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In a state that's unfortunately become pretty well known for wildfires. breaking a record we should note it was only set a few months ago at least as i understand it. what is it that is making this fire in particular so much worse than previous fires? >> well, you're right, last year of course we had catastrophic fires in california and record setting thomas fire in ventura, santa barbara county the new record. this year it's the men do seen no complex, the conditions we're seeing are driven by a changing climate. the kind of ongoing impacts to the fuel bed, the lack of moisture in the fuel, b...

What is now the largest wildfire in california history is showing no sign of letting up. two major fires have now joined, creating what's being called the mendocino complex fire and get this, it's nearly the size of the sprawling city of los angeles. the second largest city in this country. the fire's scorched through more than 290,000 acres. more than 450 square miles. officials say at this point it's just 20% contained as well. 11,000 structures are being threatened by these blazes. and the associated press says some 14,000 firefighters right now are battling those fires throughout the state...

The fire. both the mendocino and carr fire are next to the largest r reservoirs and the water that does flow through is part of the natural progression of the way the water flows to the ocean. we use that water as it comes through our communities from everything from the urban needs to agriculture. and of course, for fire fighting. water has not been an issue here and really the issue here has been really getting enough boots on the ground and getting resources which we are -- which we are getting. we've got tremendous commitment by all of our local agencies in california and we've got almost ...

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 ...