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Know when to build a fire line, fire break? how do they figure out exactly how to go about -- how to battle this thing? because it just seems scientifically they're able to be very effective now. >> well, in these wind-driven fires it's basically not much fire suppression that goes on until the wind slows down or stops, because you just can't stop the fire. they try to flank it from the origin and work from that point out, but basically, you're just trying to get civilians out of the way and provide structure protection, and do it in a safe manner for firefighters. >> and yesterday and today, ...

Edge of flame, firefighters up there right now with hoses trying to get this out. they've done a very good job all day long. you can see it -- defending the houses. they've also commended the homeowners because they cut back brush. and another area, if these were wood roofs, many of these would gone up in flames and the embers would've skipped on from place to place to place. they've gotten about 600 firefighters on the line defending these neighborhoods and also attacking it by air. if we're so fortunate, you might see a water drop as we're live. the helicopters have been circling and just do...

Each other because as one firefighter told me yesterday, it's always fire season in southern california. and with seven fires burning in california right now overall, they just want to make sure they have all the resources to make sure they can put those fires out, jake. >> chad, what's fueling these fires? and talk a little bit more about how unusual it is to have these kinds of weather conditions in southern california this time of year. >> yeah, lack of rain. what should have been a 29-inch rainfall over the past 24 months was 14 inches. that's less than 50% of what you should have. so that...

To slow the fire done and then the helicopters and tankers dropping, trying to top the fire from jumping the 101 on the north and pch on the south. four hours earlier when we shot this the fire jumped. >> now, this is green, and may look like it wouldn't burn but underneath here, all this underbrush is dead, and it is burning pretty well. the fire came through here earlier today. this is pacific coast highway. normally a road this wide will provide a significant fire break but as you can see the flames jumped the highway to the point mafu naval air station officials say nothing critical has be...

Much higher than normal and we do expect a very busy fire season. about 30 minutes ago we had a fire break out in convenien ventura county. they got 200 fires there in 30 minutes. that's how much precaution we have going into the season. back to you. martha: fire fighters, and the bulldozer they have their work cut out for them. that is tough work. our hearts go out to them. william, thank you very much. bill: 34 minutes past the hour. what sort of influence does the president have a bit more than a hundred days into his second term? that was a key question from this week. >> to you still have...