Weather, to understand fuels better. So there are things that can be done at the federal level. But you know what, when you look at what happened at redding, when you look at what happened at santa rosa, when you look at what happened in ventura, where fires have gone from the wild land urban interface right into the suburbs, right into towns, thats at the state level. We have to look at our zoning. We have to look at our construction materials. We basically have to look at where we have people on the land and how we protect them. Right now we just have to thank those 14,000 firefighters that are on the ground. Incredible. Glen, thank you. Thank you for watching this hour of velshi ruhle. Ill see you tomorrow at 8 00 a. M. I turn you over to Andrea Mitchell for Andrea Mitchell reports. Former Paul Manafort deputy rick gates back on the witness
stand. Reporter theyre going to say hes damaged goods, he comes to court as a convicted felon. He was convicted of lying to the fbi when agents
change, julia? pretty close, andrea. we understand this will be published in the federal register in coming weeks. it doesn t need to go through congress. what they re doing is redefining the term public charge that was first used in the 1800s, think ellis island time. they didn t want immigrants coming in who would be a burden on the country and not able to support themselves. but under this new rule, they would vastly expand that definition, meaning that any immigrant likely to become a public charge, whether they themselves have been on a social program or someone in their family has or their household, that could now be used against them getting citizenship or green cards. these are people who entered the u.s. legally and are following the steps. what a lot of immigration lawyers have pointed out is the programs on this list, the drafts that have been described, it seems that the programs actually would increase that poverty level. right now if you make about 125% of the povert