FIRES FOR UP TO 2 WEEKS WITH THOSE FIRES RAGING ACROSS OREGON BURNING MORE THAN 1 MILLION ACRES OVER THE SUMMER. SO FAR, SENATOR RON WYDEN MEETING WITH WILDFIRE EXPERTS TODAY TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> THEY DISCUSSED WHAT CAN BE DONE TO BETTER FIGHT THE GROWING NUMBER OF FIRES THIS SEASON AS WELL AS WHAT WE COULD EXPECT IN JUST THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. >> STILL A LONG WAY FROM THE END OF THE FIRE SEASON ONE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS IS IT USED TO BE WHEN WERE ABLE TO CONTAIN FIRES BECAUSE WE'RE SMALLER, YOU KNOW, FIRES. WE DIDN'T HAVE SO MANY FIRES I'M WORRIED ABOUT NOW IS WE'RE GOING FIRES ALL OVER THE WEB SIMULTANEOUSLY HERE AS WE GO INTO AUGUST. >> WYDEN IS ALSO INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO TRY AND REDUCE WILDFIRE RISKS. IT IS CALLED THE GRID RESILIENCE IMPROVEMENT THROUGH DEDICATED ASSISTANCE ACT. THE SENATOR SAYS IT WOULD UNLOCK ABOUT 25 MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT ENERGY TO HELP MAKE