and not only could it drench northern california s camp fire, but it could also snuff out the risk of new wildfires for the rest of the year, but fire evacuees are bracing for the threat of flash flooding. mudslides and rivers of debris in areas devastated by the wildfire. from chico, california, what are you seeing? pamela, where we are now is one of the few bright spots in northern california. you can see the blond hair that is guy phiery and they will be cook thanksgiving dinner for 15,000 people. sonoma suffered wildfires and they caravanned with their smokers, prewearing the turkeys. 90 turkey breasts in each one. the rain is going to be an issue. the fire is 90% contained, but heavy rains last night and more
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now the president has gone to california. he has done that. urban interface, by the way, just for clarity, that is essentially a transition zone between wildlands and human building, essentially. and i thought, well, the president is a businessman. he builds things. wouldn t he be able to put his expertise to this in some way? well, we would hope so. we are hearing now from being different experts criticizing the way the president is describing what happened, criticizing the focus on forest management, saying that we have fires in the area for other reasons, that he has to pay more attention to climate. so he has come under a lot of criticism this week. both in terms of how he has handled this with his tweets and the kind of blame the victim that attacks many people see, but also with the actual policy
can t go through this every year we go through this. we will have safe forests and it s happening as we speak. reporter: the president also met with fema administrator brock long who mentioned that the fema administrator described this disaster as one of the worst he had seen. the president, also while in california, met with people and law enforcement officers who had been affected by the shooting at the borderline bar in thousand oaks, california, just a weecou of weeks ago. the president describing his visit to california as a tough day. tough day, understand reply. sarah westwood, thanks so much. cnn political analyst julian zeleny is with us now. thank you so much. i want to dig a little deeper here into what the president said would certify all clear regarding what to blame when it comes to these forest fires. let s listen to what he said thursday and then was he reiterated just yesterday. i was watching the firemen the other day and they were
california, saw some of the homes that have been destroyed by the blaze and the president spent a lot of time focusing on forest management. he has been very critical of the way the state has maintained its wooded areas, suggesting that that has created the underlying conditions that have allowed these two fires to spread so quickly across the state. the president is also continuing to downplay the effect of climate change on causing these fires, even though he was traveling with the democratic governor of california jerry brown, governor-elect gavin newsome have both acknowledged that climate change played a role getting to big but the president is focused on forest management. take a listen. does seeing the devastating change your mind on climate change, mr. president? no. i have a strong opinion. we are going to have forests that are very safe because we