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Hit. this is most every community has risks from extreme rainfall events. as to one single were seeing climate thats happening now. the climate change has already changed. extreme rainfall events are occurring. but with tropical and nontropical systems. its generally the one communities are least prepared for. were seeing the wildfire problem off the scale. and think about it, everything we have felt this is based upon past extreme weather events. so were having to change in real time as these v...

Plan from a company like humana, nixon years we had an attorney just might be the answer. general go to jail. weve had f.b.i. directors who have been discredited. and thats our system. >> sandra: a new fire breaking we have checks and balances. out in southern california as now, there is a presumption of nearly the entire state suffers innocence. lets not declare anyone guilty from raging wildfires. as chairman shift just 200,000 evacuating their homes there. millions were cut off from basically...

The wildfire problem how exactly he would do this he didnt say. well for more lets bring in journalist mike valda he joins me from santa rosa one of the most affected areas by the fires mike what are the locals making of trumps visit. reaction has been very to the presidents visit as youd expect to the degree that it was a moment of politically unique between leaders that have sparred in campaigns for months to that degree was a success the president seemed deeply moved about what he saw and wan...

believe me, that is saying something. this has been the worst fire season in texas history, and this is the worst of more than 35 fires burning right now. its southeast of austin in bass strup county. and 1,000 other homes are threaten threatened. firefighters are attacking on the ground and in the air. and chris welch is in the thick of it. are they making any headway at all? >> caller: not exactly. this is a very bad day for fighting a fire to put it lightly. officials here caution, ...

Ed? >> reporter: they have been doing that. and i think one of the things that will help people understand how massive the wildfire problem here is -- listen to these numbers that have just come out from the texas forest service. essentially they have counted 20 uncontained fires, and listen to the top five of these. were near a town called strawn, texas, west of ft. worth. the fire thats been getting a lot of attention over the last 48 hours near kingdom lake. so far its burned almost 150,000 a...

Tornadoes that are spawned out of hurricanes so the preparation has taken place did you a storm of this magnitude being out of a thunderstorm, no. >> reporter: when this storm hit people all over the county found themselves at a terrible disadvantage in prying to protect themselves. thats because they are close to sea level here. almost no one has a base many or a storm shelter. they werent able to seek refuge underground. they had to ride this storm out in their houses. you can see how well the...