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>> reporter: with fires rafb yadgeing the west coast, president trump made a brief stop in california to assess the damage after being criticized for largely staying silent on the devastation hes blamed on forest management. >> there has to be good strong forest management which ive been talking about for three years. >> reporter: as he met with california governor gavin newsom in a stop added two days ago, only emphasised trumps reluctance to accept climate change. >> trees fall down after a sh...

The bobcat fire near los angeles today forcing evacuations as president trump is set to visit the state tomorrow. from the air and on the ground, 16,000 firefighters are battling 29 major fires here, many working nonstop for nearly two months. more than 3.3 million acres, roughly the size of connecticut, have been scorched this year alone. 27 times the amount burned at this time last year. the north complex fire has killed at least 12 people and damaged or destroyed 2,000 structures. >> were exp...

Predictions made by climate models decades ago would be that the subtropics would get both hotter and drier. thats what were seeing in australia where i was earlier this year, and i saw regard wildfires play out. i also saw the murdoch media empire and conservative news sources and internet trolls probably associated with russia putting out all sorts of misinformation and disinformation blaming this on arson. when the fire, you know, management community came out and said, no, look, there is onl...

Trump is sell the to visit california. in the past he has called climate change a hoax. today he will get another chance to see its very real and destructive impact. for more, cnns paul bercammen is in california. >> reporter: the foothills northeast of los angeles, arcadia. this is the bobcat fire. its burned 33,000 acres. theyre trying to douse the flames with water dropped from helicopters. the air is so bad. not only is it polluted up and down the coast, but they cant fly the planes. so they...

Evacuations in these neighborhoods. we want to be able to move fire equipment especially engines up and down the streets. >> we are not under the mandatory evacuation order? >> no. i understand why they do that. they dont want people in the way when the fire goes off or shut off the gas. you dont want to be at your house anyways. >> reporter: on the western wildfires, 30,000 firefighters spread out to battle these blazed. normally they have quite a few more firefighters on each of these lines. t...

Resources are stretched. >> they really are. they move at their own whim. they are terrifying and move extremely quickly. >> reporter: three of the largest fires in californias history are still burning. president trump visiting today to get a fire briefing on the ground against a backdrop of thick smoke he emphasized the need to strengthen forest management. >> this is one of the biggest burns weve ever seen. and we have to do a lot about forest management. >> reporter: an astonishing 3.3 milli...

You can see one of the streets that is blocked off right now. there are many in this neighborhood. you have officers at different intersections stopping traffic from going through, just so the firefighters have a clear path and they can make it up to this dry brush and stop some of these flames. this is just one of many fires burning in the west right now. the bobcat fire is only 6% contained and has burned more than 36,000 acres. the scorched land makes up some of the 3 million acres that have ...

The mandatory evacuation order. >> no, and i understand why they do that. they just dont want people in the way when the power goes off or they have to shut off the gas, you know, you dont really want to be at your house anyway. >> reporter: and on these western wildfires, 30,000 firefighters spread out to battle these blazes. and normally they have quite a few more firefighters on each of these lines, but theres so many of these fires burning at once, some 100 major fires right now, that they s...

Firefighters spread out to battle these blazes. normally they have quite a few more firefighters on each of these lines, but theres so many of these fires burning at once, some hundred major fires right now, they say the system is just taxed and they have to spread things out, marshal their resources carefully and do the best they can. so right now here in the foothills of los angeles, this fire has been burning for more than a week. residents say in some ways they feel helpless, but theyre grat...

Years. they have not been able to recover from that trauma. now, evacuating because of the smoke of this fire. they talked to me, how scared they are, how shocked they are, and how worried they are about their future. take a listen. >> psychologically, its a struggle. this is really, i mean, its scary. like doing it over again. i realize now were not in danger, but -- >> the smoke. >> its the smoke, the environment. its just -- its like reliving it. >> now, in terms of -- now in terms of the rea...