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California's leading experts on water management and resources, the co-founder of the pacific institute, dr. peter glick. thanks so much for being with us. i want to focus on the statements the president made about water and not being properly utilized to fight these fires because when he made the statement people on the front lines reacted to us -- including people fighting the fires, with this huh? what's he talking about? do you have any sense? >> good morning, john. the president's comments were confused, they were confusing, they weren't helpful. they were basically ignorant about the rea...

Southhampton are filled. it is a crowded day. even with all these big names gone, jordan spieth yesterday also eliminated. rory mcelroy, one of the best golfers in the world is not here. jason day, there are for the top golfers in the world that are not even here. >> back to the firefighter, who we have some video of, is a great story. what happens to him though? let's say that throughout the next two days, he does very well. he comes in somewhere as phil mickelson. does that mean that he goes on the tour and stops fighting fires? where does it go from here? >> great question! you think, what ...

Crews in western oklahoma are fighting to gain ground on two large fires fuelled by a deadly combination of drought and powerful winds. at least two have been killed here. dozens ofom larger than new york city. >> i've never seen anything so scary in my whole life. >> reporter: with 11 million people facing elevated to extreme fire conditions crews are fighting fires in western kansas. in colorado more than 40,000 acres have burned. 1,000 forced to evacuate. >> we had 50 foot flames moving at 35 miles per hour. >> after one of the most destructive wildfire seasons last year firefighters are wa...

>> reporter: even though they had food and water, we all thought maybe this isn't the best place for them to stay. they made a call to animal services and they came up. then came the hard part, rounding up 100 birds, we called in some help. more than a dozen firefighters showed up. you think fighting fires is hard, try catching a chicken. in 20 minutes, we caught maybe 15 birds and it was time for plan b. >> we're going to shelter the chickens and ducks in place. and we're going to take the goats. >> i think plan b was the best plan. >> reporter: feed the birds, give them water, take the goats...

Gusts up to hurricane levels. hard to believe they're fighting fires with winds equal to a gust of a hurricane pushing them along. embers jumps sometimes a mile ahead of the main blaze which really is causing a big problem for those fire teams. they're caught in the middle of what are two fires at that point. at its peak we know these flame, ali, raced across and acre or more every second. let that sink in. how much these were swallowing as these fires moved forward. how do you get a handle on that? to this point the firefighters and strike teams continue to work and say it's going to be a rou...