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With the president scheduled to visit with those impacted by the devastation. details on the time and place yet to be determined, donald trump has spoken with jerry brown to let him know he is ready to help, quote, all the way. meantime check out the absolute massive nests of the fire seen from space. ryan thinky says the nation needs to come together now. >> it is unsustainable to have this happen year after year, have a season like this where you have 100,000 acre fires becoming routine. we are a great nation. this is not a republican or democrat issue, this is the american issue and we shou...

Help, quote, all the way. check the massive this of the fires as seen from space. ryan's inky on the ground in california saying the nation needs to come together now. >> it is unsustainable to have this happen year after year, have a season like this where you have 100,000 acre fires becoming routine. we are a great nation. this is not a republican or democrat issue, this is an american issue and we should address it as such. >> reporter: governor brown adding that a sea change in how we think about the potential for these fires is vital. >> go forward, we have to take a lot of steps and mana...

I mean in carr fire, next to the mendocino fire, we saw a tornado drop down in the middle of that fire and reaching speeds of 143 miles per hour. and causing so much damage. we've not seen that kind of activity to that level before. and this really is now a year after year where we have maybe never seen maybe 100,000 or 150,000 acre fire, maybe once every several years. we are now seeing this every year. >> you're citing climate change as the primary culprit here. as you note president trump tweeted about this and he said the fires had been caused by the lack of free flowing water coming from ...

You see a tornado. a very rare thing to happen. we saw a tornado go over what was a 12,000 acre fire. you can see the 416 fire that has been burning for several weeks now. it's about 41% containment. we still have an exceptional drought taking place across the u.s. in fact, over 38 large active fires burning out of control across western portions of of the united states. breezy, low humidity, high temperatures, all fuel for the flames across this area. the potential exists for more fire activity. and we focus in on southwestern california where temperatures are really going to skyrocket this w...

>> we need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it is okay. >> franken set to take to the floor soon for a major announcement. or so he says. don jr. tells house investigators he went to hope hicks when reports of his meeting with the russian lawyer surfaced. but he invoked attorney client privilege when pressed on conversationings with his dad. >> in my view, there was no attorney/client privilege that protects a discussion between father and son. >> maybe because neither father nor son nor hope hicks were lawyers. and california burning. hundreds of homes burned. citizens racing for th...