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>> all right. it's 5 a.m. here on the east coast. a live look at capitol hill on this monday morning. going to be a very busy week up on the hill. good morning everyone. i'm kasie hunt, it's wonderful to have you with us. we do begin this morning with new information about the apocalyptic wildfires scorching southern california over the weekend, the death toll rising to at least 24 confirmed fatalities. and the l.a. county sheriff says they have, quote, dozens and dozens of reports of people missing thousands of people who had to evacuate are also left wondering if there's anything left to return to. >> we're just living day by day. and there's no conversation we can have. everything's gone. >> there's hundreds of people wanting to know how their home is, how their neighbor's home is, um, and everybody seems to be reaching out in the community and tragic situation. this is the worst of the worst is what it is. most

of the deaths and missing persons reports coming from the eaton fire and palisades fire, those are some of the most destructive wildfires in california history. and fire crews are still working to get them under control, as both are still largely uncontained. all of the fires have scorched more than 40,000 acres and counting. that's an area bigger than the size of paris, france. winds are increasing today as wind gusts could reach up to 70 miles an hour this week. >> well, to be honest with you, it's horribly demoralizing for a firefighter to not be able to stop something or to prevent, um, this sort of damage. uh, we were just built a different way that that we, we feel like we should be able to have an answer for every problem that 911 presents us with, and we do our darndest to make sure that we can. we need mother nature to give us a break. we have the firefighters. we have the

water. we need the time. >> all right. for more on what to expect in the hours and days ahead, let's bring in todd hall. he is the lead meteorologist for the national weather service in los angeles. todd, good morning. thank you very much for spending some time with us. obviously, you heard him there say they need mother nature to give him a break. are they going to get one? >> unfortunately not. not yet. so we're still looking at another round of winds developing through today and into tuesday, and potentially with critical fire weather conditions lingering into wednesday and thursday across across southern california. >> todd what does that mean in particular for the two fires that are largely uncontained? the eaton fire and the palisades fire? what additional neighborhoods may be threatened and what are the evacuation orders going to look like? >> so we already have we have established over the past week we already have the dry vegetation in place. if we

added some very dry air and and very windy conditions across those fires, that changes the fire. weather conditions, those firefighters on the ground are fighting so that that can actually make those fires flare up as they respond to those. and and if you get winds, wind gusts in excess of 50 and 60 and 70mph, that can cause the spotting again, if there's if there's any glowing embers left over, those can start to spot again. and, and potentially have new starts in if they hit areas that haven't burned. >> so of course the santa ana winds have been, you know, a central part of living in southern california for decades, if not centuries. what would we typically expect in january from these winds? what's different about this year? and what does that mean for what you can tell us about the weeks ahead in terms of these winds? ultimately dying down? >> so i've worked here for almost 20 years, and i've been

a meteorologist for 25. i'm a native of southern california, so i'm well, i'm well aware of these these winds, uh, you know, normally our fire seasons run between may and october or november. um, what's different different about this year is, is we had two prior years of of plenty of rain for downtown los angeles. and then all of a sudden we went dry. so we've actually had less than a quarter inch of rain at downtown los angeles. and normally by this time we should have about five inches, which allows those those native chaparral and sage plants to absorb some of that moisture and actually prevent these wildfires from spreading. what's different about this year, of course, is now we're running a fire season into january. um, in my career here, i've been here almost 20 years in los angeles office. uh, and, and we had one other year where we ran or maybe two years that we ran into january, just briefly. um, and one of those was the 2007, 2008 wildfire season. um, so we're

looking at really the, you know, we have to get through the next, at least the next week. we are seeing some some reprieve of hopefully of fire weather conditions. um, right now we're in an offshore flow, what we term in southern california, where the flow is, is flowing from the desert to the, to the ocean. um, and so that's bringing drier air in from the interior part of the, of the nation. but as we switch in the afternoon or switch later in the week, um, we'll start to get a return of that onshore flow, which is, which is flow coming from the ocean to the land, which actually brings in some of the moisture off the pacific ocean. so that will hopefully change that as we move forward in the coming months. we have to monitor this this very closely. so it's not only it's not only we we need to get rain and hopefully we there might be something here on the horizon either somewhere between the 18th and 23rd of of, you know, potentially for next week. but even into february we could you know, we could we could be delayed until

and with any additional rain until february. so we have to continue to monitor this closely. i will say this and this is a caveat as we get into southern california's feast or famine, we we learned this with a lot of our wildfires and the potential for flash flooding and debris flows after fires. and those tend to be the more deadly events across southern california. so we need to be very aware as as we move forward in the next couple of months of of what's ahead for these wildfire areas. >> all right. todd hall for us this morning, sir. i'm very grateful to you for taking some time with us. thanks very much for being here. >> thank you. casey. >> all right. coming up next here on cnn this morning, cautious optimism in ongoing ceasefire talks. why negotiators could be getting closer to a hostage deal this morning. plus, mission scrubbed. blue origin calling off its attempt to launch their biggest rocket yet overnight. and california's governor calls for an independent review of the issues with some of the

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first publicly confirmed conversation since october. netanyahu has dispatched a high level delegation to qatar for those talks, including the head of israeli intelligence. the biden administration, hopeful that they can reach a deal in the coming days. >> we are very, very close and yet being very close still means we're far because until you actually get across the finish line, we're not there. we are still determined to use every day we have an office to get this done. can we get it done before the 20th? it is possible, but i certainly can't make any predictions that we will. >> president elect donald trump has been warning that there will be, quote, hell to pay if hamas does not agree to a deal before he takes office. vice president elect jd vance believes that threat could be the deciding factor. >> if you talk to world leaders, it's very clear that president trump threatening hamas and making it clear that there is going to be hell to pay as part of the reason why we've made progress on getting some hostages out, we're

hopeful there's going to be a deal that struck towards the very end of biden's administration. may be the last day or two, but regardless of when that deal is struck, it will be because people are terrified that they're going to be consequences for hamas. >> all right. cnn's max foster joins us live from london with more on this. max. good morning. wonderful to see you. we do have some new reporting just in here to cnn. a source familiar says the quote, only trump is the incentive for israel to strike a deal with hamas. what do you make of that? and what else do we know? >> well, we don't know quite what hamas is thinking there, but they're incredibly strong words from donald trump. and his support for israel is pretty clear. if he does come in and get much tougher, perhaps hamas is better off taking what's on the table right now. that's the thinking at least. meanwhile, the netanyahu government, under huge pressure both from biden and from trump to reach some sort of deal. but you've got to think that, you know, netanyahu also has opposition within his own country to deal with,

particularly the far right. they don't want a deal at all. so he's having to ask the question, you know, what sort of deal can he reach without collapsing the government? so there are many dynamics playing in here, but certainly the positivity comes from the fact that the head of mossad is there at those talks. he would have to sign up to any deal. he's there, ready to go. if a deal is signed. and, you know, hearing from hamas that there is some progress to be made suggests that there is some agreement about which hostages to release in return for which palestinian prisoners. but we always say this, don't we, casey? we've been here before. >> we have. although, of course, the difference here, donald trump coming into office, this this source telling us that benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, wants to remain close to trump. and so he sees this as important in that way. what do you make of the dynamic between the israeli prime minister and the incoming u.s. president?

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donald trump's return to the oval office, saying the president elect was clear he was going to make a change before wray's ten year term expired. >> it was one of the hardest decisions i've ever had to make. i care deeply, deeply about the fbi, about our mission, and in particular about our people. >> trump has nominated kash patel to be the next fbi chief. just a few hours ago, jeff bezos blue origin called off the launch of one of the most powerful rockets in the world to troubleshoot an issue. if successful, the new glenn rocket could help blue origin compete with elon musk's space x. hundreds in the l.a. area gathered for free food, water and other resources at the horse racing track at santa anita park in california. and overnight, beyonce's foundation announced they are donating more than $2 million to help

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week closed down airspace essential to fire aircraft. as for the scammers, they have been targeting people through texts, phone calls, emails and in person asking for donations or bank information. some even impersonating government officials. others offering up fake job opportunities that require victims to share valuable personal information. all right. joining us now to discuss cnn's senior media analyst, axios senior media reporter sarah fisher. sarah, good morning. thanks so much for being here. clearly this kind of thing makes it harder for first responders to do their jobs. how big has this problem been so far? and of course, there also was that alert that went out to tens of thousands of people that didn't actually need to be evacuated, that they had to kind of walk back, you know, pretty quickly, as you can see here, really scared a lot of people who were not actually in the fire's path. >> that is really problematic, casey, because any time you have a false evacuation alert, you can cause panic. people will then get in their cars, try to drive out to evacuate, and then you're blocking the

roads for first responders who desperately need to get in to fight the actual fires. now, the county officials say that they're investigating why that alert went out. they believe at this point, it's likely due to the cell towers being impacted by the fires. but you speak to a broader issue here, which is that this is a matter of life or death, whether it's misinformation about alerts and evacuations or where you can get help for access to food and water. all of these problems around information are really, really critical in the wake of breaking news, in the wake of something unfolding. and that's why having either government websites that are authorized where people can get accurate information is critical, or making sure social media platforms are doing their job of policing misinformation so that people can get the correct info in this time of real big need. >> well, i mean, excuse me, that was my next question for you. as someone who's covered a lot of these companies. i mean, twitter for a little while anyway, played a significant role in times like this. but much of the system that they had for telling people what was true and what wasn't was at

least dramatically changed, if not straight up dismantled. now, of course, facebook has stopped doing using independent fact checkers as well. what kind of impact does that have in these kinds of situations? >> a very big impact, although i will say about x when they last year stripped the verification system, there was a lot of outcry around federal emergency accounts and local emergency accounts not being verified, so people wouldn't know whether or not they were the true sources of information. they did go back and add verification to those accounts. they're also verified, for the most part on meta's platforms like facebook and instagram. and so i think anything that's verified people can trust. but the problem is, casey, this is a time issue. sometimes you don't have time to be checking various social media accounts, various websites to get the right critical information. and one of the issues that they had in l.a. was that the government website alert la org was so crowded at one point that it shut down. so it's really, really important that everybody in the information ecosystem, from the private sector to the public sector, work through this together. i'm a little skeptical, though, given the fact that meta says it's

rolling back fact checking and other platforms seem to be pulling back whether or not they're going to play as equal of a role as they have in the past. >> so what do you think the answer is here, then? i mean, one thing i've seen people focus on is the role of local media, which, you know, has been certainly local newspapers have been in decline. i mean, local tv stations still tend to be one of the most trusted sources of news in communities. but i mean, what is the answer on that front? >> and they're struggling to, by the way, a lot of people who work for the l.a. times in these local papers are people who are impacted themselves by the fires. you know, we've seen some nonprofits really step up, which has been interesting. there's this app called watch duty, which is being heavily relied on by people in los angeles and around the country to follow in real time updates about the fire. and it's very accurate. this is where people are going to understand evacuation information. it's run by volunteers. so there is a place where third parties that aren't government and aren't necessarily for profits can play a role. but i think in the meantime, everybody has to create sort of their information diet that they can go to, to rely on in times of

emergency. and i wish i could say that people can just rely on government, but we're in a place right now where even the government is struggling to get ahold of this. >> all right. sarah fisher for us this morning. always grateful to have you. thanks so much for being here. thank you. all right. let's turn now to politics. senate confirmation hearings begin tomorrow for president-elect donald trump's cabinet picks. nominees including pete hegseth for defense secretary tulsi gabbard for director of national intelligence and robert f. kennedy jr. for health and human services. secretary. certain to face particular scrutiny, they have been undergoing intense preparations behind closed doors. trump's republican allies in the senate expecting democrats to try and drag things out. >> they're going to do everything they possibly can to delay making america great again by making sure every nominee that president trump has, trump has chosen is actually fulfilling the responsibilities of the job. >> first up tomorrow, hearings for doug collins to lead the veterans affairs, veterans affairs department. pete

hegseth as pentagon chief and doug burgum for interior secretary. joining us now, tia mitchell. she is washington bureau chief for the atlanta journal constitution. tia, good morning to you. good morning. so we spent a lot of time talking about these nominees already. of course, the highest profile one. pete hegseth is the first out of the gate tomorrow. one of the first out of the gate starting tomorrow. what do you expect to hear from him? >> well, i expect him to be asked a lot of tough questions in that hearing, particularly when democrats get a chance to ask questions. it will be interesting to hear how he answers the questions about some of his personal behavior. but i think we're also going to hear questions from him about his resume and whether he has, you know, the right background to lead such an important federal agency. and so that's what i'll be looking to hear from him. you know, not just all the controversies and

how he explains those, but how does he explain whether he is prepared to lead our national defense? >> tia. um, one of the things that our steve contorno here at cnn, as well as members of our hill team are writing, is that there are going to be some questions for some of these nominees about from republicans, about how loyal they are to donald trump. they write this, quote, senate confirmation hearing set to begin this week, likely to reveal a defining trait uniting donald trump's incoming cabinet regardless of their diverse political backgrounds and uneven qualifications, an unflinching allegiance to the president elect. what distinguishes this round of confirmations is the heightened expectation that trump's picks will present not just their own expertise, but a clear and unwavering loyalty to the president elect's agenda. a public display of fealty that was not always assured during his first term. it's an interesting switch. >> yeah, it's interesting and quite frankly, that that same fealty that trump is looking for could

be problematic for some of the nominees. for example, we know that there are already concerns about pam bondi, who's the current nominee for attorney general, because she has, you know, dabbled in election denialism and the whole stop the steal of 2020. we know that that was not correct. that was not true. but that's what donald trump continues to say. so in this confirmation hearing, she's going to be asked whether the 2020 election was legitimate and whether she's going to uphold the law as attorney general. but that might be in conflict with what donald trump wants to hear from her about the 2020 election, about weaponizing the justice department, for example. so to go after his enemies. so i think it will be interesting to see how they toe that line, because, yes, all of them are very loyal to trump. they know that's something that's important to him. but those answers may not always play well in these confirmation hearings. >> tia, let's talk a little

bit about robert f kennedy jr.. who may have one of the more interesting confirmation hearings, frankly, because there are some questions for him that could easily come from the republican side of the aisle that might be tough for him to answer, but let's look at look at what senator shelley moore capito of west virginia had to say about her meetings, discussions with rfk jr. and where she stands on him. watch. >> he he came back with he's not. anti-vaccination, he just is anti. he wants to have its science based. and that's what he kept going back to. let's have basic science to make these decisions in terms of i think he wants a healthy country. i think he wants healthier food. i think he wants a health system that works for people that need it and that want it. and so i came away from that meeting really very positively impressed. but at the same time, he will be in front of committee and these tough questions will be asked. >> one of the one of the republicans that's been asking tough questions of rfk jr. is bill cassidy, a republican from louisiana who is a doctor

himself. what are the other areas where he could face trouble? >> well, i think he could face trouble in how he answers the questions. for example, we just heard senator capito say his answers seem plausible. he wanted to make sure that anything the federal government does is rooted in science. that sounds well and good. but then if he gets in a confirmation hearing and starts talking about autism and vaccines, well, that's not rooted in science. the science has ruled out vaccines causing autism. and so there could be a conflict there. when he starts talking about things like, you know, raw milk or fluoride in the water, it's how he answers those questions. how far does he go? if he starts getting into conspiracy theories or again, false science. um, then i think that won't play well, not just with the senators, but i don't think those are those soundbites that are going to come out of that hearing, are going to play well, because they're going to make him sound like he's not

just that he's ill informed and, quite frankly, that he's kind of kooky. >> what about the issue of abortion? that is one place where he historically has had you know, he's been he's supported abortion rights in the past. he is a kennedy from a famous democratic family. and there are a lot of places where abortion pops up for the health and human services. secretary. >> yeah, that could be interesting because just like there are democrats who are concerned that his policies won't be rooted in science, there are republicans that are concerned that his policies will be too pro-abortion. so if he starts giving answers that not only turn off democrats in certain ways, but then republicans in other ways, that could be enough to tank his confirmation. >> all right. tia mitchell for us this morning. tia, very grateful to have you. thank you so much. all right. do be sure to join cnn as president elect. trump's cabinet picks face senators who will get the votes needed to be confirmed. our live coverage starts tomorrow

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>> yeah. that's right. >> thanks to me, every bus in new york now stops in istanbul. >> hahahahahahaha! >> saturday night live re-airing a joke about new york city mayor eric adams bribery indictment. just as adams gears up for a tough reelection campaign. adams has vowed to continue his bid despite the scandal engulfing his administration. he'll soon be joined by more than half a dozen other democrats in the primary election, which is set for june. the crowded field setting the country's most populous city up for fierce debates over a number of contentious local and national issues. >> what you're seeing from this crop of potential candidates is the idealism colliding with realism. >> 220,000 migrants and asylum seekers coming in 8000 a week. and then when you hear some of the things they're saying, it's clear they don't have a fullness of understanding of how do you balance a budget?

how do you run a city? >> all right. our next guest also has his hat in the ring. joining us now is new york city mayoral candidate whitney tilson. sir, very grateful to have you on the show. good morning. >> good morning. >> so let's talk about your bid for mayor against a candidate who clearly has very public set of flaws. why you at this time? >> well, look, our great city on almost every metric is headed in the wrong direction at an alarming rate. >> new yorkers are hurting and angry and looking for change. and i'm the only change candidate in the democratic primary. i'm the only candidate with a business background and the only one who isn't a career politician. >> so speaking of career politicians, the name that no one can leave out of this conversation seems to be that of andrew cuomo, who has made no secret of the fact that he is privately thinking about

this. we've reported it here at cnn that cuomo is now privately describing his long rumored and labored over run for mayor as a near certainty, according to conversations with more than a dozen people in his orbit. we reported this on saturday. do you think that cuomo would make a good mayor of new york city? >> no. he's deeply unpopular. he resigned in scandal, in disgrace as governor, and he for new yorkers looking for change, he is the embodiment of the career politician. he's a second generation career politician. and if he enters the race, i'm prepared to run against him. and my message to new yorkers isn't going to change. i'm still the only candidate with a business background who's not a career politician. >> do you think that what cuomo did in terms of the sexual harassment allegations disqualifies him from being mayor? >> well, the women i've talked to in new york sure seem to think so.

>> okay, let's talk for a second about migrants in new york city, the trump administration and donald trump. the president elect has made no secret of his plans for mass deportations. would you support mass deportations? would you, as mayor, allow the city to have the federal government do that? >> no, not the mass deportations. we've been a sanctuary city for many decades. going back to giuliani and bloomberg, prior mayors. but i will absolutely cooperate with the federal government when anyone in this country illegally commits any kind of serious crime, they should be turned over to ice. and don't let the door hit them on the way out. >> what do you think it is that democrats did wrong in 2024? why did kamala harris lose the election to donald trump? >> yeah, well, it was bad. as a career, lifelong democrat and a super strong democratic activist. it

was shocking to me to see that 90% of u.s. counties swung toward donald trump, compared to the prior election, and i think a significant reason for it is the average american looks at cities like new york and other blue cities and states like chicago and san francisco. i could name many others, but we democrats have been running these cities and states very poorly, and we can't blame the republicans. they're one party. cities and states. and i think americans looked at that and said, if that's what the democratic party is offering, i don't want any of that. and they voted the other way, and i'm determined to change that and fix that here in my city. >> what are your what specific examples would you offer of ways where democratic rule in new york city? very blue historically city. where have they gone wrong? >> well, basically we tax and spend more than any other city. new york city, more than double any other city on the planet earth. and yet we aren't. the city government isn't

delivering commensurate, high quality services. mayor adams is out there claiming that crime is down. and i pulled the data and he's cherry picking the data. in the three years of his administration, the murder rate is down 20%, though still up 28% from pre-pandemic. so new yorkers don't feel safe on that metric. but under every other serious felony is up double digits. rapes are up 22%. felony assaults like that means a shooting or a stabbing. are up 34% in the last three years to a 25 year high. so new yorkers, the most fundamental job a city does is to protect its citizens. and under mayor adams, we have become materially less safe new yorkers. it's not just a perception. they are not just imagining things. the facts show that we're a lot less safe. and new yorkers are very angry about that. and they're voting that way. and unfortunately, 8% of this city's population has left the city in the last five years.

second worst of all, all the 70 largest cities in america other than san francisco. i'm going to reverse that as mayor. >> all right. whitney tilson, very grateful for your time this morning. best of luck. as you kind of formalize this campaign launch today. thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. time now for sports. the commanders wild card playoff game against the bucks came down to quite a moment as time expired. coy wire has this morning cnn sports update. coy. good morning. >> i didn't get the memo correctly. >> you said black shirt underneath. >> looking good. quinn. all right. >> this was a playoff divisional round. >> doink for a washington win. >> first winning season since 2015. >> now first playoff win since 2005 season. and they did it with their rookie quarterback jayden daniels. >> first playoff games for rookies are supposed to be tough, let alone a road playoff game. >> in tampa. >> fans are louder. >> game speeds up, hits come harder. but the 24 year old was cool as a polar bear's toenails 268 yards, two touchdowns

passing, including that fourth down flamethrower here to terry mclaurin for the lead in the fourth, but also huge runs in key moments. he left a defender grabbing nothing but towel casey on that third down to push the ball closer to field goal range there in the final seconds. >> game tied and kicker zane gonzalez got it. >> doinks usually doink out. not this one. commanders win 23 to 20. their last playoff win came when jayden daniels was five years old it means a lot, man. >> you could just see all the fans over here, man. they're waiting for us. they waited a long time for this moment and this feeling. so i'm just so happy for them. >> jalen hurts, kasie hunt and her eagles are flying high after putting a beat down on green bay, setting the tone on the game's first play, recovering a fumble on the opening kickoff that turned into the first of hurts two touchdown passes before two minutes had even run off the clock on the other side of the

ball. phillies. defense intercepting the packers jordan love three times. eagles win 22 to 10. now, receiver a.j. brown for philly only had one catch, but he went viral after he was seen reading a book on the sidelines. he says he brings inner peace by jim murphy to every game, and he was surprised. people just now noticed something like how i refresh every, every drive, you know, regardless of if i score a touchdown or drop a pass, i always go back to that book every drive and just refocus and nothing there's nothing happened. >> reel inn back in. >> how about those buffalo bills steamrolling the broncos 31 to 7? superstar quarterback josh allen showing why he's leading one of the leading mvp candidates. unreal. touchdown pass on a fourth down to ty johnson late in the third. allen finishes with two td passes, a fifth consecutive season with 40 plus touchdowns for him. no other quarterback in nfl history has more than two straight. next up bills mafia welcoming ravens and lamar jackson, the other

leading mvp candidate. buffalo still undefeated at home this season, the wild card round wraps up tonight, with the vikings taking on the rams in glendale, arizona. the nfl moving the game from inglewood, california amid days of devastating wildfires and air quality concerns across the los angeles area. kickoff is set for 8:00 eastern. finally, casey, the patriots have hired their former player, mike vrabel to be their new head coach, replacing jerod mayo, another former patriots player who was let go after one season. vrabel served as a consultant for the browns this season, was head coach for the titans for six seasons. before that, he was coach of the year in 2021. there's five head coaching vacancies remaining. casey and i will just say having played against vrabel, the patriots are getting a some one tough cookie in that locker room now. he tried to choke me out on the field one time during the game. yeah oh, no i don't know how i feel about that. >> but here congrats on the bills man. that was awesome. awesome win for them. thank

you. yes. fingers crossed coy wire appreciate it. i'll see you soon i hope. all right. all right. coming up in our next hour on cnn this morning, from us-china relations to a.i. and trump's second term. a new report breaks down some of the biggest threats to the world in 2025. plus, unimaginable loss. thousands of homes and buildings turned to ash as fire crews reach a critical stage of trying to contain the raging fires in california. it was like literally a nightmare. >> um, i was hoping that there would our house would still be standing. and just to pull up, to see our house just fully engulfed in flames is heartbreaking. >> i lay on my back, frozen, thinking the darkest thoughts and then everything changed, dana said. >> you're still you and i love you, super man. >> the christopher reeve story february 2nd on cnn.

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>> listen wherever you get your podcasts. >> it's monday, january 13th right now on cnn this morning, the biggest concern that i have right now is the fact that we are still in such a dangerous situation. death toll, rising crews facing new dangers this week in the fight against the flames ripping across southern california. plus, there is a serious lack of competent governance in california, and i think it's part of the reason why these fires have gotten so bad. blame game the incoming trump administration pointing fingers at california democrats over the disastrous fires and the rubber hits the road this week with all of these hearings on the cabinet confirmation showdown, some of donald trump's most critical and controversial cabinet selections, facing questions from lawmakers on