are still burning — we'll be live to la. for the latest. president biden speaks by phone with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu about the current talks for a ceasefire in gaza. why greenlanders want to determine their own future, whatever the rhetoric of donald trump. we have a special report. hello and welcome — i'm sally bundock. the number of people killed in the los angeles wildfires has risen to 2a, another 16 people remain missing. strong winds are threatening further destruction across the city. after six days, three fires are still burning, two of which remain largely out of control. tens of thousands of people

forced from their homes will not be able to return for at least four days. at least 30 people have been arrested for looting in evacuated areas, including a man dressed as a firefighter. the wildfires are on track to be among the costliest in us history as private forecaster accuweather increased its preliminary estimate of financial losses from the blazes to between $250 billion. let's get the latest from our correspondent, david willis, who is in brentwood in la. took us through the latest on what is happening where you are. , , ., are. this is the frontline, the new front — are. this is the frontline, the new front line _ are. this is the frontline, the new front line in _ are. this is the frontline, the new front line in the - are. this is the frontline, the new front line in the battle . new front line in the battle against these fires. the upscale neighbourhood of brentwood, where celebrities call home, has largely been without power at this time and thatis without power at this time and that is after fires swept across the santa monica

mountains over the weekend. they have been hoping that the longer in high winds would continue. the forecast says otherwise, howeverand continue. the forecast says otherwise, however and later today, monday, they are expected to pick up again, those wins, the hurricane force, possibly. that is more than 70 mph. the danger there is that there could be embers carried from these existing fires, these two existing fires to other parts of southern california, creating a new inferno. as the result of which, machinery and firemen have been moved into position in an attempt to fend off that possibility. it is very, very unpredictable. we have seen some small fires breaking out in different places throughout the course of the weekend. meanwhile, officials here have revealed 2a human remains have

been found and 16 people are said to be missing. they have moved cadaver dogs into the worst affected areas and they are starting to pick their way through the rubble to try to find out what exactly, pieced together what exactly may have caused these fires. the very fact that these wins which were expected to kick in later today are expected to continue to rage until wednesday evening, means that those who have been evacuated, more than 100,000 people are currently outside, have been moved outside of their homes, won't be able to get back to them until thursday at the earliest and that is causing considerable anxious, as you can imagine, because these are people who in many cases are desperate to get back to find out what, if anything, remains of their homes. in remains of their homes. in terms of the scale of this, it is huge and as you say, there is huge and as you say, there is real concern about what this week brings. something like

14,000 week brings. something like 111,000 firefighters across southern california, including aircraft, fire engines etc. but they are calling for further help, aren't they?- help, aren't they? that's riuht. help, aren't they? that's right. indeed, _ help, aren't they? that's right. indeed, we - help, aren't they? that's - right. indeed, we discovered firemen revising this evening from mexico, firefighters from canada have also been drafted in as well as support in that way from seven neighbouring states. it is a massive operation, which the federal government has said will fund, it will underwrite for the next six months but this is an operation that could take years to rebuild and indeed today, the california governor gavin newsome said he was looking to implement some sort of californian —type marshall plan to get the city back on its feetin to get the city back on its feet in time for the olympics, which are due to take place in

2025. i'm nowjoined by former california legislator and la resident, mike gatto. took us through your situation. have you had to evacuate? thankfully not, my family is safe, we are across the bay from the palisades buyout. i saw a breakout on my morning bike ride and i tried to warn as many people as i could but to give your viewers a sense of how much things are affected, we're used to disasters here in los angeles and typical one you might know two people who are affected, we stopped counting at 200 between facebook messages and text messages from our friends, messages and text messages from ourfriends, when messages and text messages from our friends, when you at least 200 people who have lost their homes or whose homes are threatened. this is a very big disaster. ~ .., threatened. this is a very big disaster. ~ , ., disaster. we can see from the ictures disaster. we can see from the pictures we've _ disaster. we can see from the pictures we've been _ disaster. we can see from the pictures we've been covering l pictures we've been covering this since it broke out last week but the concern now is what will happen in the next few days, with wind picking up

again. to what extent these fires will spread further. that is a huge _ fires will spread further. that is a huge risk. _ fires will spread further. that is a huge risk. we _ fires will spread further. that is a huge risk. we have - fires will spread further. twat is a huge risk. we have this phenomenon here called the santa ana winds, dry winter comes from the north and obviously it is a huge risk that these embers could reignite. it is a tense moment here for the next couple of days. here for the next couple of da s. ., here for the next couple of das. ,,,. here for the next couple of das. , ., days. fro your perspective, how the authorities _ days. fro your perspective, how the authorities handling - days. fro your perspective, how the authorities handling this? . the authorities handling this? there is a lot of anger here, i'm not going to lie. i am a democrat and california is a state run by democrats. there are a lot of democrats voters the other more and more i'm hearing quite a bit of rage from people who live in los angeles at our democratic elected officials. the common phrase that has gone around is this was 50% weather and 50% incompetence. this was 50% weather and 5096 incompetence.— this was 5096 weather and 5096 incompetence. incompetence in what sense? — incompetence. incompetence in what sense? things _ incompetence. incompetence in what sense? things like - incompetence. incompetence in what sense? things like the - what sense? things like the response — what sense? things like the response time, _ what sense? things like the | response time, preparation, what sense? things like the - response time, preparation, did we heed the warnings? residents of los angeles, we all got a frantic notice on our

cellphones the other day saying that we needed to evacuate, pretty much everyone in the county of 10 million for the street was on fire and it turned out to be a false alarm. they announced it was a false alarm and then a few hours later we got another evacuation notice that was another false alarm and things like that don't impart much trust with authorities. if you can't listen to the evacuation notices and becomes the boy who cried wolf, people are going to die because they are going to ignore the next one. obviously there will be _ ignore the next one. obviously there will be huge _ ignore the next one. obviously there will be huge amounts - ignore the next one. obviously there will be huge amounts of| there will be huge amounts of conversation and discussion about this after the event. at the moment it is all about containing and putting out fires but president—elect trump has been very critical of gavin newsome, the governor of california, and the policies that have been put in place ahead of this. how do you think this will play out going forward?— this will play out going forward? g , ., ., this will play out going forward? ., ., , forward? my personal fear is both sides. _ forward? my personal fear is both sides, democrats - forward? my personal fear is both sides, democrats and l both sides, democrats and republicans, will both focus on aspects of the fire that are nonsensical. it will obfuscate

things we really need to improve, which are not sexy, things that people don't want to discuss, anything is things like fixing our incidence market, making sure response time is prompt and that evacuation routes are kept free. —— insurance market. these are things that are probably not done that well so far but we hear these two men argue about whether we are protecting fish and whether it is climate change or not. that is climate change or not. that is a red herring, those unfortunate frolics and detours that we shouldn't be taking at this moment. we need to focus on getting everyone to work together because after all, we are all americans and we all need to work together to rebuild this beautiful region. in many households the worry is they are not insured so they will not be covered for this catastrophe. again, that will be another big challenge as this unfolds, because the cost is huge. to this unfolds, because the cost is hue. ., , ., , this unfolds, because the cost is hue. ., , ., is huge. to give your viewers a sense, is huge. to give your viewers a sense. the _ is huge. to give your viewers a sense, the total _ is huge. to give your viewers a sense, the total square - is huge. to give your viewers a sense, the total square miles. sense, the total square miles

that have burned so far is larger than the city of bristol, the neighbourhoods that have burned is like some of the most beautiful, it would be like losing kensington and chelsea in london. these are very exclusive, very nice homes, some of them don't have insurance as it has been very hard to get insurance in california lately so the cost is going to be tremendous. there are people talking about the impact on our economy for years to come. the impact on our economy for years to come-— years to come. thank you for speaking _ years to come. thank you for speaking with _ years to come. thank you for speaking with us _ years to come. thank you for speaking with us and - years to come. thank you for speaking with us and good i years to come. thank you for l speaking with us and good luck for what is ahead. let's speak to k] matthews, a journalist in la, who has been volunteering with the fire efforts. it is lovely to see you, we chat often but it is usually about the red carpet. this is a whole different scenario. yes. it is whole different scenario. yes. it is scary- _ whole different scenario. yes. it is scary. i'll— whole different scenario. yes. it is scary. i'll be _ whole different scenario. yes. it is scary. i'll be honest - it is scary. i'll be honest with you, i was born and raised in los angeles so this is scary, this is my hometown, the town that raised me and to see all the people, many that i know, that have been displaced, either they have lost their

home completely and they are homeless or there's been damage to their home and the area has been evacuated and it is untenable and they can'tjust move right back in until repairs are made so to see that and then every day you are waking up and you are hoping that today is the day that all of the fires will be put out and that's not the case and the winds ever die down or pick back up. 0ver winds ever die down or pick back up. over the weekend i was lucky enough to have the wind died down a bit so i could get out and donate. i've always wanted to donate the last couple of days but i was a bit afraid because they had more evacuations going on, particularly in the san fernando valley. i didn't want to drive into that area, i didn't want to be an impediment to the hard—working firefighters that were trying to put out the fire. i waited until the weekend and i was able to donate to a lot of teenage girls that lived in the eaton area or the altadena and pasadena area whether pfizer been happening and it was great to get out there and donate shoes and socks and clothing

and toothpaste and toothbrushes and toothpaste and toothbrushes and things that they need because many of them left their homes. because ma