent a lot of time together. they had the bilateral meeting and they had an extended meeting and they had lunch. the two of them seemed to have patched up any differences. the bromance that they had as recently as earlier this year when macron was at the white house may be in some jeopardy because macron's numbers are tanking and he's trying to reassert his influence here in europe and that may to some degree come at the expense of the france/u.s. relationship, or at least the personal relationship between the two leaders. we'll see. hopefully not. arthel: president trump definitely puts a lot of stock into personal relationships. john, we're sitting at 11:30 p.m. your time there in paris. i want to look ahead to tomorrow. i want to ask you, do you know if president trump will be meeting with president putin there?

>> reporter: well, certainly arthel there's not going to be anything official. they said there would likely be a meeting with putin bent there wasn't enough time. the two leaders will be together at two occasions tomorrow. the shar mow anies -- the ceremy begins tomorrow with a 100th anniversary of the signing of the armistice. there will be a luncheon and president putin and president trump will be at both of those things. if they do meet, it will be a quick hello or something like that. they do plan to have a meeting at the g-20 coming up i. that could be a tense summit as well because you remember just this past thursday the united states slapped new sanctions on russia which putin likely isn't too happy about. the two of them will have a lot to air out when they sit down together at the end of the month. arthel: we'll be watching that and you'll be reporting on that for us and we'll look forward to

those reports. >> reporter: i will. arthel: of course. you're everywhere. john roberts, thank you. ♪ eric: on this the eve of the 100th a anniversary of the armistice that ended world war i, we're remembering sergeant alvin c. york. he is one of the most decorated soldiers of world war 1. he received the medal of honor and french legion of honor. he also had a passion and commitment to education for children. joining us now from tennessee, where tribute was paid earlier today to the legendary hero is his grandson. you're looking at retired colonel gerald york. we want to thank you for your service. there's a little bit of a delay because of at th technical issu.

we have to ask you who your grandfather was and what did he do? >> thank you for having me. my grandfather was awarded the congressional medal of honor for his part in the muse argon offensive in 1918. when he came home, he came home to a hero's well comment he was offered a lot of money to endorse various things and to basically take advantage of what he had done in france. he turned down all of those offers to return to his home here in tennessee where actually on his farm here in tennessee tonight and his passion became education and that's what he spent the rest of his life in raising money and in working to ensure that the people in his community, the children could get the education that he did not receive when he was a young person. eric: education for the country boys and girls of course very noble. the facts of what happened is he

got the medal of honor because he rushed a german machine gun nest. he killed 25 german troops and he captured 132 basically. with this astounding feat of courage, he never talked about it to the family though, did he? >> he did not. most of what we learned about -- of what he had done was through reading his diary and reading speeches later on. but when asked about what he had done in the war and asked about the movie, how a accurate and what did he do, he would turn the questions around and ask how we were doing. he really didn't talk about his exploits in the war. he was more interested in talking about us and what we were doing and how we were getting along. he was a very humble person, had a great sense of humor, and was just a fantastic grandfather. eric: you're talking about the great movie, "sergeant york"

which tells the story and i would urge people to go on netflix or wherever you can get it to see it. tell me about what he was like as a grandfather. where you are now is very similar to the battlefields of france. he knew the countryside and what made him get this incredible courage and bravery and dedication to face -- basically face death and face the dangers and go into what he did for this country and for the european nations that were so in peril. >> well, where we're standing now, the countryside is very much similar to the area in france where the battle occurred. and walking through -- i was lucky enough, 14 of the family went over and we were there to walk the path, to walk the battlefield area on october 8th of this year, 100

years after his battle, and we were struck by the comparison and how similar the terrain is in france and the terrain here, that he was very familiar with and hunted as a young boy and what prompted him to actually take the action he did is he saw the death and destruction that was being caused by the machine guns and they had tried to go around and silence the machine guns and they ran into increased fire. so for him, it was to save lives. he knew that the machine guns would cut down more of his buddies. so the action he took in doing the battle was basically to save his comrades. eric: a great american who tried to save and did save his comrades, saved lives and was shy and kind o of taciturn about it. he turned down monetary rewards

to return to the wonderful site you're at. if you're near pall mall, tennessee, i would encourage you to visit the area on behalf of sergeant york. thank you so much and thank you for the legacy of your family. >> thank you. we would love to have people come and visit and we're actually -- you can go to sergeantyork.org. we're actually doing a center for peace and valor here and we would love to have people come and visit. eric: sergeantyork.org. thank you. we have a powerful veterans day special for you with some of our other nation's heroes. >> there's so many people out there especially on veterans day that are doing their part. it's a team. when something goes bad with one of our boys, we're all coming. you really don't have to worry about us. you need to know what comes with me and who cares about me and what loves me. when you find out someone is willing to die for you and bleed for you, that's a gift we've got, that's what i was blessed with and loyalty. eric: pete hegseth will be

hosting modern warriors tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. you don't want to miss it. arthel: as we remember the fallen heroes of world war i, we are looking at how one nonprofit is working to help struggling veterans, how backpacks are improving the lives of some of our homeless vets. plus, questions raised about president trump's decision to appoint matt whitaker as acting attorney general, why some critics are concerned about the fate of the mueller investigation. >> the president can fire an attorney general for almost any reason but not for an i' impropr person. he can't fire him if the purpose of the firing is to shake up the department in order to interfere with a criminal investigation. g, you need your wing nut. ( ♪ ) no one can totally satisfy a craving,

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investigation and wants to dry it up by shrinking its budget, that would be an improper purpose. arthel: that is fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano talking to shep, raising legal questions on the appointment of matt whitaker to replace jeff sessions as acting attorney general. his remarks come as reports come to light about whitaker who has been an outspoken critic of special counsel rob effort mueller's russia investigation. whitaker will now oversee the probe. president trump said he didn't know whitaker but that's not what he told "fox & friends" in october. >> i didn't speak to matt whitaker about it. i don't know matt whitaker. matt whitaker has a great reputation and that's what i wanted. >> matt whitaker's a great guy. i know matt whitaker. i never talk about conversations that i had. arthel: let's bring in our panel. alex little is here, former prosecutor and former assistant

u.s. attorney. john loro is a defense attorney and former prosecutor. good to have both of you. let's jump in. alex, i'll talk to you first. it is in the president's purview to fire attorney genera general- attorney general sessions, does that erase misconduct and does itit erase jeopardy for the president. >> the fact he can do something doesn't mean he can do anything. president trump's been public about the reason he was unsatisfied with jeff sessions was solely because he recused from the russia investigation. if he's done this to bring his person into the justice department to oversee, to pass information back and forth and to quash the investigation, that's going to be a lot problematic than i think he hopes it might be. arthel: john, how do you see it? >> i think that's ridiculous. all of this is speculation. there's nothing that mr. whitaker has done that's

improper. there's absolutely nothing that he said about stopping the investigation. he's the acting attorney general for approximately 200 days. we have to keep our eye on the big picture. president trump wants a new attorney general that he can trust, that he has confidence in. neither he nor mr. whitaker will do anything that's going to jeopardize that. in fact, mr. whitaker is required to abide by the department of justice regulations. he's not said one thing about disobeying the regulations. all the attacks on him personally are speculative. arthel: let me play sound mr. matthew whitaker. he was on c. cnn in july. >> i can see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced and the attorney general doesn't fire bob mueller but he reduced the budget so low so the investigation grinds to almost a halt. arthel: your reaction to that. >> he didn't say he was going to do that. he certainly has the power to do

that. whether he exercises that is absurd. he's not going to do that. nobody right now in the white house, in the department of justice is going to take steps to reduce what mueller is doing. what he's actually saying is that he has responsibility to oversee as the acting attorney general what mueller is doing. if mueller acts inappropriately or contrary to department policy, then mr. whitaker can intervene. >> what i think is wrong about that, i think the willful blindness of people who are willing to ignore what's obvious, the reason matthew whitaker was picked is because he said things like that. president trump isn't hoping that mr. whitaker believes that privately. he hopes that matthew whitaker is going to do what he says. if he does that we have a constitutional problem. arthel: the president has 210 days to appoint a permanent attorney general. sense months. according to washington observers from both sides of the aisle, they're saying they would

be wise for president trump to choose jeff sessions' replacement sooner than later and as lawyers, would it be prudent for the president to make a decision before or after robert mueller concludes and submits the results of his russia investigation? go ahead john and i'll conclude with. >> he has no control over the timing of what mr. mueller does. we expect whomever is appointed will sustain these personal attacks that the democrats make. the bottom line is rights now the mueller investigation is going forward. the president is indicated he wants to see that to be completed and politically there's no reason for him to interfere right now. he's not going to do it. neither is whitaker. everything else, all of these attacks on mr. whitaker are pure speculation and have no basis in fact. arthel: alex? >> they're not speculation. it was in the new york times report that whitaker told folks he wouldn't a prove a subpoena of president trump that has been in the works for months with negotiations. back to your question. it absolutely would be the proper thing for president trump to name a full-time attorney

general that he's going to submit to the senate for confirmation, that's what the constitution expects. we have the statutory scheme that allows there to be a process for interim points. but the constitution expects the senate will have a say as to who runs the justice department and hopefully president trump will do that sooner than later. arthel: alex, john, thank you both. appreciate your perspective. take care. eric: a chance encounter leads to a new discovery, a purpose for one veteran. how he's looking to share that hope, one backpack at a time. we'll tell you this inspiring story, next.

arthel: after his time in the service ended one marine veteran said he was struggling to transition to civilian life. then came a fateful encounter with a fellow brother in arms and now he is helping change the lives of veterans one backpack at a time. jackie hienrick joins me with the story. >> reporter: for veterans struggling to reintegrate in society homelessness is a threat. life on the streets is traumatic. one marine took matters into his own hands and began a program to provide basic necessities for dignity and health. >> i came back to pack another

backpack. >> reporter: warm socks, soap and other personal items, packed by volunteers as part of a mission to provide homeless veterans with basic necessities. it's the brainchild of a marine who after returning from afghanistan battled depression and addiction until a chance encounter changed his life. >> i was going to new port naval base for help. i was driving there. it was during the winter. i saw a guy a sign, hopeless vet, help me out. i went back to the hotel, got some stuff and gabe i gave it t. >> reporter: after seeing the impact one donation made, he decided to expand. they set up backpacks for life, which helps homeless je homeless with housing, job placement and backpacks filled with toiletries. they decided to design and sell backpacks of their own. >> i wanted them to know that

they helped change my life forever. >> reporter: for every backpack sold online one will be donated to a homeless veteran. some veterans are getting jobs making the new backpacks. arthel: very, very, very important program. thank you very much, jackie. eric: backpacks for life, fantastic. out west, the wildfires are continuing to spread resulting in widespread destruction. we'll have the latest on the efforts to try to battle those flames. b in... ...to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take that. 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. ensure max protein. in two great flavors. ensure max protein. when the guy inown front slams on his brakes out of nowhere. you do, too, but not in time. hey, no big deal. you've got a good record and liberty mutual won't hold a grudge by raising your rates over one mistake. you hear that, karen?

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eric: two american aur airlines flight attendants headed dort over a brawl. it was alleged she closed a woman's arm in a baggage court. the flight attendant is suing her co-worker and the airline claiming the company failed to investigate the incident. she is seeking up to $1 million in damages. arthel: the uk marking the end of world war i this armistice day weekend, the duke of sussex laying a wreath in the pouring rain ahead of a rugby match against new zealand. the tower of london's 10,000 torches also lit up to honor over 800,000 fallen british soldiers. eric: more special coverage tomorrow from the national

museum -- world war i museum in kansas city. arthel: if you want to donate, you can to backpacks for life.org. to help homeless vets. eric: see you tomorrow. thank you for joining us. president trump issuing an emergency declaration in response to an eruption of california wildfires. this as the death toll across the state rises to at least nine. good evening. i'm jon scott. this is "the fox report." it's all hands on deck as crews battle three major fires burning out of control. the biggest is the so-called campfire in northern california. it's burned nearly 7,000 buildings, making it the most destructive fire in state history. >> this event was the worst case scenario. it's the event we have