reporter: this has been a very stubborn fire, this tamarack fire that is burning near the nevada-california border. it broke out on the 4th of july with a lightning strike and it remained very small until this past weekend when it absolutely exploded. it went from about 500 acres to now about 40,000 acres. and since then we re seeing little to no containment. fortunately, the property losses have been limited but you do have a number of communities that have been forced to evacuate. cnn s dan simon reporting there. i spoke earlier with craig clements, professor of meteorology at san jose state university. i asked him what can be done to prevent these devastating fires. well, one thing is forest management. we need to really look at how we manage the fuels, like the trees, the shrubs, and we need to get more prescribed fire, this is purposely set fires, back into the ecosystems because that reduces the amount of stuff that can burn and it reduces it
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paired down as people report that their loved ones have been found. it s a scary number and officials anticipate that the death toll will rise. wolf? dan simon reporting for us from the scene, thank you. there s more breaking news. white house chief of staff john kelly is calling controversial tweets by president trump exactly accurate and warned that the government can t help with recovery efforts forever. cnn s ed lavandera is visiting us from the island. they are very much still in need of help? reporter: wolf, we spent the day in a little town which is on the southeast corner of this island. it is the area where hurricane maria made its landfall here, so you can imagine the devastation that we saw here on the water s edge. incredibly devastating and intense even here now three weeks afterwards. several people that we met along
wonderful? they make everything outside. reporter: while trump told time magazine he challenged apple to build its biggest plant yet in the u.s. instead of china, the company points out its technology is directly responsible for widespread job creation in the u.s. from its engineers and retail employees to app developers. we ve created 1.9 million jobs now in the united states. and we have tens of millions of customers who use our products. we work for them. and we love deeply our country. reporter: but trump s criticism may be having an impact. foxconn says it is in talks to expand its presence in the u.s. that was dan simon reporting. let s dig deeper on all of this in the big picture. betsy is with me, politics reporter for the daily beast. thanks for joining us. sure thing. let s listen to what tim cook, apple ceo, said about thi this issue when he was on 60