Fires. They are potential crime scenes. There is suspicion that the fires burns around san diego are no accident. And yet, also, another confirmed deadly virus. Can officials contain it before it becomes a pandemic. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. At this hour were keeping a very close eye on the massive fires burning in the san diego area. Tens of thousands of area citizens evacuated, hundreds of structures in peril. The images, just insane. Well go live to california in just a moment. But first, it is nothing short of a scandal. Our nation promised them health care. That was the deal. And we did not deliver. Sick veterans have died while waiting for care at the v. A. Today, after a long and damning cnn investigation, allegations of a secret waiting list and coverups, as our nations heroes died. Finally, after months of refusing to answer cnns questions, Eric Shinseki finally got behind microphones to answer questions. Drew . Reporter its true that Eric Shinseki is not going to resign but its also clear that many senators dont believe he has a full grasp of the scope of this crisis. Do you believe that youre ultimately responsible for all of this . I am. Reporter at his first congressional hearing since the v. A. Wait list scandal broke, Eric Shinseki tried to handle a crisis that now seems beyond his control. Any allegation, any adverse incident like this makes me makes me mad as hell. Reporter facing senators that are demanding not only immediate changes at the v. A. But are also raising the possibility that its time for the fbi to be called in. Isnt there evidence here of criminal wrongdoing that is falsifying records, false statements to the federal government . Thats a crime under the it should be, yes. Reporter the latest crisis of the v. A. Took off when cnn investigated the hospital in phoenix where 40 veterans died waiting for care, according to sources. Those same sources say many of the vets were on a secret list, designed to hide the vets. They were waiting for months for a bed. People cooking the books, is that a problem within the Health Care System . Im not aware other than in a few isolated cases. But the fact that there is evidence that there is a couple of cases behooves us to take the look. Reporter they are investigating allegations in at least half a dozen states and whistle blowers have come forward from across the country saying their v. A. s manipulate wait times as well. The v. A. Admits that 29 people in nine states have died because of the delayed care. Many of them veterans who were forced to wait too long for simple tests, like col colonoscopies. Could you tell me why you should not have to resign . Well, ive come here to make things better for veterans. That was my appointment by the president. Reporter how long that appointment will last, we will wait and see. Its clear that the senators are growing impatient. Dennis mcdonough is joining me. Thanks for being here. Obviously general shinseki served his country honorably. But these people have died. You heard what he had to say. Hes mad as hell about this. Nobody is as mad as the present and i have the scars to show it given his reaction to it since you and i talked about it. But shinseki has shown over the six years now his commitment to our veterans. Weve seen a dramatic expansion of 16 more vets and 14 increase in spending in the system and dramatic expansion of education benefits through the g. I. Bill, 40 billion for our vets who have given us so much to make sure that they have the opportunity that they deserve. Rick is going to get to the bottom of this. The president is demanding that and thats what well do. But this is what happened. There was a new order put out by sh shinseki saying that any new applicants for primary care need to be seen within 14 days and a lot of critics wondered if the v. A. Was capable of that and what all of these hospitals did was cook the books. That was under shinseki. Im not saying he didnt do other good things. But that was under him. People didnt tell his underlings the truth. Why is he not accountable for it . You see him travel the country every day to talk to vets and their families. He holds himself accountable to his men and women with whom he served, whom he led for decades. Let me tell you a little bit else about what hes done. Take this question about the backlog on claims. We have seen a dramatic expansion in the number of people seeking claims because of decisions, brave decisions that shinseki made. If you have pts, will you have a presumption of making your claim whole. If you had gulf war illness or exposure to asian orange, that increases the number of veterans trying to get compensated for the disaster that they have lived through. Right. Eric shinseki is the first one that said not only am i going to hold myself to these tough decisions but hes going to finish this before the end of 2015. And you know what hes doing . Hes dramatically reducing that. Its 50 less than it was ands that because he cares deeply about these vets as does the president. Were not going to get involved in a political they say federal crimes may have been involved. Senator blumenthal said we need to bring in the fbi to make sure no evidence is destroyed. I referred you to the igms. They are investigating this, taking a hard look at it. Thats right where it should be. Lives are on the line and this is not new. Anyone who reads the papers now in 2011, there was an outbreak of legions air disease in the v. A. In pittsburgh and what happened there, the individual running the hospital, even though i think five or six veterans died as a result of that outbreak, there was no accountability. The person who ran the hospital got a perfect review with no mention of legions air disease and the regional director got a bonus. What can be done to stop this culture of no accountability in the v. A. System . You heard what rick said to the Senate Committee today. Theres been more than 250 cases of people who have been held accountable for their actions. He can explain that in great detail. The president , as soon as he heard about the latest, outrage in phoenix, he said, i need to know what happened, i need to know the Accountability Measures that you have and that you can institute and if its not enough, then lets change it and make sure we hold people accountable. That happened in 2011 under secretary shinseki and that person was not held accountable. The person got a Perfect Performance review. Im telling you, that same Health Care System, we have dramatically expanded access because thats what our vets have earned and thats what well continue to do. This letter from the chairman of the House Veterans Committee from one year ago warns of dramatic problems at the v. A. A perfect illustration of the lack of accountability permeating the patient care issues. This was sent to president obama in may 2013, according to congressman miller. His office got no response from the president. It was referred to general shinseki who, according to them, sent back a boiler plate. This was a year ago. Whether it was a year ago, yesterday, or tomorrow, the president is dedicated to making sure that our vets get the care that they have earned. We work with chairman miller, chairman sanders and all of the members of the house and senate to make sure that they have it. Thats why the president has seen dramatically expanded investments in Veterans Administration operations over the course of the last five years. Year on year, historic increases in that budget. At a time, by the way, when we see budgets under intense pressure. How many stories like this, how many letters like this, how many dead veterans do you need before somebody asks the question within the white house, maybe this guy isnt the best steward of these veterans . That question, jake, are we doing everything we can every day to get the veterans the care and opportunities . But you are not. This letter was sent a year ago. And we have been working aggressively to make sure that not only is health care expanded, opportunities made more ready to our vets but that people are held to account as rick is doing in this case. We will continue to do that. Last question, sir. That is, i appreciate you being here and appreciate you coming and facing these questions live on television. Drew griffin has been trying to get an interview with general shinseki for months. He was the reason why there was a hearing today. Why does the v. A. Corner itself off from lawmakers and the public but the press . Doesnt there need to be a bigger cultural change there . I think what you just saw today, rick sat down for a threehour hearing, stay in the hearing to hear the Veterans Service organization testify. After he was done, he could have gotten up and left. Hes not only going to held himself to account to the press to drew, your colleague, or to anybody else but what hes doing day in and day out is sitting down with their families and making sure that they get what they need. Thats what we owe them. Thats what they will get. It is what we will owe them. Denis, thank you for coming and answering these questions. Fires are burning in san diego and now a criminal investigation is being opened. Were these fires intentionally set . Plus, the gm recall. What took so long . Our money lead is ahead. All stations come over to mission a for a final go. This is for real this time. Step seven point two one two. Verify and lock. Command is locked. Five seconds. Three, two, one. Standing by for capture. The most Innovative Software on the planet. 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Know better sleep with sleep number. Welcome back to the lead. Youre looking at live pictures from kswb. The fires turning san diego into a giant, charcoaled mess. Eight separate fires burning all at once. Sources tell our affiliate kgtv that all but one of them have a suspicious ignition point. The images are unearthly, looking like a firenado starting to form here in san marcos. Yes, firenadoes, i did not make that up. One bureau chief cannot remember it being this hot, this dry for this long, making conditions the perfectly wrong kind of situation to create these fastmoving fires, wrong for us, that is. Forecasters say it may be the hottest of the whole week with highs between 98 and 106 degrees. Heres a look at the spots and frames around the san diego area. Nearly 10,000 acres burned so far, which is more than 15square miles. The fire so massive you can even see the smoke from space. Look at this photo, showing from nasa, massive clouds blowing out to the pacific. Southern california, of course, is no stranger to massive fires like these but eight all at one time . Officials suspect it may be more than just bad luck this time. Ill leave it up to the investigators. I just think that theres too much of a coincidence here. Weve had extraordinary numbers of started fires and each fire will be treated as a crime scene until its proven to be accidental. Perhaps no community has been impacted more than carlsbad, california. The ofaffluent resort city know as the village by the sea. Names there destroyed at least four homes and several units of an apartment building. Even lego land, the theme park in carlsbad, had to be cleared out. Even though its back open today. Our own dan simon is there. Dan, what are you seeing around you . Reporter you can see giant plumes of smoke behind me here in san marcos. Thats where the active fire is at this moment. But here in carlsbad, they really got hit hard. You can see a couple of homes leveled to the ground. This home right here where fire crews have been continuing to put out some of the hot spots all day long and then right next to this house you can see another home leveled to the ground. You know, you had nine fires going at once. One county official telling me hes never seen anything like it. And hes questioning and you talked about it earlier, questioning whether these fires were intentionally set. They are treating these fires, all of them, basically, at the crime scene and no evidence of arson. This is supposed to be the hottest day, jake. Were expecting triple digit temperatures and the winds are continuing to pick up and thats what is basically fueling the fire there in san marcos. Youve got a couple dozen military aircraft dumping water and firefighters on the ground. Youve got a lot of resources battling this thing and it goes to show you when you have the Drought Conditions combined with the wind, it really creates a lethal mix, jake. Dan simon, thanks. Lets bring in the mayor of carlsbad. The mayor is taking it so hard. Based on the evidence that youve seen, do you believe the fires in your community and elsewhere in the Southern California area are a product of arson . We dont have any knowledge of that yet and our primary focus right now is just fighting the fires and trying to keep both our citizens safe and as little damage to our community as possible z so just hypothetically speaking, much of the fire zone, including your city, is considered relatively affluent. Does that, in general, make your citizens targets for things like arson . One can make that assumption but we really have no knowledge of that. Im sure people who are thinking about that, i would just ask people to keep focus on what were having to deal with today and everybody have patience as we work our way through this. And this has actually grown far greater than carlsbad. The real focus is in san marcos and how that thing is really flaring up here in the last hour. Fair enough. Can you give us an update, how much of the fire is contained in carlsbad . How many structures have burned . In carlsbad, its been about 400 acres burned. In the last hour there were 300 flareups, including an 18unit apartment complex, four homes, two commercial buildings, six other homes damaged. Two vehicles. And thats about the what we know at this moment in time. Mayor hall, most importantly, how are the citizens of carlsbad . Right now i think everybody is calm and i know everybodys anxious to get back into their homes. We have reenergized the homes in the area that were that took the brunt of the fire and were hoping to try and get people back later today. But as the winds are playing games with us right now and with these flareups, our primary focus is safety. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and the citizens of carlsbad. Mayor, thank you so much. Tens and thousands in the san diego area had to pick up and flee at a moments notice. Many are in shelters or staying with loved ones right now. One of those individuals is dr. Dave walker who was across the country for her daughters graduation from law school. Gay walker is joining me on the phone. Shes staying with a friend. Dr. Walker, are you okay . We understand your familys not with you right now . Im doing as well as can be expected. No, my familys so where in new mexico by now, i think. And you were only home for about three hours when the police came through . What did they say . They were on a loud speaker and they were telling us we had about five minutes so i grabbed my cats, threw in carriers and grabbed my suitcase full of clothes that had not been unpacked yet and dashed out. Describe the scene in your neighborhood. Was it a traffic jam . One of those apocalyptic scenes in movies when theres a disaster . It was an orderly evacuation but it was reminiscent of something apocalyptic. Cars were lined up bumper to bumper getting out of the neighborhood but it was reasonably orderly. Everybody was polite and Going Forward pretty quickly. Do you have any way of knowing what is happening with your home . Im sure youre very concerned about its status. My eyeballs have been pretty well glued to the news and as nearly as i can tell, my areas of homes has not been hit by the fire yet. Im kind of nervous right now with the fire spreading to harm me grove, were directly below that. If the winds keep blowing out of the east, we could be in trouble. Theres obviously no time frame yet for your possible return to your home. Whats the earliest that you think you might be able to go back . I cant imagine being allowed back in before tomorrow. Its really going to depend on if the winds keep blowing in the direction that they are blowing, how long it takes them to get containment. Reporter d dr. Walker, thank you for your time. Were glad your family is okay. Thank you much appreciate that. The killer virus is continuing to spread as another new case is reported and no vaccine and lingering questions about how it is passed from person to person. What should you do to protect yourself . Stay with us. train horn vo wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. Norfolk southern. One line, infinite possibilities. Welcome back to the lead. In other national news, there are already two confirmed cases of middle east respiratory syndrome or mers on u. S. Soil. And now officials in the net netherlands have another case. The World Health Organization called mers a more serious and urgent threat just yesterday and the cdc, the centers for disease control, is already scrambling to stop an outbreak. Federal officials posted these warnings in 22 airports telling passengers to take extra precautions. But will these steps be enough . Or is it just a matter of time before this becomes a fullblown pandemic . Joining me is the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases. Doctor, good to see you, as always. Walk us through what is going inside the medical community right now. How are doctors and researchers getting ready to fight this thing if it does become more serious . Well, its a big if and lets start off with that. Again, even though were seeing more cases, they seem to be quite clearly related to people who come into contact with sick people in a hospital setting. There does not appear to be any indication that its mutated or developing the capability of spreading more easily in a broader way through the community. But we still need to stay very, very heads up for that possibility. What the medical community is doing, the cdc has extraordinary surveillance capabilities. You just mentioned correctly the airport situation now where they are posting alerts for people to do what they can do to avoid washing hands, they are getting crews to report anyone from certain airports who might, in fact, have a fever of 100 or more, who has a respiratory illness. From a scientific standpoint, we are already doing things like screening drugs. We have the virus. We are able to grow it. We have it completely characterized. Were developing a vaccine for it and were looking for drugs that we can screen that might be beneficial for people who might be infected and were already in the process of targeted drug development. So theres a lot of activity going on very similar to what we did during the s. A. R. S. Outbreak several years ago. In fact, we wound up developing a vaccine for the sars virus that we never had to use. We put it in early trials. Those types of progression even though we dont think the general public should be concerned. The cdc, w. H. O. Are following it very carefully. Is there fear that this could become mers could become like sars or something even worse . Well, jake, i wouldnt say fear. Thats a word that has a lot of connotations. I would say that there is concern to stay alert that this might happen. There certainly is a possibility that it will develop the capability of spreading more readily from person to person. It hasnt done that yet. It might not ever do that and the molecular configuration of the virus doesnt suggest that its doing that. So what we really need to concentrate on are very strict hospital Infection Control practices because weve seen in the middle east, particularly in saudi arabia, that there have been many cases now that have been due to close connection either by a Health Care Provider or family member. So good, typical Infectious Disease control is probably the most important thing that needs to be done right now. Dr. Anthony fauc ichli, than so much. S. E. A. L. 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There are no plans for a u. S. Military operation right now. You have to remember, nigeria has armed forces, armed forces that we have helped train in counterterrorism for years. Reporter those calling for special operations might have victories on their mind. The triumph of s. E. A. L. Team 6 and the bin laden raid. Hatch a plan and send in a s. E. A. L. Team 6 group. Easy right . Its anything but. Several questions remain. Where are the girls . How do you get them out . Might they be killed at the first sign of u. S. Troops or any troops . Could this lead to a longer term commitment in the area . History has shown rescue missions involve significant risk an uncertain success. There is, just in africa, the black hawk dawn incident in somalia. The iran rescue and eight americans died because of insufficient planning. Reporter the u. S. Operation to free american hostages in iran in 1980 ended tragically for the team and the captive americans remained held until the following year. It really failed and, in our view, mainly because of bad luck and unforeseen circumstances. Reporter as of right now, u. S. Drones have been added to a team of more than a dozen american advisers and military officials in nigeria trying to find the girls. And as the world urges action, the u. S. Must weigh the options and the consequences of intervention. Lets bring in retired general carter ham, the former head of u. S. Forces in africa. Thank you for joining us. A u. S. Military team has been in to advise the Nigeria Government on how to handle this. There is u. S. Drones in the area and other intelligence resources. What would you need to know as head of africom, in your previous gig, before green lighting a rescue mission . Jake, the most important thing to remember is that this primarily the responsibility of the Nigerian Government and perhaps now the responsibility of neighbors countries if the girls have, indeed, at least some of them, been moved across porous borders. The u. S. Has an appropriate principles, i think, that we seek africa challenges and the u. S. Helps the way we can. I think were seeing that play out in nigeria today. Thats fair enough. Although, Amnesty International did report that they warned the Nigerian Government of the raid, Something Like four hours ahead of time. The Nigerian Government wasnt able to do anything about it or wasnt willing to do anything about it so i think there is reason to request whether the nigerians could do a rescue operation like this s that fair . Well, i certainly understand that there are those who question that and certainly the allegation made about preknowledge of the attack, worthy of an investigation. But right now, the Nigerian Government, i believe, and the other countries to include in the United States who are assisting nigeria are wholly focused on the first problem, which is find the girls. And thats got to remain the urgent priority right now. Lets assume that the girls are found and lets assume that the Nigerian Government were to ask the u. S. Im going to give you a lot of assumptions right now and lets assume that president obama and the public were all willing to do this. Okay . I guess one of the biggest questions is, would special forces be able to go and rescue these girls without boko haram just turning around and slaughtering them at first sight of a u. S. Soldier . Jake, youve asked a multiplicity of ifs strung together. The United States has an extraordinarily accomplished special Operations Forces that can accomplish and have demonstrated obviously that they can accomplish these very sensitive missions. This one is significantly complicated by the lack of infrastructure in the region, by what i suspect is the dispersing of these girls into multiple locations, probably into multiple locations. So its a highly complex issue but, again, its got to begin with the intelligence work to find where they are being held. One soldier i spoke to, a friend of mine, said that he would, quote, smoke these guys in a heartbeat about boko haram but he doesnt see any National Security reason to do so. What do you think . Well, i think boko haram, in my view, it has been a problem in nigeria. Nigeria is an important partner for the United States. Certainly as they have become increasingly violent and now broadcast on the International Stage how horiffically violent they are, they are a destabilizing influence, an important region of nigeria and increasingly more broadly across west and central africa. So if left unaddressed, the problem just gets larger and again in my view, i think boko haram certainly has stated their leaders have stated that they aspire to attack the United States. The United States persons and interest, i dont believe they have capability to strike the homeland but they certainly are destabilizing the region and thats not in our best interests. Carter ham, thank you so much. Hope you come on the show again. Hopes dwindling in turkey as rescue workers free 120ers still trapped below ground. The vigils have now started to turn into mass funerals, body after body, a stomach turning 283 lives lost. Turkish officials took to the streets to express their outrage booing the Prime Minister when he offered condolences to the family of the miners. An aide was on camera beating the aide. Rescue operations will continue overnight and into friday. Coming up next, 3 million more vehicles have been recalled by General Motors, some of which are too dangerous to drive to the dip for repairs. Well tell you what to do if you own one. And fighting war in the future. Robots designed to think and kill on their own . Should it be legal . Thats coming up. [female announcer] we grow big celebrations,o. And personal victories. We grow new beginnings, and better endings. Grand gestures, happier happy hours. So lets gro something greater with miraclegro. What will you grow . 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Thats what General Motors is telling 477 people whose trucks, the company says, are too dangerous to drive only a month after mary barra was questioned, she may be facing a de ja vu of whiplashing. 2. 7 million more vehicles are being recalled for problems with everything from faulty wiring to not being able to steer. Joining me now from new york, money correspondent poppy harlow. Poppy, good to see you. This brings the vehicles up to 11. 1 million just this year. An astounding number. What cars are impacted . Its 12. 8 million vehicles. Theres a huge number for gm. Lets run through this because if this is one of your cars, youre going to want to know, first of all, the bulk of this recall, 2. 4 million vehicles, were talking about four different makes and models. Its the 2004 chevy malibu, malibu max, 2005 to 2010 pontiac v6 and saturn. What they have found is that the taillight, the brake light will go off on its own without hitting the brakes or if you hit the brakes it will not go off. Its been tied to at least 13 accidents, two injuries, no deaths. A real key here is that gh has stated that they have known about this problem since 2008, they issued a warning to dealers but have been in talks with the regulator since and have denieded now today to actually recall it, tell the customers about it, not just the dealers. The other part, the smaller part of the recall, it is about 300,000 vehicles, a corvette, chevy malibu, cadillac cts and a small part of this is trucks. 477 trucks. They are the ones that gm is saying, do not drive these trucks. Were going to pick them up from you. The silverado, sierra and tahoe. The issue is that gm says there is a steering problem that could be very severe, could cause an accident. It hasnt yet but they noticed this in the plant. Do not drive it, they will pick it up. Big picture, jake, this follows a recall 26. 6 million gm vehicles because of the ignition switch problem that, as you know, has been tied to at least 13 deaths and thats what caused mary bar ra to be called into congress and why they are investigating. This is in addition to the headache that gm has been going through. This is a total shift. This is a company that says we are being proactive and getting out in front of this because they didnt before that. They did not tell people about the ignition switch recall for a decade, jake. A real black eye. Poppy harlow, thank you. Robots designed to kill on their own, except this is a real concern being debated right now by the united nations. That story, next. Passion. Became your business. At t can help simplify how you manage it. So you can focus on what you love most. When everyone and everything works together, business just sings. Life with Crohns Disease ois a daily game of what ifs. 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The united nations, right now the world body, is holding the First International convention on whether to allow lethal autonomous weapons systems, known as killer robots, machines that are able to select and engage targets without a human being being at the controls. This is not the type of stuff that only exists in imax 3d and there is real fear about what would happen if they become aware. The jet sons gave us a dream of a robot design to help. I should have all of the answers for you in about ten minutes. Reporter the terminator gave us the nightmare of a machine designed to kill. And in some ways, this future is here. Thanks for the tips. In geneva, the first ever convention is being held on lethal autonomous weapons systems, also known as killer robots. Were living in an incredibly important moment when it comes to the history of weapons and war. Now were having to compare weapons by their intelligence, their autonomy. Thats something new that we havent measured before. Machines like these still require human direction and can also take the brunt of physical risks on the battlefield. Unmanned drones have enabled u. S. Pilots to remotely strike pilots as far away as afghanistan. Both south korea and israel have operated semiautonomous lethal semirobots near their borders. But what happens when robots can control themselves entirely, including lethal actions . And who is responsible for those actions . The human decision may be something that is made hours, days, weeks, months beforehand and thats the part that is truly complicating in terms of not just the politics of this but also the legal, the moral, the ethical side. Movies like the terminator show hollywoods version of uncontrolled and dangerous but proponents of real military offer the current rules of law would apply to socalled killer robots. This week the u. N. Discusses whether they should be restricted in any way, as with booby traps or causing unnecessary suffering for combatants. I am a robot. They do not want to give it the chance. Using this spokesbot for any future kill functions should be prohibited out right. Were certainly not there in the world the terminator yet but technologies are starting to do more on their own. The Software Programming may be the important decision and thats a part that we are really not equipped well to deal with. They discuss how laws for human may apply to these robots. Kind of creepy. Thats it for the lead. I now turn you over to wolf blitzer. Hes right next door in the situation room. Breaking news. San diego under siege. Raging infernos bearing down on california neighborhoods. 10,000 acres have been charred. Even a military plant is threatened. Crews fight desperately against the flames. Well go live to our correspondents on the front lines and ill speak with survivors. Is arson to blame . Plus, sterling divorce bomb. The wife of the l. A. 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