Oh, a busy morning. Were so glad that you just took a couple of seconds to spend 2 with us and sit down and relax. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. Were starting this morning in california. The fires there are raging. Firefighters are working around the clock. Theyre trying to get six wildfires under control. At least four other fires are now fully contained. Good news there. Thats the good news, right. More than 1,000 firefighters, though, are battling all of the blazes around san diego. Police have now charged heres big news overnight one of three people arrested for alleged arson. They have brought a charge here. So far, though, more than 27,000 acres have been scorched. This morning, firefighters are making some progress, but theyre not in the clear yet, because strong winds and dry temperatures, they could fuel the fires even further. Officials say this is unprecedented. In some cases, worlds of flames have the potential to spit out winds as strong as tornadoes. Watch this one. It becomes what is becoming this firenado, a cone, a tornado of fire. Lets bring in cnns dan simon in hardhit san marcos. Dan, whats it look like where you are . Reporter right now, its looking pretty good. The winds have calmed down. The temperatures are cooler. The humidity is rising. And thats enabling firefighters to begin to get a handle on these blazes. Were in san marcos, california. This is one of the areas, as you said, thats been hardest hit. You can see this home. It is just a smokey, charred mess. Were on a mountainside, and you can see off in the distance actually where you see that layer of clouds, thats marine layer, thats where Camp Pendleton is, and were not seeing much smoke over there. So that is also good news. So here in san marcos, the containment figure is 50 . Its beginning to rise over in Camp Pendleton, as well. So it appears that firefighters are starting to make good progress, but, you know, as weve seen with the unpredictable nature of wildfires, they can kick up. Thats why they have so many people on the ground trying to battle these blazes, both on the ground and, of course, from the sky. Victor and christi . We know while theyre trying to contain the fires, theres an investigation going on. Three people arrested, one charge being brought this morning. What do you know about this . Reporter well, what we know is when these fires broke out, at one time you had eight essentially going at once, there was immediate speculation that arson may be at play. And we know that two teenagers were arrested, accused of trying to start some small brush fires and a man in his 50s was arrested separately, also trying allegedly trying to start a small brush fire. At this time they have linked any individuals to some of these bigger fires, but thats certainly something theyre investigating, because again, it was so unusual to have all these fires breaking out at once. All righty. Hey, dan simon, glad everybody there is okay. Thank you so much. Thank you, dan. We have with us this morning one of the thousands whove had to just pick up, pack up, and get out as those flames closed in. Alicia exxon is joining us by phone from san marcos. Alicia, thank you so much. Were glad youre able to join us and that youre okay. I know youve lived there for years, and you say in the last decade youve lived through two of these, quote, apocalyptic firestorms. What are you seeing . And compare this one to what youve seen in the past for us. Well, first of all, i just thought i should mention that i am in my bed right now, in my own house. Oh, good. We came home yesterday. We got the news, and our entire community was really excited to be able to get back in. We dont see any of the big billowing smoke anymore. Were just kind of left with some really poor air quality. But everybodys really excited. And just to give you a sense of kind of the community and whats going on, the kids have prom tonight, and there were kids in our neighborhood that were not going to be able to get into their home to get their dresses for prom, and to get their tuxes and their dresses for prom. So this is a big sense of relief. I dont really have much knowledge of i mean, there definitely is talk about arson. I hope that thats if that is what it is, i hope that theyve caught the right person. Were just really hoping that were on the road to recovery here. Very quickly, alicia, do you know if the prom is still going forward, is going to happen . Im sorry . Do you know if the prom is going to happen as scheduled . Yeah. I think that they are still planning a prom. I got a text last night from one of the girls at the high school asking if i could do a waterfall braid. I think theyre planning on prom. We did get news that school would resume on monday. So i think they are planning on prom tonight. Let me ask you, you have seen, as you said, a couple of these apocalyptic firestorms. Yeah. Youve lived there for sometime. Are you going to stay . I mean, youve been fortunate thus far. Youre going to stay where you are . Were going to stay where we are. My kids are a little older. You know, let me tell you, as structures start to burn, there becomes a very poor air quality, and its important to Pay Attention to the particulate matter, because that can cause some really Serious Health concerns. There have been fires in the past that have burned far more structures, and thats not what were seeing on this one. I mean, its bad and there have been a lot of fires that have broken out. But the witch fires that i believe were in 2007, i think that those burnt i could be wrong on this, i think it burned more structures. I just remember hearing a lot more about the particulate matter and the chemicals that were airborne. So youre not experiencing any problems, you know, breathing or no. No . Not right now . No. But i was back then, because i had babies, and my children were a lot smaller. If you had a child who had asthma or anything like that, you just needed to get out. And i dont i dont feel like its that bad now. We had ash in our home we had ash on the ground of our home so that we were putting plastic down as people came from the outside and marched through our house. That was back that was the 2003, i think that was the 2003 fire. So i dont feel like were experiencing that. It might be that people are on the other side of the hill who are. You know, its all when winds. Its all about how the wind is flowing and where its pushing that air. Yeah, so were going to check on that wind. Alicia exon, thank you for sharing your story. Glad youre back at home. Yes, have fun at your prom, everybody. Thanks, alicia. Thanks, guys. Sure, thank you so much. Lets bring in meteorologist alexandra steel here, because shes been watching the weather that alicia was just talking about. Tell us about the winds. How are they now . Right, alicia makes great points. It is all about the winds and the directions from which theyre coming. And that is key. You know, regardless of this if these were set or not set, the stage has been set for fires. This is why. Dry conditions, weve got an historic drought on our hands. Hot temperatures. Of course, weve seen record heat day after day, month after month. And these very strong robust santa anas. Santa ana, its all about the direction from which the wind is coming. Offshore, meaning blowing like this. What were seeing now with the change is an onshore wind, blowing like this from the south, bringing in the moisture above the pacific ocean. Its cold, that water. The moisture above it is coming in and finally were seeing that. So temperaturewise, out of the 90s into the 70s, which is good news. The temperatures are coming down. The humidity is coming up. And this is the wind. The most important thing to note, the direction from which these arrows are coming. And finally, weve seen a change in the wind direction. The pattern is breaking, the ridge is giving way to a trough, allowing for that. And you know weve got some moisture in the air. We have a dense fog advisory. So hallelujah for the dense fog. Certainly the best news coming. So, you guys, the Weather Forecast is favorable. The fire forecast less so, because the stage is set, and were only going to go from here. All right. Alexandra, thank you. Mmhmm. Giving us the latest there. 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Lets bring in cnn military analyst senator james marks, and cia operative bob baer. I want to start with you, bob, because the last time you and i spoke about this, you said that a rescue was unlikely. Is it even possible, although these senators are calling for it . Well, i think that the nigerians cant do it themselves. Ive supervised training of hostage rescue forces in africa, and theyre just not capable of recovering this many people, probably disbursed at this point in northern nigeria. So i think that if u. S. Militarys going to go in, im going to defer to general marks. Youd need a lot of troops on the ground. Im not sure the nigerians are ready for it. Nigeria has refused to negotiate. This is the problem. Were really at a stand still. Okay. So lets go to you, general, and ask you that question. What would troops on the ground there look like, especially if these groups of girls are split up into factions . Yeah, christi, the issue really is the United States has already committed some forces, albeit a very small number. But there are special ops forces on the ground right now trying to, what we call, develop the situation. And what that really means, it goes to bobs point, which is trying to get the nigerians in some way to acknowledge that there might be a path forward that involves something other than kinetic force. If an operation was to take place, the very first step is intelligence aggressive intelligence collection. Thats taking place now in the form of manned aircraft collection. I think we probably are flying some drones. Were probably, most likely, sharing some unclassified satellite coverage of the area. But the key thing, back into bobs bali wick, how do you get sources on the ground where we think the girls are . Bear in mind, they could be across the border in chad or cameroon, which complicates the situation, but certainly opens up additional options, as well. So this week a u. S. Official, bob, said the Nigerian Military is afraid to engage boko haram. Listen to this. Boko haram is exceptionally brutal and indiscriminate in their attacks, and so, as heavyhanded as the forces on the nigerian side have been, boko haram has been even more brutal. And so, were now looking at a military force thats, quite frankly, becoming afraid to even engage. So, bob, the u. S. Has consistently said it does not negotiate with terrorists. If the u. S. Is not willing to put boots on the ground, and maybe, you know, the president will make that decision, or well find out if that will happen, special forces will go at some point, and the Nigerian Military is, quote, afraid to engage boko haram, where does this go . That leaves us with an International Force. You know, its crossborder. Apparently theres been an attack in the cameroons yesterday, and it goes into chad, as well. You need an International Force to coordinate this. I think that the fact is that nigeria has lost control of its northeastern border. And is this spread . Its been denied its a problem, but what if it moves into the delta . Thats the whole economic backbone of nigeria, the oilproducing area. Somethings got to be done, because chaos in Subsarahan Africa is getting worse, and only with an International Force, including u. S. Troops, can we really, you know, take control of this. Bob, real quickly, i wanted you to talk about boko haram and the comparison people are making to al qaeda. Are they connected . Vaguely connected by ideology. Boko haram is way beyond the pale of islam. I look at them more like vicious bandits. Theyre in mali. Theyre everywhere in that area, a lot to do with economics, global warming, and the drought there. Nonetheless, you have to do something about this, because you cant let it spread in africa. General marks, really quickly, whats your degree of confidence that the u. S. Will send in some special forces . High degree of confidence that it will not happen. All right, general spider marks and bob baer, thank you both. Thank you, gentlemen. Thanks. Lets get you to turkey now. Anguish over a mine disaster has turned into anger. Look at whats happening there. With the rise in death toll, so have the number of clashes between protesters and the police. A lot of the people are calling for saying the government is insensitive and inept when it comes to the mine safety. The death toll today topped 300, and our ivan watson is in turkey. Have they recovered all the bodies at this point . Or are there still some listed as missing . Reporter victor, yeah, just moments ago, the turkish authorities announced the rescue operation has been completed. Theyve recovered as of today 301 bodies from the coal mine over my shoulder, and turkish Authorities Say that completes the list of all the coal miners whose names were missing. The investigation into the cause of what is by far the deadliest mining disaster in turkish history, that will continue. As of this time, both executives from the company that owned and operated the mine, as well as government officials who were involved in inspecting it and making sure that it met health and safety standards, all of them are insisting there was no negligence whatsoever and theyre not at all at fault for this terrible disaster. And nobody has stepped down from their jobs. And theybasically not claiming responsibility for this. In the meantime, the government and Security Forces seem to be putting effort into also repressing any public expression of criticism over the handling of this. Dozens of people arrested in the nearby town of soma for trying to protest today. Lawyers, they were roughed. One had his arm broken. Yesterday, we were teargassed as the Security Forces fired Water Cannons and teargas at people dressed in funeral black who were chanting in honor of the names of the dead and also the turkish Prime Minister, he was heard threatening to slap people if they booed him when he visited this town on wednesday. So a very confusing and contradictory situation here. All right. Victor and christi . Ivan watson, thank you very much for bringing us the latest. Well be right back. Stay close. Predibut, manufacturings a prettin the United States do. Means advanced technology. We learned that Technology Allows us to be craft oriented. No ones losing their job. Theres no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out. The technology is actually creating new jobs. Siemens designed and built the right tools and resources to get the job done. That, my friends, is everything. And with the quicksilver card from capital one, you earn unlimited 1. 5 cash back on everything you purchase. 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