President Joe Biden is sounding the alarm about the need for more resources to fight a series of wildfires in Western states, as climate change has worsened the spread and ferocity of the blazes. "Our resources are already been stretched to keep up," Biden told a group of governors at a virtual meeting Friday. "We need more help." The president opened the meeting with a nod to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who sought the Democratic nomination for president against Biden by stressing the threats from climate change. The mix of intense heat, droughts and other events tied to rising average temperatures has turned the fires into a national challenge as the smoke is worsening air quality as far away as New York City. "Jay, you're beginning to convince the American people there is a thing called climate crisis," the president said at the start of his remarks, before reeling through a series of troubling numbers. The Washington governor took the opportunity at the second gathering of western governors with the president to discuss the shortage of supplies to combat and contain the fires. But he said his biggest worry is that Biden's agenda to reduce carbon emissions and limit climate change not clear Congress through the party-line budget process known as reconciliation. "That's going to ultimately decide whether these forests survive in the next century," Inslee said. Other governors attending the virtual meeting included: Oregon's Kate Brown, Montana's Greg Gianforte, Wyoming's Mark Gordon, Idaho's Brad Little, California's Gavin Newsom of California and Minnesota's Tim Walz. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Subscribe to our newest channel Quicktake Explained: https://bit.ly/3iERrup Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake