[Ward:] In southern California, 20,000 people have all received the same urgent message, get out of your homes as soon as you can. 15 major fires are burning across the state, and we've now learned this one, the holy fire, may have been started deliberately. Authorities have now charged this man with arson and other counts. The charges could carry a life sentence. Nick Watt is in Lake Elsinore, southeast of Los Angeles, one of the communities under the threat. Nick, what is the latest?
[Nick Watt, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, Clarissa, I'm right on the edge of Lake Elsinore, a town of 60,000 people. If you can see what's happening behind me the red on the hillside is flame retardant being dropped from the air to stop the flames reaching the northern part of this town, reaching the subdivision. But the flame retardant, they're worried it's not holding. You can see about 20 firefighters going up there just to make sure that that line holds. As you mentioned, this fire they think was started deliberately. A man is under arrest, facing perhaps life imprisonment if found guilty. He is expected to appear in court tomorrow. Clarissa?
[Ward:] And Nick, I mean, we see these terrible wildfires every year in California, but why are these ones different or are they different?
[Watt:] Well, it is getting worse. The statistics do not lie. Right now, between 13 and 14,000 firefighters fighting more than a dozen wildfires in California alone. Across the U.S. more than 100 large wildfires, 650,000 hectares burned, and the governor of California jerry brown is saying explicitly this is linked to climate change and says listen, California, wasn't designed for 40 million people to live here. This is really the problem, where humanhabitation meet the wild and the more people that move to California, the more hazards are built, the more we will see this. Right now, we have the biggest fire in California's history burning right now up in the north of the state. That's burnt an area about the size of Los Angeles, and we also have one of the most destructive fires the state has ever seen, the Carr fire, which has burned over 1,000 homes and we just heard claimed its eighth life. Another firefighter who was fighting that fire died. We have been told. That's three firefighters and four civilians killed in that fire. Right here at this fire, no fatalities so far. They're trying to contain it at under 10,000 acres. This is the job that they're facing. This is what they're having to do in near 40-degree temperatures. Clarissa?
[Ward:] Oh, my gosh. Nick Watt, thank you so much. Four days after the horrendous earthquake in Indonesia a major aftershock has terrified residents on the island of Lombok. Take a look at these alarming images recorded just as the aftershock hit. You can imagine the sheer terror. More than 250 people were killed in Sunday's disaster. Aide workers say some are so traumatized they're afraid to be indoors anymore. To the problem of modern day slavery right here in the UK. The government is reporting a record number of suspects were charged in slavery cases over the past year. These cases involved men, women and children who are exploited for sex, for drug running or for cheap labor. They can be British born or trafficked from abroad. One anti-trafficking group is working to raise awareness in the schools.
[Unidentified Female:] Where the kids get involved. Different scenarios that leads to trafficking and how people are tracked into it. I have their passport. What does that mean? Yes. They can't leave the country. They can't leave the country or they can't leave me. And then from there we do our five things of slavery. These are the signs to keep you safe. Also, the people around you.
[Ward:] CNN is committed to shining a light on modern day slavery with our freedom projects. Erin McLaughlin has been delving into this report and joins me now. A lot more people being charged, but not necessarily convicted. Tell us what you learned about this report.
[Erin Mclaughlin, Cnn Correspondent:] That's right. Some progress has been made in the fight against modern day slavery and human trafficking, but it's clear from this report much more work needs to be done. As you mentioned there, the number of people charged has increased compared to last year by some 27 percent. However, the number convicted has actually flatlined with 185 convictions this year, compared to 181 convictions last year. More are being charged, but the number in terms of convictions not keeping up pace.
[Ward:] Why is that?
[Mclaughlin:] There are a number of reasons for that cited in this report. The complexity of the cases coming before the courts, the cases are becoming much more complex. For example, the report cites the statistic it takes on average of three years to pro cute just one of these cases. That is double the time it took in 2015. These cases involve many countries, many perpetrators or suspects as well as witnesses, victims, multiple languages as well. I was speaking to some representatives of NGOs here in the U.K. that work to address this problem and they, you know, they sympathize and understand this is a difficult task. One representative telling me he was aware, for example, in one court case WhatsApp messages introduced as evidence that included eight languages. A complex problem the authorities are dealing with but at the same time more law enforcement resources needs to be dedicated to this problem. That's what we're hearing from these NGOs. There have been government cutbacks in this area when British government is vowing to take the global lead on this issue.
[Ward:] Did you get a sense, because obviously it touches on different kinds of trafficking, did you get a sense of what the biggest problem is in terms of which form of trafficking here in the UK?
[Mclaughlin:] You know, it's interesting, according to this report they're still seeing a number of cases of sexual exploitation, women being trafficked into the United Kingdom for that reason, but they're also seeing an uptick in the number of men, vulnerable men, trafficked into the United Kingdom and forced to work. One case in particular that was cited was a Slovakian family trafficked a number of individuals from the Czech Republic as well as Slovakia, young men, many had mental illness, forced to work in appalling conditions. There was a conviction in that case this year. Seven defendants convicted, sentenced to 40 years in prison. Again, that's great from the perspective of the fight against human trafficking, but what NGOs are saying we need more convictions like that happen.
[Ward:] Basically, what you're looking at presumably you would need to invest so much more money and so much more manpower into this. Are we expecting the government to respond in some way to the report or recommendations to be made to how to improve the conviction rate?
[Mclaughlin:] It is such a complicated problem and what was clear from this report is that they're working on it and taking Theresa May's mandate, asking for the prosecution service here in the United Kingdom to take the lead on this and push for these convictions. Again, incredibly complex problem that they're dealing with. One thing, another thing that NGOs say that could be done, that needs to be done, and hopefully we'll see more movement in this area from the government going forward in the future is support for the victims. In many cases a victim of human trafficking will be left alone, sometimes even deported according to these NGOs and it's difficult to convict when the victim is not even if the country to testify.
[Ward:] OK. Erin McLaughlin, thank you for joining us. Few American companies will be watching Donald Trump's escalating trade wars more closely than Boeing. The aviation giant is America's largest exporter and is worried about the impact of tariffs on its business. Well, our very own Richard Quest has managed to score a spot inside Boeing's massive Dreamliner factory on the U.S. west coast where he will be speaking exclusively with the company's CEO next hour. Richard, what can we expect to hear?
[Richard Quest, Cnn Anchor, Quest Means Business:] Well, we can expect, of course, besides fiesta and an orgy of planes and looking at pictures of planes, which is always worth doing, is some questioning of Dennis Muilenburg to find out where Boeing stands on the issue of trade, tariffs, the risk for the company in relation to China as the U.S. gets harder and difficult with China, the European Union, European subsidies, Brexit, all these issues swirl around Boeing. Of course, just even today, Clarissa, the Spaceforce announced by the U.S. government, that, of course, is going to be part of what Boeing will be interested in. Boeing makes huge money out of defense and space. Put it all together, Clarissa, and he will give us a good insight into how one of America's biggest and most important companies and a true global giant is doing business. One thought, Clarissa, think about the amount of travel that you do and think about the amount of travel that you've done on these sort of planes, Dreamliners, 747s, 777s and now we're going to find out how they are made.
[Ward:] Oh, wow. We will certainly be tuning in for that and looking forward to it. Thank you for joining us. Still to come tonight, why the city of New York is hitting the brakes on Uber and other ride hailing services.