the smoke jumper there is in missoula, montana. of these brave men and women, attack small fire necessary tough areas. usually the start of the fires s lightning strike, at high altitude, difficult terrain. smoke jumper guess in on first attack. we had 1600 fire starters in montana this year, 1600. a lot of starts out there. we need to go look at where we to t have had the ability stop the fires earlier on. there is always ways to improve. concerns, ilar discussion we'll continue to have with secretary perdue and his team. it is say this, i think important for us to also recognize the incredible and the work m that has been done during the fire season. cost, complain about complain about the smoke and complain about the fires, i tell you what, i spend a lot of time fire lines with commanders, both men and women fighting the fires. will work tirelessly to fight fires. put innocent command teams on a fire tis like military operation, very impressive. harm's way daily, risking their lives for the sake f protecting our communities, pro

their headquarters are in missoula, montana. if you want to see more elk, more wildlife, you need to manage the forest. it is good for wildlife habitat, good for water quality because a wildfire is devastating to the watershed. because what happens, the wildfires come three, they wipe out the trees, they wipe out the grasses and then when the spring rains come, when the snowmettlen the snowmelt comes in the spring, you see tremendous devastation of fish habitat and losing good sources of water for our communities. and let's talk about the unspeakable amount of carbon emissions that are produced by these wildfires. i can tell you, we're done listening to radical environmentalists when they tell us otherwise. too many forest management projects have been held up in frivolous litigation at the expense of the people of montana. one such project, the stonewall project, it was halted because of the terrible cottonwood decision, which is the 21st century poster child for radical environmental activism. two fires were abelias on the ver

of the 77 large wildfires burning in the west, the creek fire getting, missoula, montana, still showinging, text me. do you play? use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap to friends at more banks than ever before. you got next? chase. make more of what's yours. >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by nondrowsy claritin and clarispray products. >>> hey, good morning to you. i'm natasha zouves from "abc7 mornings." and you can see the live camera behind me. those are rain drops on the lens. that means, mike nicco, you were right. i never doubted you. >> i appreciate that. thank you! hi, everybody. yeah, we've got light rain falling in marin county, scattered elsewhere, thunderstorms to our north and showers developing to our south that are going to rotate our way 37. so we have a chance of showers through 2:00 or 3:00, then it will be mostly cloudy the rest of the afternoon. 60s at the coast, 70s around the bay, a few 80s inland. it's going to get hot again sunday and monday. alexis? >> okay, a lot of red showing up on the traffic maps this morning. we still have the l

some spots around missoula, helena and bozeman, up to a foot. eastern third, two-thirds of the country, looking at temperatures way above normal. st. louis, 90. jacksonville, 86. bangor will be warmer than washington. >>> i'm first alert meteorologist erika martin. right now the big story is tracking tropical storm jose. expected to become a category-1 hurricane with the next 24 hours. we'll be monitoring this closely for you. we're of course tracking its path and whether or not it's going to make landfall. if so, when. we'll keep you update. be sure you follow on social media at nbc philadelphia for more updates on tracking currently tropical storm jose, soon to become hurricane jose. >> don't forget, get get that weather anytime you need it this weekend, on the weather channel on cable. >> al, thank you very much. >>> coming up, can you tackle major life goals by writing them down? a to-do list hack. >>> is google underpaying female employees? there's a class-action lawsuit your car is ready! wrong car... oh, i'm so sorry about that. you guys

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