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the, i'm break off, it's good to have you with this, we begin this thursday with the worst wildfires. california has ever face. thousands of firefighters are battling destructive blazes across the los angeles area and have not yet managed to bring any of the flames under control. the wind whipped fires or destroying homes and forcing residents the fleet 5 people have confirmed, have died in more than a 1000 buildings. we understand have been destroy the fires rage in the hills across los angeles. as a helicopter, carrying water flies above the flames. in a futile attempt to dump in the inferno fires in our burning in at least 5 different areas across the city and beyond. the latest in the heart of hollywood,

in the policy age, a coastal region close to the malibu neighborhood. over a sizes and structures have been destroyed and the number is expected to rise. this was the 1st area to be ravaged by fire after the blaze broke out on tuesday. almost everything in this shopping outlet has been destroyed. this man returned to his home in the policy it's neighborhood on wednesday. all that was left was a robo and burn tact cars. everybody laughed not just this community, community next door. i'm sure all the people up there last. everything is pretty different states. this is pretty devastating us president joe biden. i'm the governor of california galvin, newsome, have visited los angeles mayor karen buys said while both offered help the winds

are proving to be overwhelming. i spoke with president buying today and governor newsome earlier today. and they assured me a full federal and state support as we head into tonight. we are still facing strong and a radical when to the conditions which are partly responsible for the spread of the blaze improved on wednesday night. boards are expected to worse and again. linden pronto is a former california firefighter now specializing in fire management at the european forest institute. he told us what the los angeles crews are dealing with. and it's of course, very hard when conditions the high winds from the santa ana were then compounded by another, wind didn't topographic feature. so this wind and hot air was compressed and sped up even further than the normal santa ana would be x, which, you know,

was the head of the fire, which caused a lot of trees and power line issues even before the blazes got well established. so this created access issues for firefighters. these are very steep slopes and the surrounding area, which are held together by, you know, brush and root systems. when those burn away, boulders come rolling down. with roads also being blocked off by a power lines by people who are out of band and they're cars. there is just a lot of, of chaos and the 1st hours of an incident like this, which, you know, i can only imagine it is very difficult to even get a bearing. and the 1st priority is, of course, life and property. it's not even containing a blaze, and there's still people trapped in their homes. are still trying to make access to some of these areas. one of the really challenging aspects here is there's a simultaneity of events. there's multiple, very high priority fire is going on. there's not enough firefighters to even address every single, you know, house, it's on fire. obviously,

you have to tree eyes. you have to say that, you know, there's nothing we can do is standing here pouring water even if we have it, some of the areas of the hydrant pressure is completely drops. so we need into truck water into some of the areas. so, you know, you really have to prioritize about, you know, where the, where one puts what's one resources. and in the summer months you have an additional, $10000.00 approximately federal land firefighters. many of them also stationed in southern california. that would have been there within, you know, minutes or, or hours of an event like this happening. and these resources aren't available right now. the only the permit stuff are even air aircraft contracts. of course, with the high winds. you can't fly so much aircraft. but even in commer conditions, the standby contracts, you know, only run a certain part of the year. so the timing of this is also strained resources even further. that was the former california firefighter. lyndon pronto speaking with this earlier, the state funeral for

a former us president jimmy carter is underway in washington dc. these are live pictures of it from the national cathedral in washington. the 39th us president died last month at the age of $100.00. politicians and leaders from across the political spectrum have paid tribute to carter over the past week, and the honory indicated strong christian faith in values driven politics that he and body and thousands of americans came to pay their respects at the u. s. capital where carter was lying in states, a smaller invitation only service will take place. his native georgia leader visited from the deepest part of the i went across over now to our correspondence janelle dom allowing she is at the washington national cathedral, the scene of a country bidding farewell to one of its presidents. janelle, just tell us, what are you seeing here? cindy, this is a very, very cold day where america is saying good bye to former president jimmy carter,

who of course, lived to be a 100 years old and did so much within that lifetime. now of course, so the mood here is sufficiently somber. now inside, it's been a mix of tributes to the former president, a mix of song and by the likes of military choirs, a military band, the cathedral corps, as well as a tribute from the sons of former president gerald ford and former vice president walter mondale, president joe biden, also giving our eulogy here today. it is widely known that the 2 men had become great friends over jimmy carter's lifetime. now this is an event that marks just start the tail end of about a week of memorial services for president jimmy carter. he had been lying and stage at the capital for the past days,

or thousands of americans really lined up in very cold conditions in snow and wind and an ice in order to be able to pay their respects to this man. you know, he had a very long post presidential life, so he may have had a single term. but after that followed the some 44 years of public service. so not just here in america, but abroad and everyone you ask uh and really universally anyone i have talked to had said that they are saying farewell to a man that they remember as good, decent and dedicated to serve, to serving his fellow human being. and we know that the, the 5 former and current president, so i'm thinking of clinton bush, obama, trump invited, they're all they are in the building. what does it say about carter that he, his ability to reach people across the political are of the indeed uh, this could be considered

a moments of unity. these are 5 uh, 5 different president's 5 very different man who of all gathered here as a very much of the norms dictates. but of course, america is also at this very specific political moment. it is saying good bye to jimmy carter and the certain era he represented the values driven politics. while about to say hello again to incoming president, donald trump, who set to be and argue, rated in about 11 days from now. who of course has embodies a different set of values. then jimmy carter. now the past presidents have a part from donald trump has been pretty much unified and their praise and ration donald trump striking a more critical note. but none of that is expected to be heard from him, at least on this day. okay. i corresponded janelle eligible out there in washington

dc at the state funeral for jimmy carter. janelle, thank we're here in germany. there is growing concerned that even mosque is interfering in the campaign ahead of next month. nationwide elections? the billionaire has publicly endorsed the far right alternative for germany party. and he's called on the current transfer off shoulds to stand down in a few hours time from now must cuz x platform will carry a conversation between the controversial owner and one of the of these leaders the american election may be over, but the law must, is still campaigning in other countries, elections, immersion, which is used as ex platform to insult key fate goes in jem and politics. the tesla billionaire called the chancellor of food on the president a tyrant box. it was his endorsement of the right when populist alternative for germany poxy to rustled the most feathers that this was the multi 1000000000 and

mosque is doing is interfering in a democracy. he has no respect for democracy, respect. so then we'll get to your cartoon network. he said only the f d could save germany mosque, then outlined his argument in an opinion piece, praising the these low tax on t emigration policies. security services, a monitoring the party saying it is a suspected case of right 20 extremism and responds to concerns that the party is to extreme. must groups portraying the f d as far right is clearly false. considering that alice slide, all the parties leader has a same sex partner from for lanka. does that sound like a lot to, you know, i must, is going farther, grunting the f. these candidate for chancellor alice vidal, a what our conversation on x side, this, the original thing is the most, the most coastal, the 4 digit postage. like when you're just dreaming, targeting, to have, as you can say, his nose energy and what do you need the best way in this country i get and that is

sometimes we not have the disagree with the screw i just pumped isn't. that's why is, is to hook you to p and conservatives to all right. easy about musk lionizing right when populist. my 1st message is to come down with them to not to take every street and every message from being so serious as we discuss it currently in europe. and my 2nd find is that uh the network he's, he's supporting is obviously network which is not supporting the idea of more corporation on european and even on global level. that's why i think he's on the wrong side of history. what remains on players whether the erotic billionaires flirtation for the german far right below, timidly help or heart the a political correspondence. i mean young, he's holding this story for his assignment. so what do you mind is less than 2 hours before this conversation takes place? what do you think of me? what's in it for 11 months? what does he have to achieve by endorsing this party and granting the if these

alice vital this platform on x. well brent yeah, you know, who would know you could then be really speculate about what your musk might want to get out of it. i mean, i know that he's a rich man with a social media platform. and possibly he thinks that to any content that attracts attention to an x, even if he has to create to himself is good for business. but i mean, those are pretty clear from things he said that he's keen on the idea of disrupting the political establishment at by which, i mean, really most of the, all the political apologies here in germany that have said that the a half day alternative for germany is on democratic and they what, what with them. so in the last, uh, we'd like to see things change. perhaps the hopes that you know, the i have to do well at these upcoming elections. they'll have more of a say they'll be able to influence policies capacity you level even on things like

social media regulation, which is something that i think, you know nice thinks is too restrictive. oh for instance, possibly also on electric vehicle charging stations. one of the issues that to the tesla in the mosque has been talking about here in germany as well. so i'm gonna get about 30 seconds. let me just ask you quickly. during the politicians, i mean, what, what extent do they think that was influence is shaping public opinion here? i was concerned about it for sure. it, oh, i felt said, well, it stay cool and not overreact to most insults, but a lot of politicians have said, look, you know, the richest man in the world with this kind of a responsible intervention. that many people describe it as you know, he could be a real threat to german democracy. that's what a lot of politicians have been saying to be. so i mean young, but the latest right here in berlin. i me thank you. you're watching the video is

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