sometimes the worst is the flooding afterwards, especially when you get intense heat of these crown fires

Now, as the New Mexico monsoon season begins, flooding, debris flows, and mud slides are threatening communities below the burn watersheds.

The largest fire in New Mexico's history, the Las Conchas fire, still burning and after almost a month is only 80 percent contained.

we may have something to learn from how the Europeans who are embracing this challenge.

natural gas has not been given the attention, geopolitically frankly, in our Department of State as we form our foreign policy.

Even more geographically concentrated than oil.

So when you have half the cases coming in, reading this GAO report, on the violent crimes it is 52 percent where there is a declination, and on the less violent it is, I guess, 40 percent, that doesn't send a very strong signal, does it?

I was appalled by the findings of a recent GAO Report that US Attorney Offices have a declination rate of about 50 percent for crimes related to Native Americans.

Addressing violence against women and children should be a priority for tribes, federal agencies and congress.

enforcement is one of the keys to breaking the cycle of violence.

the key is breaking the cycle, and the way to do that involves a number of approaches, but one of the most effective is letting people know that you are going to have law enforcement on the beat.

Do you have each U.S. attorney doing that now?