20,000 acres. remembered remember the smoke bomb from canada? the sky was orange, the east coast strapped their covid masks back on. the toronto sun reports that pops suspect arson was behind the major wildfire in québec. so yeah, it is hot. maybe it is getting hotter. before we blame republicans like hillary clinton did this week, let s take a look at the guy with the book of matches. the author of the green fraud mark marano joins me now. mark, can you distinguish between an arsonists buyer or winds blowing in an already hot forest? not really. not once they start. it looks like they started these fires, the arsonists or the unnatural way, at the worst possible times with high winds, dry conditions, heat. it sounds like they have known what they were doing.
but one of our primetime producers with portuguese roots says some european landowners don t have the money for forest maintenance. it is costly. instead of paying a fine for not maintaining the underbrush, they will torch it instead. the producer says it is common knowledge. last year in portugal cnn reports two firefighters were arrested for setting forest fires in order to give their fire company more work. cha ching. one about here in america? remember the awful wildfires in yosemite last year? multiple states are under red flag warning spirit that s the highest level of alert for wildfires. it is all due to a combination of high blistering heat and low humidity and strong winds. it wasn t the heat, humidity and winds after all. it was edward wacker men. he has just been busted for the yosemite arson. he can be responsible for destroying 130 homes and
in sicily flames were lapping at the edges of the palermo airport forcing it to shut down. all fueled by high winds and extreme heat scorching southern italy. so what actually caused the fires? drone video shows a man biking in the woods allegedly starting a fire. he sees the camera and starts throwing rocks at it. it turns out arson is a big problem in this area. local leaders say arson was behind 80% of the wildfires in this region. it is so bad they arrested 22 arsonists just last year. what about greece? scorching temperatures have engulfed fueling dozens of wildfires. they have displaced more than 30,000 people. greece has had 700 fires this summers end greek officials say most of the fires have been started intentionally. we don t know what motivates arsonists.
issue and realize he was getting killed with democrats were repeatedly mentioning his six grandchildren instead of seven. in a week were under s plea deal exposes corruption and where republicans float an impeachment inquiry and we find out about offshore bank accounts, the white house places a written statement with a tabloid at 5:00 on a summer friday. with the cocaine scandal, the bribery scandal, the callousness of ignoring your own flesh and blood, joe biden s family men middle-class brand is in tatters. the pr stunt at this point is not going to cut it. wild fires are raging across the planet. canada, italy, grease. the media blames climate change. maybe. it s been a really hot summer. you are right. what is the heat causing the fires? less investigate. in italy wildfires have blistered through the southern countryside devastating regions from columbia to sicily.