Ana wind event. Breaking overnight at least nine fires now spreading rapidly erupting one right after the other already destroying dozens of homes. You can hear the roar of massive flames engulfing close to 10,000 acres in San Diego County. The governor declaring a state of emergency. Were doing evacuations. Reporter tens of thousands now fleeing. Their homes in jeopardy. Even lego land, a popular amusement park, is forced to close, along with the university campus, a Nuclear Power plant, and Camp Pendleton. One of the Largest Military bases partially evacuated. We have winds, low humidity down into the single digits. Reporter thousands of firefighters working around the clock. Stunted by 100 degree heat and wind gusts close to 50 miles per hour. The wind can change and all of a sudden it seems like were going to be safe and were not. We packed everything and were out of there. Reporter the winds producing terrifying fire whirls in some parts. The phenomenon caused by intersecting wind patterns slinging fire debris further complicating efforts to douse the flames. The blaze is so out of control the military is intervening. Battling the inferno within seven tankers and a dc10 plane mounted with tanks that can hold up to 50 tons of water. Were getting help, but the fight is very from over. That looks like its going to be another tough day for firefighters. Fire danger in the region. Keep in mind they have a deficit of rain, typically you see the peak of fires right around the fall but now with all this dry brush and the rough conditions youre looking at the peak already starting this early. Lets hope this is not a trend that will continue. Indra, you see its ticking up early this year. Thank you so much. Lets turn now to more of Donald Sterling in his own words. Part of the cnn exclusive interview. Sterling still insists he is not a racist and hopes his fellow owners, players, and fans will forgive him. Remorse, he offers for what this all has done to his estranged wife shelly, and sterling believes when the smoke clears he will still own the clippers. You believe you will be able to keep the team though . Well the advertisers certainly, you know, are advertisers are all coming back. Lets not be crazy. The fans will all come if you have a good team. If you dont have a good team, they will come. Even if you are . What am i, a frankenstein . What am i, some kind of ogre . Im a good person. Aim warm person. I say hello to everybody who comes to the team. There are some players though who talked about a boy t ccott the season . Lets talk. The media pushes that. Why would they do that if they get their salaries, theyre going to play. I mean, one day they all love you and the next day you make a mistake and Say Something and something and they hate you . Is that the way it is . What if a player said, i dont like working for that jew, what would we do . I wouldnt do anything. I would ask him why, why . I want to make you happy. If you want more money, you know, more attention, more love . Do you think your wife shelly should also be removed as an owner . Do i think she should what . Should she be able to maintain her stake, her ownership stake . The team is owned by a trust. My wife, shelly and i are in the pro dcess of a divorce. You know, shes worked with me for 58 years, my wife. One wife, 58 years. And she loved the team and always helped me with everything. If for some reason i cant have the team, i think that she should have her interest i mean, she didnt do anything. I brought all this on her. The poor girl. I dont know how she can live and deal with this. I guess i was bad committing all of those terrible i dont even want to say it. But, you know, people say, how do you commit adultery . You justify things. You say, well, every man in paris or france has a mistress. I mean, it may make you smile, but when youre so old you dont think its wrong anymore, if you have a little bit of fun. You dont have much time. If you have a little bit of fun, you cant do what you did before and nobody expects but you want to be cared for. Everybody wants to be cared for. I made such a mistake. I thought that woman really cared for me. If your wife maintained her stake in the team, would you be able to influence events through her . Probably not. If they want to negotiate, they would probably deal with me separately. Now you have to balance your instinct to say ive had enough of this guy i dont want to hear about this anymore with the urgency we need to maintain to see what happens here. Mel robbins, cnn commentator and legal analyst. Good to have you here. Anderson laid out an interesting hypothetical that i think probably is only a hypothetical but i want your take, doug. The idea that shelly may keep the team. Is there any basis for that in what we understand about how the Franchise Agreement works . Well, theres a real question with that right now, chris, between the interpretation of the nba constitution. Again, we keep going back primarily to section 13d and relevant language there being deviate from your contractual agreement to do anything to negatively impact the members or the association. And when you pull that singular sound bite from mr. Sterlings sitdown with Anderson Cooper i did a terrible thing, i humiliated the owners, we have the best owners in the league and i hope they forgive me. That is broad language. Certain provisions are deliberately written broad such that they can be used to utilize situations such as this. Mel, the way i read it is the league owns the rightses to who gets a franchise just like mcdonalds. Its like owning a mcdonalds, owning one of these teams. It doesnt matter if your ownership of your interest in mcdonalds is in a trust or only you own it or whatever. If, as mcdonalds, pull your franchise, i pull it from anyone who owns it on your side. So shelly has no shot at keeping it. What do you think . Absolutely. Youre absolutely right, chris. Theres a couple of things. People keep confusing the term owner. In the nba contracts theres a couple of layers of ownership, chris. Theres a controlling owner of which there are only 30 and Donald Sterling is the controlling owner. And then there are lots of other folks that are general owner wheres they get to brag that they own a team, they get some of the benefits of owning a team, but they dont make controlling decisions. Who is it, by the way, that put dick parsons in place as ceo of the clippers . It wasnt Shelly Sterling because she wasnt the controlling own per its the nba because theyre in charge of the team. The interesting thing, chris, is how does the fact that shelly is a part owner due to this trust and the fact that they may be going through a divorce impact this . I think in the end whats going to happen is that the divorce proceedings, any injunctions that the sterlings may file, are only going to delay things. That could make it a pain for the nba but ultimately there is language here in the contract. We havent even seen the Franchise Agreement, chris. We have not seen the joint venture agreement that gave Donald Sterling control or ownership. But theres language in there according to sources that everybodys citing including Sports Illustrated that have a morals clause. And heres one more thing i think you will find interesting, chris. The only defense that Donald Sterling truly had to any of this was that his conduct wasnt willful. Right . That he was taped against his will because one of the provisions in the nba bylaws say it has to be willful. Well, i kind of think that Anderson Coopers interview and everything he said in the interview, which he consented to, is additional impact to the nba and could be used by the nba to say, look, buddy, if it wasnt the taped conversation, its certainly all this stuff that you said to anderson. Strong point. I want quick takes on two other issues. One, doug, if you will consulting with the league, do you think the owners should vote sooner or later . Whats your take . Quickly, i think they would have to do their Due Diligence because theres a difference in a viable defense and certifiable last stand. I think thats what my colleague was referring to. Im not saying that ultimately mr. Sterling will have a vie rabble defense but i think he will put up a fight. The more permanent the decision will be. Mel, youve got the players coming out saying they better do it or were going to boycott, this matters, this matters. There are optics involved, not just legalities. I think you have to go immediately because the longer this thing draws out, chris, the more fatigued people are going to get. You got to go fast and furious on this one. Last quick take. The maserati factor. This guy comes out who is called a nickname maserati. He says im the run, i taped the conversation with sterling. If that is true, if this guy was the one having a conversation with sterling, does that mean that sterling either for tgot about it or lied about only having a conversation with Magic Johnson . Whats the impact on that, doug . Thats hard to tell. California has a clear law. So far as unconsented recordings of an individual absent their knowledge or consent. I think maserati is open to liability and others who have leaked it as well. Let me end on this because i get you on the law. But on just the nature of how it smell, mel, if sterling put it out there that he was only talking to Magic Johnson and it turns out he was also talking to this guy named maserati or ferrari or whatever you want to call him, does that change how you see him . Of course. Every little piece of this, chris, just builds a case that the guy is a ticking time bomb and bad news for the nba. Its just one big package of get us away from him. One big package of get us away from him. Well said. Thank you very much. Kate . Ill take it here, chris. Thanks. No problem. Lets look at more of your headlines. Hope is fading for survivors from this weeks mine explosion in turkey. Nearly 300 people are already confirmed dead. Another 100 more are still trapped deep inside that mine. If any are still alive the rescuers will be dealing with wretched conditions. Devastated families are venting their anger at government officials since the mine passed safety inspections. Happening today, va secretary Eric Shinseki will testify in prepared testimony first reported by cnn shinseki will say hes angered and saddened by deaths of dozens of veterans waiting for care. But shinseki wont say much else. Hes been advised not to comment. White house deputy chief of staff rob neighbors has been assigned to help the va review. Breaking overnight. Murder charges now for the captain and three officers from the south korean ferry that capsized and sank killing nearly 300 people, many of them high school students. Prosecutors have said the crew failed to help rescue those on board and even fled the ship themselves before passengers. If convicted the captain and officers could face the death penalty. Still unbelievable that it continues to unfold. Weve been watching it. Also interesting that right now it seems the assumption is these people ran the ship but where was the supervision of it by the state involved . Where is that level of accountability . Were waiting on that. Obviously watching closely the wildfires in Southern California but lets get back over to Indra Petersons for a check of the National Forecast as well. Another big story today is going to be the flooding. Look at where the flood advisories are stretching from new york down through florida. Very easy to see where that cold front is. You can see how slow the system is. This is the same system weve been watch for days here. Look at where this cold front is. And now lets talk about how much moisture is available to the slowmoving system. Right there in that same alley. All of this available moisture. Thats the reason we have this threat for flooding. Lots of rain out there expected. Especially in the mid atlantic. Three to five i imagines of rain over the next several days. Eventually spreading into the northeast. See another several inches as we get closer toward the weekend. Its not the only thing. We still have a threat for Severe Weather out there. Where are we looking today from roa roanoke down through charleston. A lot of rain in a short period of time. Were still talking about the system even as we get closer towards the weekend. Not only until saturday do we see this frontal system make its way offshore but talking about rain here for the second half of your week. After that, cooler temperatures spilling and i know it was warm. Start to see milder temperatures right behind that cold front. Big changes. A lot of flooding into the future. Indra, thanks so much. Lets take a break. Coming up next on new day, fighting back. Former president bill clinton coming to his wifes defense after karl rove raised questions about Hillary Clintons health. So what did president clinton have to say about all of it . Youll hear it. And it is not september 11th, obviously, but it is a big day to remember the attacks as the 9 11 museum opens its doors. 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Wednesday both clintons held Public Events and while hillary stayed quiet on the topic of her health, the former president had more to say. Take a listen. First of all i got to give him credit, you know, he did that embodies that old saying that consistency is the hobb gobbling of little minds. First they said she faked her concussion and now they say shes auditions for a part on the walking dead, now they say shes really got brain damage. If she does, then i must be in really tough shape because shes still quicker than i am. For more lets bring in richard, former Senior Adviser to bill clinton and democratic strategist and president of Capital Strategies pr. Good morning to both of you. Good morning. This, of course, to reverse and to go forward, this stems from karl rove in this off the record gathering saying that he saying that Hillary Clinton suffered a traumatic brain injury and then its kind of in her health is a big question and should be a big question is what he said. Now you have bill clinton coming out to his wifes defense before she comes out. Are you surprised he did . No. I think he says whatever he wants whenever he wants to and i think is it dangerous though . I mean, i think i dont think its dangerous because i think hes a great communicator and he always speaks the truth and right on point. I think people admire him and respect him. There are nashing of teeth going on right beside you. Yes, i dont know if bill clinton always tell tsz truth but there are a couple of things wrong with this. He said that his wife took six months to recover from the fall and concussion. That raises serious issues. I think its a mistake to make it be a partisan thing saying republicans are saying x, whatever. Any serious president ial candidates health is going to be looked at as well as everything in their life and career. Another interesting thing is that bill clinton is out there talking about it. She cannot Hillary Clinton cannot hide behind her husband on this. I think it was an interesting decision if it was one to have him come out and say anything perhaps they should clinton camp should make a decision that bill clintons role should be that as a former president who is related to the candidate much like the senior george h. W. Bush was to george w. Bush and thats probably the role for him. I think his response was a little sloppy. Hes a little out of practice. And they better clarify his role. How can it backfire, sherry, do you think for the clintons if hes out there speaking . Hes off the cuff. Hes claiming things about her health that we dont know. This is going to come up with a democratic primary, by the way, just as joe biden had two brain aneurysms, one time given last rights. This is serious business. To try and claim this is an attack by republicans or this is shes a hot house we cant talk about this about