. >> congressman jerry huffman joining us this segment of "the washington journal" asking you to call in, 202-748-8000 for democrats, republicans, 8001. independents, 8002. a special line for those impacted by the wild fires, 202-748-8003. congressman, as folks are calling in, president trump was out in your state earlier this week. one exchange he had in particular with the natural resources secretary of california got a lot of attention. i want to play that for viewers and then get your reaction. >> from our perspective, there is amazing partnership on the ground and there needs to be. as the governor said, we've had temperatures explode this summerme summer. you may have learned that we broke a world record in the death valley, 130 degrees. even in l.a., 120 plus degree. we're seeing the trend making the summers and winters warmer. i think one thing is vegetation management. we want to work with you to really recognize the changing climate and what it means to our forests and work together with that science. that science is going to be key because if we ignore that science and sort