Hello again, everyone, thanks for joining me. Im frederica whitfield. An intense battle is raging in the northwest has firefighters try to beat back a series of wildfires in three states now. Residents in idaho, Washington State and california have been forced to evacuate and at least 50 homes in idaho alone have now been destroyed. Cnns nick valencia is following all of it. Scary stuff. Scary stuff. Those folks in the northwest could use a major break. Dozens of wildfires raging all across the united states. Fredricka was talking about it. Nowhere harder hit than in the northwest, washington, oregon and idaho. This weekend, hundreds of firefighters working around the clock to protect people and property from these fastmoving flames. Against a majestic mountainous backdr backdrop, the flames rage, forcing evacuations in chellin county, washington. I was outrunning flames at 60 miles an hour. This hillside was on fire, this whole hillside, it was nuts. Reporter local resident, matthew anderson, watched as dozens of fires swallowed the hillside. Its crazy. Reporter at least 100 structures have burned. Power is knocked out for most of the 9,000 residents in the area. Theres i dont know how many hundreds of people affected here, the other side. Reporter just to the south in canyon creek, oregon, a lightning fire has left more than 20 homes burned, with at least 34,000 acres lost, and Still Limited containment. Resident dean fox says the fight to save whats left has been exhausting. We would have to keep hosing ourself down because it was so hot. Reporter this fire season has been devastating, especially in the west, where already more than 6. 5 million acres have burned. Thats about the size of new hampshire. It is just devastation for these people. Reporter idaho has been among the hardest hit. This ranch outside of boise, charred and caked with ash from the soda fire, which has burned more than 265,000 acres. Containment is just at 25 . Just ripping up this hillside. Reporter in droughtstricken california, the fires are out of control. Fueled by high heat and wind, the cabin fire has devoured 1400 acres in Angeles National forest. Hundreds of firefighters have worked for days to stop it. Ten of them have been injured in the process. Reporter and if it feels that were talking a lot this year about fires, its because we are. According to our meteorologists, this fire season more than 2 million acres above average burned. It seems that theres no end in sight. It does feel that way. Thanks so much. Im joined now on the phone with hillary fitzpatrick. She was actually on vacation in washington. So hillary, tell me about what happened. What did you experience . Hi, good afternoon. We are vacationing in lake chelan. We got in thursday night. My husband went fishing friday morning. We were staying at campbells resort there right in downtown chelan. And he was out at the starbucks and looked up and saw the lightning hit the side of the hill. And they obviously delayed to go out fishing that day until the storm passed. But yeah, so 8 00 or 9 00 in the morning, the hillside was started on fire and kind of crept down. Theres some video that we posted where the planes came in and were kind of scooping water and putting it out. Later that afternoon we moved up toward willow point park, which is just north of downtown chelan and thats where were staying this week. Directly across is where some of the real bad fires are where the entire hillsides are just engulfed in flame. So these are extraordinary images, video and still that you did take there, capturing the smoke and the scooping of the water as you just described. Give me an idea, because it looks like it is very hazy. What has breathing been like while there . Yeah, so friday night it was pretty bad. I had my sisters and nephews and nieces, it got so bad they ended up leaving at about 6 00 in the morning to head home. We also had friends that were trying to get in on friday night and they had the roads blocked and you couldnt get in but you could get out. So today weve gone to wenatchee, which is probably about, i dont know, 45 minutes from chelan just to get out. Just to get better breathing. But it looks like on the hillside where were at, theyre doing a really great job putting out a lot of those fires on the hillside, so its not as smoky as it was yesterday. Definitely improving. Extraordinary. And then since so many have been evacuated, what about you and others where youre staying . Weve been really lucky. Were right on the other side of where those fires are, right across on the lake. You know, we are we have been watching, theres a lot of ash and embers that have been coming across the lake when the wind changes direction, so weve been really aware of kind of whats been going on. But the Fire Department and authorities have let us know that, you know, if we do need if fire does start on this side, theyll come and let us know. But were safe where were at right now. All right. Well, all the best, continued safety. Hillary fitzpatrick, thank you so much. Thanks. Meantime, Recovery Efforts now for a passenger plane that crashed into the mountains over indonesia on sunday have been suspended for the night. Transportation officials found the wreckage on the side of a mountain in the octabe district. Confirmation that the plane was found came after villagers reported seeing the plane crash into the mountain. The search has been suspended until tomorrow because of thunderstorms in the area and because it is night fall. Cnns kathy novak joining me now. Kathy, what more are we learning about how theyre conducting this search and are they able to confirm the sightings of some of the villagers . Reporter its a very difficult region that they are trying to get into. This plane was traveling from the coastal city, the capital of papua province, inland south where this region is very mountainous. Were talking about mountains about 10,000 feet or more. This is an area that often only small planes can go into. The runways are very small. Its a very difficult area for passenger planes, cargo planes to navigate, so this is the sort of thing that search and rescue crews were trying to deal with when they lost contact with this plane just a few minutes before it was scheduled to land. They had their own Search Mission out, but had to suspend it because it was getting dark and also because the weather was too bad. They are not able to start until about two hours from now when the sun comes up but the question will be will the weather be good enough for them to continue this Search Mission. Of course with these reports coming from villagers that they say they saw the plane crash into the mountains, they say they saw the wreckage, the big rush will be to see if they can find any survivors if these reports are indeed true that this plane came down in the mountains. Kathy novak, keep us posted. Thank you so much. All right, next, republican president ial candidate donald trump says he knows what to do in iraq, but the source of his military advice is raising some eyebrows. That story next. Breaking from the norm is never easy. Doing your own thing, making your own way can be pretty, well, bold. Rickie fowler is redefining what it means to be a golfer. Quicken loans is doing the same for mortgages. Quicken loans. Home buy. Refi. Power. Official mortgage sponsor of the pga tour. 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And it was somewhat of a revealing answer when he was asked by chuck todd who he speaks to regularly as he formulates his Foreign Policy views. Heres his exchange today on meet the press. Who do you talk to for military advice right now. Well, i watch the shows. I really see a great you know, when you watch your show and all of the other shows and you have the generals and certain people that you like. Is there somebody, is there a goto for you . Probably there are two or three. Every president ial candidate has a goto. Probably there are two or three. I like bolton, ike hes a tough cookie, knows what hes talking about. You mean ambassador bolton . Yes. Colonel jack jacobs. Hes a good guy and i see him on occasion. Reporter and that exchange really did stand out because it was a Pretty Simple question, one that could be asked of nearly any other president ial candidate running how they formulate their views, who theyre speaking to as they start to formulate their Foreign Policy vision and what it would look like in their administration. Fred. And then trump also revealed this immigration policy plan. He promised that it would be details that no one had heard before and it was in the form of six pages, right . Reporter thats right. 1800 words, fred, six pages long. And we did learn some new details from Donald Trumps campaign about his immigration policy. First, for the first time he revealed how he would get mexico to pay for that wall that he wants to see along the u. S. mexico border. He says until mexico does, he would impound all remittance payments from illegal wages, increase fees on visas issued by mexican ceos and fees on Border Crossing cards, but more broadly he proposes to end u. S. Law oath u. S. Law of birth right citizenship. He also calls for the number of i. C. E. Officers to be tripled along the border and for funding to be cut off at sanctuary cities. But one big part of his immigration position is still very unclear at this point. He in the past had broadly called for all undocumented immigrants to be deported, but in this policy document, he really doesnt give the specific, he calls for criminal undocumented immigrants to be deported, but doesnt really mention that broader policy. But the dnc wasting no time to jump in and respond to these policy positions saying, quote, in a statement trump has reignited the gops longstanding obsession with mass deportation. And we have had ask the Trump Campaign for clarification on what exactly his policy is on mass deportations, fred. Sunlen ser fougfaty, thanks much for that. Now eric radner and jeremy diamond, where the crowds are still very much there at the iowa state fair. Jeremy, trump seems to be well tapped into the angry with washington crowd, but is he listening to the average joe . Do you get the sense that he is, as hes shaking hands, that hes listening to what peoples grievances are and that hes following up with a plan . Yeah, absolutely. Listen, when he was at the state fair yesterday, he was shaking hands with a lot of fair goers. A lot of potential voters and caucus goers. For sure hes listening to what people are saying and it seems like his message is resonating with people. The way that he talks about things, he talks about them in a kind of every man common sense way, and that seems to be working. Now, at the same time, it seems like he and his Campaign Advisers have realized that to continue to keep that alive, that momentum alive, he needs to in fact release some policy specifics and hes done that today. And so, eric, how does he keep that alive besides the specifics today and that moment right there, with the helicopter and getting a lot of supporters and people excited about his arrival and his presence. But what more should be expected or what more is being promised from him or his campaign . Right. Trump has been sort of brushing off requests for policy details for weeks now. Hes been sort of running on the force of his own personality, suggesting that hes been ail to get great deals done in the past and hell continue to be able to do that as president. He knows that what you promise on the campaign trail rarely works out. In 2008 here in iowa, president obama was promising to oppose an individual mandate on health care, for example. So trump has a challenge in iowa, but its not necessarily just about policy, its about organization. There are a lot of people who are drawn to politics because of his personality, but havent participated in the Iowa Caucuses before. He has to find a way to get them out. Okay. And so trump is promising to spend possibly a billion dollars on his campaign and his money, because he says he doesnt want to have to answer to any of the donors, jeremy. At the same time, does there seem to be any real obstacle for him to connect with the average person, so to speak . Because while theres been this antipolitician sentiment, we have also seen in recent years theres kind of the anti1 sentiment. How is donald trump able to still appeal to people or how is it that supporters are overlooking some of those things for him . Yeah. Well, hes able to do it by putting it in your face basically. You know, unlike mitt romney, who last time around kind of shied away from his wealth, tried to downplay how wealthy he was, that completely back fired. Trump is doing the complete opposite. His wealth, his business acumen are selling points for him when hes talking for voters and it seems like a lot of voters appreciate that because a lot of folks talk about how this is a country built on success and upward mobility. To be able to say, look, i built a great company, ive accumulated billions of dollars in wealth, some people say, hey, thats pretty good credentials to be president of the united states. Fredricka, trump is really breaking a lot of the rules of politics here. He flew in on a helicopter. You dont do that at the iowa state fair. Hes talking about his wealth. You dont do that if youre a wealthy candidate. Hes ignoring policy. You dont do that if youre a serious candidate and its working for him. Hes doubling his rivals in the polls. Thanks so much, gentlemen. Have fun at the fair. Whats on the menu for you today . Well, we just had some ribs. Pretty tasty. Absolutely. Youve got deep fried cherry pies, bacon brisket something or other. 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And some armed federal air marshals, sleep deprived and mentally exhausted from grueling flight schedules are breaking down on assignments, turning to medications and alcohol. Would i, sitting on a plane, want a stressedout federal air marshal, potentially suicidal air marshal, on that plane with me . You would not. Reporter she says the threat of a suicidal air marshal is just the beginning. On board an aircraft, the armed federal air marshal must respond at a moments notice to any threat. Right now, she says, some air marshals are falling apart. Theyre exhausted, theyre having memory loss. Theyre being forgetful. They cant move, they cant respond fast to things. And the agency was not prepared for someone to document that as well as harvard did in their study. Reporter this is that study. Its from 2012. Tsa commissioned it, got the results and had it classified as sensitive security information. Cnn obtained a copy of the report and the results are disturbing. 75 of air marshals flying on Domestic Missions were sleep deficient. On international runs, the figure rose to more than 84 . In a job where its critical to be alert and accurate at a moments notice, the study finds the acute and chronic lack of sleep substantially degrades a federal air marshals ability to react and think quickly, and it gets even worse. The study conducted by the division of sleep medicine, brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School found half of federal air marshals take some medication or supplement to get to sleep. Others commented they turn to alcohol. Federal air marshals responded to survey questions saying most of the sleep patterns i have are broken. This is not healthy. I need to take sleep aids. Alcoholic drinks mixed with sleeping pills. One air marshal in response to a question asking if he consumed five or six drinks a week responded saying give us a break, harvard, 8 to 12 overnight on an overnighter and the same to sleep at home. The study says it is a significant proportion of air marshals suffer from undiagnosed sleep disorders and puts them at increased risk of selfinjury. Higher rates of fatigue than Motor Vehicle accidents and greater incidence of serious errors. We wanted to speak to the federal air Marshal Service about the suicides but our interview request was turned down. Instead the tsa issued this statement saying it is committed to providing air marshals with the resources and support they need to carry out their mission and any loss of life is unacceptable. The statement goes on to say that the air Marshal Service maintains a robust system of both medical, including mandatory physicals, and psychological assistance programs which are readily available to the workforce and their families. Drew griffin, cnn, orlando. And in a recent hearing, the director of the federal air marshals said that his officers helped with onboard medical emergencies and unruly passengers but nothing about p stopping a terrorist. The air marshals say the idea of putting cops on planes was a kneejerk reaction and is a poor use of their time and americans tax dollars. They are doing a review of the entire program now. Parts of a plane that went missing in indonesia have been found, but the recovery search has been suspended. Well explain why, next. When youre living with diabetes, steady is exciting. Only glucerna has carbsteady, clinically proven to help minimize blood sugar spikes. So you stay steady ahead. The one on your right is made out of high Strength Steel and the other is made of aluminum. Now im gonna release a 700 pound grizzly bear into the room so you better pick a cage and get in it. This is crazy. Oh my goodness. Why did you pick the steel cage . 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You know, this is something thats still a developing story, as we all know. We cant jump to any conclusions, especially with witness reports. We know witness reports very often are inaccurate so lets wait until the morning, of course, and see what we see. What could have happened is it could have been some sort of mechanical issue. If it was related to weather, perhaps there was a possibility with a thunderstorm, breaking up in flight. It might have had a conflict with terrain, might have struck terrain. I looked at a google maps picture of the airport itself, it seemed fairly up to date. I would note at the very most unless its nonstandard markings, its a nonprecision approach, which means theres o glide slope. So the weather would have to be pretty good to shoot this approach. It may have been a vfr approach, visual flight rule approach, so the weather may have deteriorated, worse than forecast, and that might have got them to the point of possibly striking terrain, its really, really hard to say at this point. Richard, we dont have enough clues to know precisely what might have happened but earlier you talked about the fact that this Trigana Airline service doesnt have a great track record. How much will that be considered as they try to investigate what happened . The issue here, as les puts it so well, is the set of circumstances and the ability of the crew flying that day to meet those circumstances. This was a short flight, only 55 minutes or so, takeoff to landing, so its not going to get very high in terms of altitude. Its going to be in the descent before you know it. And there were mountains in the regions, some up to 13,000 feet, and there was bad weather. Now, in that environment it is these pilots fly those routes frequently, but they are challenging conditions. Especially if, as les says, there was no landing guidance systems available to them. If you look at trigana as an airline, as i said previously, its got about 14 previous incidents. Some are serious, some not so serious since 1992. Which is quite a number, frankly. Its quite a number. Of that 14, one, two, three, four, five of them have fatalities. The airline only has i think it has fewer than 22 aircraft now as ive been looking at it. You have a couple of dozen sorry, just a dozen or so aircraft now. So its ratio of accidents to planes is high. And certainly when you analyze and look at the list and start to see the sort of things that has happened, there are issues of competence involved. And, richard, i know i asked you this earlier but id like to also get your point of view on this, les, so with that kind of track record, why would this airline be allowed to continue flying or what would be the policing agent to address that kind of track record . Well, the indonesian their version of the indonesian faa would allow it to continue flying. Apparently it meets their standards, i suppose. But to add a little bit to what richard was saying with reference to the background of the airline, in addition to a very small amount of small fleet, the fleet is very varied. They have everything from twin otters, which is a small turbo prop 19passenger airplane all the way up to a 737. So they may make their pilots qualify on all of these airplanes, its hard to say. I dont know what their standards are over there in indonesia. But that kind of contributes to part of it too. And, fred, its an old fleet. Now, the average age is Something Like 22 years old. I think the plane involved here was 26, 27 years old. Now that per se means nothing. A well maintained aircraft can go much longer than that. Look at some of the 747s and the 767s that are in the air today. So an old fleet is not a look, what we have here are a number of warning signs. None of which is conclusive in its own right. Collectively, they start to make you concerned. All right. Richard quest, les abend, thanks so much for both of you gentlemen. Appreciate it. Coming up, a marriage showdown in kentucky where a court clerk is refusing to give out any marriage licenses because she does not believe in samesex marriage. Vo todays the day. More and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about longacting levemir®. As my diabetes changed, it got harder to control my blood sugar. Today, im asking about levemir®. Vo levemir® is an injectable insulin that can give you blood sugar control for up to 24 hours. And levemir® helps lower your a1c. 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The battle over issuing a samesex marriage license is now spilling over to anyone who wants to get married. One clerk is turning it into a showdown, refusing to issue any marriage licenses because she says issuing a samesex marriage license violates her First Amendment rights. Cnn ryan nobles joins us now live to explain. Ryan. Reporter yeah, fred. Samesex marriage is legal in almost every part of the united states. In fact the Supreme Court said its a constitutional right. But there are still pockets of resistance throughout the country that are leading to Court Battles that could determine the way that Supreme Court decision is implemented in the future. When the Supreme Court declared marriage a constitutional right regardless of sexual orientation, thousands of samesex couples rushed to their local Clerks Offices in court houses to get married. Shes wrong and these people are cruel to do this to us. Reporter but that isnt the case for everyone. In kentucky, david moore and david ermald are still waiting to be wed. Currently this morning were still in litigation and were still not issuing marriage licenses at this time. Reporter they were turned away from the Clerks Office run by kim davis. After ignoring direct orders from kentuckys governor and a federal judge to issue licenses to samesex couples, davis stopped issuing marriage licenses to anyone, gay or straight, and is suing the governor, claiming her religious rights are being denied. This is a bigger battle than just one small county or two small counties. Reporter davis isnt alone. 13 of alabamas 67 counties have stopped issuing marriage licenses altogether, which means the next stage of this battle is the courtroom. Across the country, samesex couples have filed lawsuits designed to enforce their right to marry or to sue for damages because they believe their rights were denied. We want to be the first people in hood county to get married. Reporter in granbury, texas, they were initially denied a license. Lang allowed a deputy to issue the license but they sued for damages. That lawsuit is pending. While obtaining a marriage license for the vast majority of gay couples is not a problem, these few lingering battles sprinkled throughout the country could have a lasting impact. There are legislative battles ahead as well. There is one state senator in alabama whose proposed legislation that would take the state out of the marriage business for everyone. Fred. So what about across the country, are there other jurisdictions that might be challenging people the same way . Reporter theres a lot of different battles in this, battle over samesex marriage across the country and many Court Battles as well. In fact many of the litigants who fought for the right to ban or fought against the bans against samesex marriage across the country are now suing to have their legal fees taken care of by the state. 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Archaeologists think they are close to unearthing the home of mary magdalene. In the bible, she is the first recorded person to witness the resurrection of jesus christ. We went there to find more. Reporter dawn on the sea of galilee. Volunteers pray. Here, in the ruins of the ancient down of magdela, an effort to uncover what life was like some 2,000 years ago. History tore januarys believe jesus may have once walked these cobbled streets. This may have been home to mary magdalene, the first recorded witness of the resurrection. This is a holy site. Im sure of that. Reporter six years ago, the father purchased the land to build a christian retreat. By chance, he discovered a First Century synagogue. Well, this is the only synagogue to have been discovered in this area from that time period, so its possible that jesus preached here. Its considered ornate. This is not for me. This is for millions of people that will come, will see these, will enjoy these. And hopefully, they will be able to discover our common roots. Reporter at the center, the altar, what is known as the magdala stone. This is the First Time Ever it is found. Reporter it may be one of the most important finds discovered in israel in the last 50 years. Archaeologists uncovered this bowl some 2,000 years old they say jesus may have used to wash his hands before entering the synagogue to pray. This archaeologist shows us the towns purification baths. They also found coins and are working to restore pottery. Its a story about the common life, about the cooking, about the materials. Reporter and about the intersection of judaism and christianity. Lets dig a little deeper into what these discoveries could mean. Mark goodacre joins me now via skype. Hes also a consultant on the cnn series finding jesus. Do you agree, do you believe that this ancient synagogue is the real thing and that it could actually be a place where jesus once preached and walks . Yeah, its certainly important. Its not one of these crazy discoveries that you sometimes hear about. This is legitimate archaeology. It probably is something that is a place that jesus is highly likely to have been to if the gospels are right that he went around galilee preaching in the synagogues. Its right there along the sea of galilee. So it could be the real deal. To see the pottery which looks like its in amazing condition, do you feel that this is particularly encouraging to filling in the blanks of the stories . Its hugely encouraging because one of the things that to put this in context, were not falling over ourselves finding First Century synagogues in galilee. What happens is, they build on top of the synagogues. Churches are often built on top of other churches. So when you actually find Something Like this that appears to be a genuine first severalry synagogue with roman era pottery, its very, very exciting. Absolutely. It could fill in some important cultural context for us about jesus. And whats your feeling about magdalene and whether this is some reference to marys hometown . This is a tougher one. Its a nice idea that this is Mary Magdalenes hometown, and its possible. We have this name in the gospels. Our best guess is that her last name means she comes from magdala. This one is a pretty good contender. All in all, its pretty exciting. We have to be wary about being overexcited. But its good stuff. Whats your feeling about the relationship between magdalene and jesus . You mean mary magdalene, well, im sure that she wasnt his wife. I would say that shes definitely jesus closest female disciple. One of the things we find out about her from the new testament is that she is the apostle to the apostles. The first person to get commission to tell the news that jesus is resurrection. All right, Duke University professor mark goodacre, thank you so much. 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Hello again and thank you so much for joining me. Recovery efforts for a passenger plane that crashed in indonesia today have been suspended for the night. Transportation Officials Say the wreckage has been found in a mountainous area in pa wa province. Confirmation that the plane was found came shortly after villagers reported seeing the aircraft crash into the mountain. The search for the plane has been suspended until daybreak because of thunderstorms in the area. Kathie, were what an hour or so away from daybreak or perhaps when theyll get back out there. What are they up against . Reporter well, yeah, its about that amount of time no