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he said the amazon is a resource that should be used by the people to enrich them and echoed that in a speech on friday, where he addressed international criticism of his stance on the amazon. he tried to suggest that the fires were part of the burn here. we re seeing the military heading up here. 43,000 were supposed to go to the amazon, in general. and we saw the cargo planes here, probably part of the broader effort. but it is a mammoth job here. there s no doubt of the signs that is 85% more fires than burning last year. an area, equivalent to 1 1/2 football pitches is being deforested. and there s a number of fires. there s an enormous task here and the brazilian army doesn t have the capability to deal with it fast. many are hoping for heavy rains during the week. they may get lighter ones starting tuesday.
leading for form efarmers to ses to clear land. nick paton walsh has this story from inside brazil. reporter: the view down this tributary of the amazon should be clear. but the smoke from the fires has masked much of it all day. you can smell it in the air here. this town knows fully well the disaster unfolding. further down the highway that drives into the heart of the amazon, we drove in there ourselves. the police said to us that the fires surge at night because they are started by those who seek to get rid of the forest canopy and use the deforested land for agriculture. many of the fires are started deliberately. the president has provided a climate where that s permissi e permissible. he said the amazon is a resource that should be used by the people to enrich them and echoed that in a speech on friday,
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and 63% told the nbc/wall street journal poll that the nation is heading on the wrong track matching the record high for the trump presidency so the government is now temporarily re-opened but president trump is again ramping up the pressure on lawmakers to strike a deal that includes funding for his border wall. the agreement with congressional leaders will last three weeks until february 15th to allow for them to continue talks over border security. on saturday the president tweeted 21 days goes very quickly. negotiations with democrats will start immediately. will not be easy-to-make a deal. both parties very dug in the case for national security has been greatly enhanced by what s been happening at the border and through dialogue. we will build the wall at one point in the middle of his white house speech on friday, his teleprommer stopped rolling and the president decided to riff on some of his