need to invest in our whole infrastructure, as well as our energy and means of storing. reporter: the president has declared a disaster area in the fire zone but that involves assistance after the fact and the governor said there needs to be more investment before the fact and more fire prevention and resources to battle the fires. the fire fighting budget in california is pretty much tapped. scott, in some cases the containment is in the teens, 15, 16% as you ve been reporting and it changes. when is the next where the light at the end of the tunnel when they might say we ve made it. reporter: well it depends on which fire you are talking about. because we have half a dozen fires burning in california. this is the big one sh the thomas fire that is 148,000 acres just by itself, bigger than the city of chicago. we re at 15% containment and by the time that they get it fully
dry weather. this fire burning a thousand acre and and the federal government is close to running through its fire- fighting budget. and washington state, fighting the flames. 1500 people forced from a town after lightning sparked fires. and a seattle news photographer caught in the middle of the story. the time and gear douced in fire retard at. and the sefear storms. and hail and tornados. we ll get that from janice dean. we are watching the potential for strong storms and hail and damaging winds. we don t have the warning here but just the watch in partings of north dakota dack and
as think progress points out, he s close to signing a budget that cuts $34 million from the texas forest service, grants the volunteer fire departments would likely be hit the hardest. that could have a huge effect since 80% of fire fighters are volunteers. so when the federal government pays 75% of the bill to fight fires in texas in this case, that s parent an outrage. when perry cuts the fire fighting budget in his own state, that s being fiscally disciplined? this guy is a fraud, rick perry leeching off the federal government while he curses it is our con job of the day. [ male announcer ] look at this,