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In 25 years. >> its been quite the firefight. weve had winds moving up slope, down slope, across the slope. weve had firefighters being pushed out and run out, and then turning around and coming back and getting right back on those structures. >> reporter: while its still unclear what sparked the cave fire, first responders say californias changing climate, marked by more-severe droughts and extreme temperatures, is fueling these fires. and looking at this landscape, its hard to believe homes ha...

There is just so much fuel and this morning one firefighter said to us as soon as he heard where the fire had broken out, h he knew they were going to have a battle on their hands 600 firefighters battling blazes in bone dry brush. >> its been quite the fire fight. weve had winds moving upslope, down slope, across the slope. >> across the steep hillsides in santa barbara, the fabled beach town and home to nearly 100,000. >> im like oh my god. >> thousands of homes threatened, thousands people fo...

Were at the end of the dry season, so the fields are some of the dryest that we have. >> its being called the k fire right now has zero containment and charred more than 4200 acres. burned through the night and the also a padres national forest. fueled by dry conditions and strong winds. polls have been shovels. prevent the fire from spreading even further. neighbors fire agencies are also pitching in to help this fire sending crews, fire engines and utilizing available helicopters and aircraft ...

Day. its almost whack-a-mole here at the white house. can they keep up with all of these problems that seem to be cropping up on a down slope. the continues resolution if it had been passed in the house today. and government shutdown would have been averted. now we are staring at the possibility of a government shutdown in the next day or so. for a wall or steel slats as he described it early this afternoon. the administration has not given us a whole lot of guidance as to what a steel slat wall...

>> jesse, your take? has nike stepped into the political debate? >> yes, and the nfl is not happy. nike stock took a beating and then stabilize. they know how to make billion dollars. if i knew how to do they wouldob vacation or working for nike. >> sorry, you are here! >> [laughing]. >> if i was worth what nike was worth, i would not on "the five." i would be on the beach with a drink. the myth of colin kaepernick. he was created by the media. he was one of the eleven last year. he was benched....

Anybody? >> bill: the first time its been this early by a mile right now. well bring that to you when we get more. urgent plea to those living in the state of washington to leave immediately a 250 foot deep crack continues to grow in a hillside above a state highway. what happens next? dan springer is live in the bureau with more. whats up? >> this has to be the most monitored and studied active landslide in america because its easy to see. what you see is stunning. take a look at some video sho...

Thats my passion right now. i live for this every single day. >> laura: before we let you go, i dont think we are going to see the end of this. i think they really had their heyday during obama. he was the celebrity candidate. trump is mostly a businessman. he did the apprentice, that was hugely successful. but hes mostly a businessman until he got involved in the apprenticed stuff. clooney is a star. hes a big star. i just dont see george clooney giving up his life to just be another politician...

Iowa. the battle between trump and cruz. by the way, if trump beats cruz, then all the sudden where does cruz go? then theres the battle for third place in iowa. jeb bush and marco rubio, in particular. carson on the down slope. the question is can he stop the slide? theres a reason bush went on the attack on rubio in iowa. third place is seen as something to get. >> jeb bush joining us in a few minutes. >> jeb bush joining us in a few minutes. >> third place matters. >> it does. this was a key ...

Colorado. im an pilot. i neverlanded an aircraft in a mountain airfield. but can you see, in looking at the time of the crash at 10 degrees. thats fine, they can handle that. now lets look at visibility. visibility, this is in miles. aspen is at 9 miles. grand junction at 10. colorado springs at 10. this is fine as well. however, you have to keep in mind this is an area of the country that has its own micro climates. each mountain pass is different tan fr a mountain pass. every mountain top is d...

As steve laid them out? >> i think the vast majority of them understand it doesnt help the economy or the country. we are struggling with recovery right now. as so many people are not working, my district was devastated by sandy. theres a lot of small businesses who havent opened. there are a lot of people struggling to make ends meet. the last thing we need to do is revert back out of a struggling recovery to a down slope towards another recession or a depression. so i wholeheartedly agree that...