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And protectors of everyone in all 50 states. it was neither strange nor exceptional. it was expected. it was normal. so it's still shocking when our president attacks a state at any time and for anything, say nothing of a state that is home to 40 million of our fellow citizens. you see, california is still recovering from a hellscape of a fire event. crews are at work tonight on ten separate fires right now, the worst of which over the past 11 days ate up 80,000-plus acres, destroy the homes of 174 california families. more than that, the power company out there as preemptively cut the power t...

Recovering from a hell scape of a fire event. crews are at work tonight on ten separate fires. right now the worst of which over the past 11 days ate up 80,000 plus acres, destroyed the homes of 174 california families. more than that, the power company out there has preemptively cut the power to hundreds of thousands of californians prior to any big wind event this season. it's a terrible hardship randomly impacting everybody involved, families and their kids, the sick, schools and businesses and traffic lights and the food in everybody's freezer. noting that hardship would be one nice thing....

Conditions with firefighters as the winds hit 60 miles per hour, it's blinding out here. look at how fast the flames are moving. the powerful winds, known as santa anas in southern california, originate from dry, high pressure in the desert gaining speed while ripping through channels in mountain terrain. this is what they do and this is what they sound like >> sounds like hell was breaking throughs will thgsart. >> reporter: and it was. firefighters on their heels playing defense and losing ground.t of its o almost at its mercy. >> reporter: it's the most extreme wind event in the last decade...

Parts shut down when a truck is blown over. and in los angeles, the getty fire. station 9 battling the flames for days now. their first shift, 26 hours straight. they have not been home since sunday. this was a part of los angeles that hasn't seen fires in quite a few years? >> right. i don't think this area's seen fires since i believe it was 1961 with the bel air fire. but i mean, something that the residents here, it's a new reality. >> and tonight, the firefighters here are aware of the historic nature of these santa ana winds. >> we haven't seen something like this since 2007. so, again, ...

Compresses and heats up, super charging the wind speeds. >> so, let's get to matt gutman, who is also live with us here in california. he is in moore park tonight. and matt, we can see that pink fire retardant off in the distance, all over the road there. obviously not a good sign tonight, that fire now headed toward a neighborhood? >> reporter: that's right, david. all this happened just a few minutes ago. multiple planes dropping this wet, sticky stuff, both to protect firefighters, us, and to try to stop the forward progress of that fire. but we watched as that fire just leapt over that wal...