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The group gathered along Highway 97 in Peachland during the day to turn attention to the issues facing area forests and kept the attention on the matter throughout the night.

The devastating fires in B.C.'s Southern Interior have shown the importance of preparing for wildfires encroaching on urban areas.

Angeles isnt a forest fire at all, it started in simi valley which is home of the reagan library and spread through suburban areas driven by high winds and dry conditions. responding to the presidents tweet the pasadena fire association wrote, mr. president, with all due respect you are wrong. the fires in southern california are urban interface fires and have nothing to do with forest management. come to so he cal and learn the facts and help the victims. the majority of californias forests inc...

About what really goes on for the majority of the firefighters in northern california and southern california. those are called wild and urban interface fires. they are fires that start in the wild land areas that are like foothills and the rolling hills as you are familiar with, being a native californian that move from that area and the fuels that are the light grasses and the brushes into the residential areas and sometimes as you have seen in our fire last year, the tubs fire in santa rosa b...

Tom, some west coast firefighters had an answer for the president. i want to read part of it to you. the head of the pasadena fire association writing, mr. president, with all due respect you are wrong. the fires are urban interface fires and have nothing to do with management. learn the facts and help the victims. tom a strong statement from the california firefighters. fact check president trumps tweet for us. >> i enjoy being in the weather department because its neutral with the exception of...

Remedy now or no more fed payments. joining me now is msnbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett who is going to act as definer of that tweet. what does he mean? >> weve heard from several firefighter organizations, ali, who has accused the president of not only dragging politics into this devastating and deadly disaster but also, as we saw there, making a baseless claim while doing it. so the head of the california professional firefighters association had this to say about the presiden...