, — in key countries. 0k, professor mark maslin, from _ in key countries. 0k, professor mark maslin,ucl, thank you very much for your time. pleasure. you very much for your time. pleasure-— pleasure. and continuing to look at pictures _ pleasure. and continuing to look at pictures of - pleasure. and continuing to look at pictures of those - look at pictures of those firefighting aircraft, planes and helicopters, smoke rising, but we are seeing some small signs that they are making progress. the big warning that comes with all of that, though, is the stronger winds that are forecast to strengthen again over the weekend and questions over the weekend and questions over what that might do to the firefighters efforts to try to contain these fires. much, much work ahead for all of those involved in this massive effort. stay with us here on bbc news. much more on this story and the rest of the day's main news. hello there. after the coldest night of the winter so far, temperatures didn't get much above freezing today, and it's still really quite icy where we've got this covering of snow ov

annita: professor mark maslin from ucl, thank you for your time.to look at pictures of those firefighting aircraft planes and helicopters. smoke rising, but we are seeing some small signs that they are making progress. the big warning that comes with all of that is the stronger wind that is forecast to strengthen again over the weekend. questions over what that may do to the firefighter's efforts to try and contain these fires. much, much work ahead for all of those involved in this massive effort. stay with us on bbc news. announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: get the free pbs app now and stream the best of pbs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪