u.s. constitution. the fire zone. active duty soldiers joining the fight against the massive inferno raging out west. thousands of homes threatened or destroyed. it's not over yet. and the comeback for the first time since the accident that nearly took his life. we'll have the detail about the place and time. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early," the show that hasn't been as excited about a comeback since michael jordan did it 20 years ago. ♪ ♪ good morning everyone. i'm tuesday, august 18th. i'm ayman mohyeldin. donald trump may have been stuck in jury duty, but he spent the

day at manhattan supreme court while most fellow candidates were left explaining this policy. make mexico pay for border wall, reduce amount of visas and green cards and change the birth rate citizenship. >> do you think birth rate citizenship to be ended? >> harry reid said it's not right for this country. >> we should end it? >> yeah. to me it's enforcing the laws in this country. i think you enforce the laws. i think it's important to send a message we're going to enforce the laws no matter how people come here. >> walker's campaign sought to clarify his remarks stating we have to enforce the laws, keep people from coming here, enforce to e verify to stop the jobs magnet. he did not claim he misspoke.

louisiana governor bobby jindal embraced trump's stance. others used cautious language. >> if a child is born here from immigrant -- illegal immigrant parents, they become citizens now. >> well of course our constitution has said over the course of time that's the case. i said recently that's got to be discussed in the entire reform package. >> well, you know we should talk about what it would take to get it changed. it would take passing a constitutional amendment to get that changed. this is part of our 14th amendment. honestly, we should put all our energies, all our political will over finally getting the border secured and fixing the legal immigration system. donald trump has part of it right. there's no question we should be defunding sanctuary cities if they won't enforce the laws. there's no question we should deport illegals who have committed major crimes.

there's no question we should have employer verification system that actually works to make it mandatory. >> other candidates chose to flatly reject trump's proposal. >> this is not about the big personality in the room. this is about how do you fix problems that are broken? we need to start solving problems instead of saying how bad things are. so i appreciate the fact that mr. trump now has a plan, if that's what it's called. i think the better approach is to deal with 11 million here illegally in a way that is realistic and have border security that is done in the right way to lessen the number of people crossi ining our bord >> i have my own which is to finish the fence. once it's done, there's no more sneak ago cross the border. i'm for a guest work program where people come in and go back. for people living here who are law biding, i'm for allowing

them to stay. they're going to pay a penalty on the path to legalization. that's what i think about it. i have not studied it and not going to comment. i'm not for ending it. no. >> on the democratic side, the numbers keep growing for hillary clinton. the team for the intelligence committee has flagged 305 e-mails from her private server. one day ago, that number was 60. that's roughly one out of every five that have been reviewed so far by the state department. at the pace we're at, it could mean 1500 e-mails will be flagged. it hasn't been determined if those flagged actually contain classified information. the state department has seen no negligence or wrong doing so far. in an iowa interview emerging

from the weekend, clinton suggests the e-mail controversy would not be public if she herself did not ask for e-mails to be released. >> i never sent or receivreceiv classified e-mail, nothing marked classified this. will all sort itself out. in a way, it's kind of an interesting insight into how the government operaties. none of this would have been in the public r arena. i'm proud of four years i was secretary of state. this is going to work out as we go forward. >> meanwhile chris christie is going after clinton for her attempt to make light of the situation. >> by the way, you may have seen i recently launched a snap chat account. i love it.

i love it. those messages disappear all by themselves. >> her arrogance is breathtaking. it's breathtaking. mrs. clinton, this is not about politics. why don't you answer this question. why did you have your own private e-mail server? i worked for government as seven years as u.s. attorney. official business is done on your official e-mail account. this is not about politics. all this other stuff is typical approach of clintons. when in trouble, they blame everybody else. there's enough there should be an investigation. we have to get to the bottom of it. i'll tell you as former u.s. attorney, there's no question in my mind if there's classified information on there, she's in trouble. >> now to what remains biggest question. will joe biden run for president?

biden's home state of delaware hopes so. markell quotes he absolutely supports him. a new report says top white house officials are concerned biden can't beat clinton and the loss would taint his image. one democratic source says, quote, i'm not getting a sense of joe biden caucus i think side the white house. the white house thinks he will ultimately decide not to run. harken is down playing the prospect that biden will launch what would be his third presidential bid. >> i can say in terms of joe biden, we haven't heard the last of him in terms of what he can offer to the united states in the future. but what this calls for right now is hillary clinton, it's time for a woman. past time as a matter of fact for a woman president. i think the field is out there, set right now.

i think when all is said and done, hillary clinton will win the iowa caucus, go on and win and be our nominee and be elected president. now to breaking news. reports a second explosion in bangkok. a local police sergeant tells associated press a device was thrown from a bridge and blown up from the ferry pier. no one was hurt. a man hunt for a possible suspect after a deadly bomb explosion killed 22 and injure 120 more yesterday. it happened in an upscale shopping neighborhood. the camera captured the explosion and chaos. thailand's prime minister is calling it worst attack ever in that country. no group has claimed responsible. let's turn to business. irs says is more taxpayers than

previously thought had data stolen from earlier this year. number is now up to 300,000 potential victims of that hack. cnbc nancy joins us from london. more people coming forward, more information. what's the deal? why is this happening now? that's right. the irs went back to november 2014 and discovered twice as many taxpayers were exposed. number is 330,000 that were actually access issed in those accounts. further, around 280,000. they think hackers tried to get into those accounts but prevented due to security measures in place. why this is significant, irs is under pressure after it revealed the cyber attacks for not acting quick enough. the reach was further than initially reported.

irs came out saying they're taking this data extremely seriously and we are working to continue to strengthen security for get transcript. this allows users to go back and access returns from previous years. the initial reports in may suggested these hacks could have originated in russia. >> this morning a new report is giving a fresh angle to this story. can you break that down for us? >> this morning we're getting a report based out of georgetown. good news for high end professionals seeking jobs. 44% added between 2002-2014 were high paying positions with salaries above $53,000. this is good news for higher level income bracket. also disputes reports suggesting a lot of job recovery is based on lower levels, sometimes temporary jobs.

we get this tomorrow. >> this is one i'm excited about. finally performance review possibly going the way the floppy disk is coming. what's that all about? >> i think you're not alone here. a lot of people welcome this news. we're seeing a trend big korp corporations a corporations turning from the review. one study showed 210 hours were spent a year on performance reviews for average manager. that's a significant amount of time. now seeing a trend to use more technology. ge is testing the system is that enables an app to do quicker feedback systems between employees, colleagues, managers. people taking technology to make this data more efficient for everyone involved. >> live in london, thank you. i think that's good news, no more performance reviews. most of us here agree.

still ahead, a plan to have the decision on whether to have college athletes unionize. jon stewart has the first gig since leaving. that didn't take long. bill karins is tracking the heat wave that has a lot of us simmering. "way too early" is back in a moment. ♪ ♪

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this has always been a white problem of violence. there's not much that we can do to stop the violence against us. >> if that is -- i understand. i understand what you're saying. respect fully, if that is your decision, i'll talk only to white people about how we're going to deal with a real problem. >> that's not what i mean. >> what you just said was a form of victim blaming. you were saying what the black lives matter movement needs to do to change white hearts -- >> i don't believe you change hearts. i believe you change laws and change allocation of resources. you change the way systems operate. you're not going to change every heart. you're not. so we can do it one of many waps. you know, you can keep the movement going which you have started and through it you may actually change some hearts. but if that's all that happens, we'll be back here in ten years

having the same conversation. >> the private meeting took place after clinton's event last week. activists were not allowed in because campaign officials said they were already at capacity. time for sports. we begin with college football. victory for ncaa. national labor relations board overruled the previous decision to unionize. this would allowed players to bargain over policies. it would not promote uniform ity or stability. the national office's ruling on the issue is now final. now an update on former para olympics athlete oscar pistorius. he's set to be released from a five year prison sentence after 10 months. he was found guilty of manslaughter. he is set to serve rest of his sentence under house arrest.

as prosecutors we understand filed appeal papers yesterday seeking to elevate conviction to murder. now, if it is upgraded to murder, he would be sentenced to 15 years in prison. to new york. a scary moment for yankees. yankees pitcher brian mitchell took a live drive to the face. the rookie right hander exited the game and sent to the hospital where he was released with a small nasal fracture. he's expected to go on disabled list. yankees have a one game lead top of the al east. wish him a speedy recovery. to baltimore. after a ball is skied to center field, burns makes a leaping catch at the wall to rob davis of a home run. unfortunately the o's still win it 4-2. there was a special moment before last night's game. we love moments like this.

this is in baltimore. 5-year-old haley dawson who was born with a rare disorder that left her hand underdeveloped got to throw out the first pitch using her 3d prosthetic hand. very hard warming moment. you can see it folks. turning now out west. wildfires rage up and down the coast this morning. they've gotten so bad in some states the u.s. military has gotten involved and is trying to help with the fight against the fire. yesterday national guard troops were called to washington state. military personnel were mobilized in idaho. it's the first deployment of active duty soldiers to battle fires in nearly a decade. >> it may be the most ex employeex ploe ex employees -- explosives inferno.

for now, they're losing the battle. >> it was heartbreaking. i'm getting phone calls from people saying can you see if my house is on fire? >> this complex fire torching tens of thousands of acres swallowing neighborhoods, destroying lives. >> john took us by boat, the only way into the dream home he built 31 years ago. in hours, it was gone. >> all the neighbors pulled together. we are all determined that we will make it through. >> all that's left in this neighborhood, brick and ash. bruce burns raised three boys here. now there's nothing left. >> it's coming down in pure flames. it's like a flame thrower coming through. it took out every one of the structu structures. >> in washington state alone, nearly 3,000 forced to flee the flames. not everyone escaped alive. one man lost his father who died of a heart attack as he

scrambled to flee. >> i loved him. he loved me. good man. >> wildfires are exploding out of control. they're not just dropping retardant from the air, smoke jumpers are here parachuting into hot spots to battle the blaze. this tourist depend end community is in shambles. >> lived here 30 years. it's hard to see this. >> lives in ruins as this fire rages on. >> our thoughts and prayers to those families affected those are heart wrenching images. >> any disaster where you see people's homes and lives gone like that, it makes you think, how could you deal with it? let's she you other pictures. we had other damage from a possible tornado in colorado yesterday. this is an hour and a half on i-70 east.

a far town, significant damage there. national weather service will tell us officially if that was a tornado later today. problems this morning. a lot of umbrellas needed. a heavy downpour hit new york city and drifting north wards. there's a flash flood warning in effect for manhattan expiring in ten minutes. a lot of heavy rain chicago, outside ho outsiout omaha. little severe weather action this afternoon. >> i wish you would tell me that before i come to work without an umbrella so i don't get drenched in rain. >> you want your own personal forecast? >> text me the night before. help a brother out. >> i charge a dollar a text. >> we can put it on the corporate card. bill karins, thanks for that. appreciate it. still ahead, stevie wonder announces the final tour dates by performing pop-up concert miss three major cities.

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the studio welcomes back tracey morgan who returns to the show. this will be the first performance since the accident that nearly took his life. he was a cast member for seven seasons and hosted once before. he took to twit tore announce his return writing stoked to be going home with the hashtag snl. the 43rd season appears october 17th with miley cyrus hosting for a third time. and jon stewart hosting wwe "summer slam." he'll spend time hosting this sunday. a long time pro wrestling fan, stewart got into wrestling feud with the current heavy weight champion earlier this year which culminated with stewart storming the ring with wwe monday night raw. stevie wonder surprised fans

with three pop-up concerts yesterday starting in washington d.c. fans turned out to hear him play five songs at a morning show in philadelphia and ending the evening in new york city central park. he per formed songs from 1976 album songs in the key of life. the shows were part of a promotion for fall leg of his songs in the key of life tour. wish i had known that yesterday in central park. nobody gave me a heads up. that does it for me and "way too early." coming up, donald trump announces plans. the rest of the gop responds. we'll look at his plan for backing illegal immigrant children and those that aren't. and hillary clinton and the number of documents from her e-mail server is surging and could go high. and tom with the decision not to legalize college athletes. that and much more coming up

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