government of brazil. reuters is now reporting that the brazilian president says brazil lacks resources now to fight these amazon fires. joining me from sao paulo, brazil a correspondence from "the washington post," marina lopez, covering the environment and brazil for years and she joins by skib. i appreciate this. explain the situation for folks in this country who don't follow fire season in brazil in general how common and uncommon is it, and why is it so alarming this year? >> we have seen a record number of fires this year, and it is dry season here. that could be partially to blame. researchers say a lot of fires were started by cattle ranchers using them to clear pasture. it is important because we've seen a spike in deforestation since the election earlier this year and he ran on this platform of opening up the amazon for