>> we start with the fox news alert. the president going to bear witness to the devastation in california's wildfires. they are still raging in both ends of the state. you can see in the live pictures, the president just landed in northern california. at the municipal airport. the present meeting with firefighters and state officials. the death toll software has risen to at least 71 people and at least 1100 people remain unaccounted for. hello everyone and welcome to "america's news headquarters". i am eric shawn. class i am arthel neville. as we look at this life shot at the municipal airport as the president is on the ground

planet to see the destruction firsthand and to meet with some of the victims. before heading to california today the president praised the work of firefighters working around the clock on the front line and he also doubled down on blaming fire management for the destruction. eric: kevin is live in northern california. we are watching the video and images live as the present arise meeting with first responders and others. it is some scene of devastation that he will see. just a wide swath of what has turned out to be unmitigated carnage. >> incredible devastation, eric. this is the circumstance we seem play out. in fact, before making his way here, you may have noticed on the president was talking on twitter who he would bring along to continue the conversation here in the golden state. let me take you to twitter

quickly and share a bit of what he said. he said headed to california with gop leader kevin mccarthy, representative -- and look forward to being with our brave firefighters, first responders and fema along with the many great people of california we are with you all the way, god bless you all. and indeed once on the ground the president left quickly from the air force base to go to chico in the last several minutes. this area has been hurt by devastating wildfires. those fires have claimed the lives of dozens of californians. hundreds more missing. perhaps as many as a thousand still missing. as officials now begin the arduous task of going door to door. this is a recurring problem to the wildfires that is. and it is one of the president says that state and federal authorities need to do a better job of management. >> you got some blowback because one of your tweets --

>> only because i tell the truth. when trees fall they get very dry. they are like tender, like matchsticks. right? you have to remove them.you have to remove them. >> it is drier and hotter and contributing. >> maybe contribute a little bit. the big problem we have is the management. reporter: obviously we want to make sure that you watch more of the interview with the president of the united states that comes your way tomorrow on "fox news sunday". be sure to check your local listings for the time in your area. we will expect to have much more on the president's visit here to the golden state of california. as we hear what he has to say, we will take special note of the time that he spends here on the ground. you may have heard earlier today he said look, i want to stay here as long as i can to show the people of california that we, as all americans, are with them. and helps to give them as much support as they need. >> we will have live coverage of course.thank you. arthel: for more on this we

have the deputy director of the california department of forestry and fire protection, cal fire, joins me on the phone. welcome, first of all and thank you for taking time out of what i cannot even imagine what your schedule is like. i understand that you're actually in chico, you are not at the municipal airport where the president has just landed. i do want to ask you, how do you feel about the president's visit? is it better for him to see the devastation and witnessed the grief firsthand? and also, is the timing okay or a bit inconvenient? >> i think for the president to be here, again, thank you for having us. it is an educational opportunity for him to see and be on the ground and see devastation firsthand and to see how california is doing in this devastation of the citizens of california. arthel: continue your thoughts.

>> is very important that the president -- arthel: i beg your pardon, what you have to say is incredibly important to us. so if you would, bear with us, give us a moment to get your signal stronger and if you can hang on for us we will get back to you shortly. would that be okay, sir? if you can hear me. >> yes. arthel: kimmy get the signal straight and let's move on for the time being? is that possible? all right, meanwhile we are still looking at the shots here as a said, the deputy director for the department of forestry and fire protection, we are looking at shots here where the president landed in california earlier and as we know, as an advance of the trip we're looking at the scenes it looks so unreal. we're looking at these pictures and they look like from a movie but it is very real.

it is not a set. the president ahead of this, the first fire broke out and he was very critical of forest management. that is on the questions i want to ask as the deputy director of the california department of forestry there. if he has any thoughts on that and his feelings about the president's comments on that. he is very strong and say listen you have to take care of the overgrown forest and in order to prevent fires like this. i do plan to ask him about that but it does appear, i asked him, as you've heard how do you feel about the president coming here? eric: clearly when the present comes it is important as he said, for the commander-in-chief to see it firsthand. the president has come under some criticism for those comments but there's a commission called the little hoover commission that did blame what they called a century of mismanagement in the sierra nevada area. in terms of the wildfire and

forest mismanagement they claim calling it an imminent crisis and potentially some of the issues we are seeing as well as climate change, urban areas and other issues. and i understand we have the deputy director back on the phone. again i want to ask you as a deputy director of the california department of forestry and cal fire, how did you receive the presidents tweets about mismanagement? >> i think it is not on mismanagement but what they are doing, and what we are dealing with right now. there's always a need for improvement but i can say the state of california, cal fire along with governor brown

support with an executive order in forest management task force, we've always been a leader in forest management with prescribed fires. i think this will be an educational opportunity for all to see what we do in california but the focus is on people that lost their homes and ultimately the people that have lost their lives in this tragedy. arthel: of course no doubt that is the focus. i do the want to follow up with question and ask you, would you like to restructure the department in any way? and how might the president be able to fix this. >> i could not get into restructuring. again i think the agency is a leader in not only protecting the lives of property of california but cal fire again has been doing this, this omission and we continue to excel at it. arthel: so no need for redirecting in any way in terms of the upkeep of the forest there? let me be very clear, sir. in no way am i implying at all that there is mismanagement on your part. i'm just asking the questions because the president did make the statement.

so you know, -- >> i understand. i was in behalf of the governor brown administration, -- as first responders it is something we should do on a daily basis. arthel: would you like the president to say to firefighters? to the residence while on the ground there in california? all right mr. mohler we -- >> are you there? arthel: i want to really apologize to you. you are doing incredible work out there. you are manning forces of so many firefighters who are doing their level best to keep the people there now, somehow sane and protected from any further devastation and dealing with the cleanup, the loss of loved ones, the loss of livelihood and a look at these incredible images here. we thank you for taking the

time to speak with us. continued success in trying your best to manage a very overwhelming situation. eric: another big story. the recount of florida continuing. election officials there are examining tens of thousands of ballots and a hand recount of the hotly contested senate race. republican governor rick scott now holding a slim lead over democratic incumbent senator bill nelson. as the new deadline looms for tomorrow. peter doocy is live in florida with much more on how that counting is going. hi peter. reporter: eric, democratic lawyers represent bill nelson outrage decide right now because there are 2000 ballots that somehow went missing. between election day and when the recount started and the supervisor of elections, does

not have much guidance for them. >> the ballots are in the building. the ballots are in the building. somebody must have put there stuck in a tray where it did not belong and we did not pick that up. so we we can do is account again. they are in the building there is no else want to be. they are misfiled. reporter: if the ballots happen to turn up and the rules are bent so they are counted, the machine recount total was rejected since it was two minutes late.they're not likely to change the outcome here because the hand recount in broward only helps bill nelson get 274 votes closer. he is down more than 12,000+ ballots in second place behind republican governor rick scott. that means 5000+ ballots could possibly be fixed by 5 pm today because the signatures do not

match. that will not be enough to boost bill nelson into first place even if that is all returned and all picked bill nelson for senate. another setback for the democrats last night when the judge denied a request to count thousands of votes that did not turn up in the mailbox by 7 pm on election day as required. but maybe the biggest issue here in broward for nelson was under voting. people who picked candidates in different races but left the senate race blank and there is already some claims that maybe there were so many under votes because it confusing ballot design. eric: all right peter. it will continue and will have the deadline tomorrow. for more know this david smiley, political reporter at the miami herald. david, we just talk about 2000 votes missing. miss snipes says there in the

building. they have got 2000 votes and ballots that you know, frankly they do not know where they are. >> it doesn't. it just is more about optics. for brenda snipes and her staff. to some extent, i think we see with the recount, how much manpower is involved. we have machines tabulating hundreds of thousands of ballots but we also have to have people feeding the machines, moving ballots, people who in some cases have not had much sleep. on one hand, it is not that surprising that somebody might misplace something. on the other hand the idea that brenda snipes office would recount all of her ballots and actually have a less accurate count, is a little troubling. eric: at least 3000 votes apparently were mismatched with the machines. when they ran them through the machines again. we are looking live as a process continues. what you think they should do in terms of restoring credibility and complete trust of the voting public and their

ability to do their job? >> i didn't know that brenda snipes can restore her credibility at this point. i think it is irreparable. i think what her office can do to restore faith in the vote count there is to try to find those ballots. and if they can't find them, they may, it sounds like the canvassing board -- the sort of little-known body there, there are 67 of them across the state that actually officiate the elections counting. they have the autonomy to either go with the machine tabulations, the recount numbers or maybe go back to the old numbers. they have some discretion, i believe. it is going to be a problem for them if they are looking to turn new numbers into the state and they have a gap of ballots that they somehow misplaced. eric: what is there going to do tomorrow? >> i've no idea. it will be fascinating to watch

but watching brenda snipes office the last weekend-- week a half has been -- eric: how does this tip of florida and affect this for 2021 president trump is supposed to be rerunning for election? >> i think we saw bill nelson, trying to make up the gap has closed on a bunch of fronts. i think alessi is going to sue to challenge the results of the election at this point, it is over. for florida, two republican u.s. senators, governor ron desantis, very close with donald trump. floridians believe that florida is a swing state, i think it is a bit of a blow to them obviously. it is a very divided state but in midterm elections, florida has voted republican for governor and in state legislature for two decades plus now.

republicans have a very strong grip on the state in presidential elections. i still think he can go either way but this state is a conservative state when it comes to the state government. eric: believe it or not, senator nelson is the last statewide elected democrat who has been in office or at least the last democrat since 1972. you have had the switch and more of the red state, the republicans supporting. not just in the panhandle. >> now democrats can likely, cling to having the state agriculture commissioner as their loan statewide elected democrat. and some in the party are claiming victory based on that. but it is low expectations. eric: there are some questions about that. with that count. >> it is likely she will pull that out as well but that is the closest race of the three that went to the statewide

recount. eric: all right well, we will see what happens tomorrow. and of course, next tuesday they should be certified by the secretary of state. which will likely be the final decision unless the lawyers get back into it. david smiley, thank you so much. arthel: native elements on the u.s. southern border as the first group of so-called caravan migrants arrived seeking asylum. we will have a live look at the challenges being faced in tijuana. plus president trump says he has completed his written answers to special counsel, robert mueller 's questions. and will submit them next week. a live report straight ahead. >> just a continuation. it should have never been any real investigation from what i hear, it is ending. and i am sure it will be just fine., you write will be just fine? enbecause there was no collusio. a safe sleep aid, plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. i'm back.

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no secret there. he often calls their investigation a witchhunt. on twitter this week he did again and called robert mueller 's team a disgrace to our nation. a series of tweets and the president's new at the attorney general raise concerns among democrats. they say they want this to include language protecting the special counsel. >> the special counsel cannot be fired without cause. they would be granted a three-judge appeal panel if fired. only be removed by a senate confirmed ag. replaced by a senate confirmed attorney general. worktop senate confirmed justice department official. >> the president forced out jeff sessions as attorney general and named matt whitaker acting attorney general p democrat say the appointment violates the appointments clause of the constitution and is also problematic because in the past, whitaker has publicly criticized the special counsel. the president says his special

counsel tweets were not prompt about anything particular. he says he's finished answering written questions from the special counsel team. the president told reporters he personally answered about 140 questions and he says they will be submitted next week. >> i've answered them very easily. i'm sure they are tricked up because you know they like to catch people with whether it is sunny or rainy. he said it may have been a good day it was raining therefore he told a lie.he perjured himself. okay so, be careful when you answer questions with people that probably have bad intentions. but no, the questions were very routinely answered by me. by me. reporter: special counsel investigation has resulted in indictments of at least 30 people. and three companies. four former aides pled guilty to charges brought by counsel. they said there was no

collusion between the trump campaign and russia. he expects the probe to end soon. eric: it may be winding down. thank you. arthel: thank you. for more and this will bring in the associate editor for the wall street journal. john, first of all, to the president answer these 140 questions by himself? or with help of the attorney? it does not seem to make sense that he would do this alone. why would he say that? >> well, we have a president who wants to convey the notion that he is in charge! and he is answering his own questions and he is running his own show. the truth is something different. our reporter has a story on this right now. the lawyers have been all over this.they have taken the lead in answering the questions. in consultation with the president. and that is the way she wanted to be. the lawyers are there to protect him. what you want to have is consistent answers. simple answers. you do not want to go too far and you do not want to go too

far. and not a way that they could find a way to contradict. arthel: you here lawyers are helping as you point at which it makes sense in a situation like this. some might think that means there is some sort of untruth being presented or intentional omission.i mean, can we have faith in what they are submitting to the special counsel? >> we want no. we won't know until the mueller investigative team has taken a response from the president and evaluated it and measured against other facts that they know to be facts. and then come back to the present. we do not know also, where we stand in this. it is probably not the end. this is the initial answers from the president. maybe what's happening here is that robert mueller is establishing a benchmark. i guess which the president and others will be measured on you know, the facts of the case. look also, the house is in the middle of -- you here electron microscope being rolled out by the house. they are going to be taking up

their own investigation of a lot of this as well. the answers to these questions are only about collusion, the lawyers said it is not about obstruction of justice. that's a whole other area that robert mueller is investigating. arthel: and that could, those types of questions could be presented in the future. >> i think that that's right. this has gone back and forth many times. remember, they were talking about a sitdown with robert mueller and the president. arthel: he said i want to sit down and talk to him. >> right we have gone through several chapters of this. it would not be unreasonable to think of this as another chapter. arthel: a couple of things. as we already threshold, if you will, to see where, you know, how far he has to go moving forward. that said, and we keep hearing that this is almost over, is it really almost over?

how do we know that, how can we tell at this juncture? >> we don't. this time last year it's going to be over by christmas and it's a year later now. look, the answers may come in and mueller may say this all jibes with everything else we've heard, there's no collusion, let's move on or it may be one more piece of the puzzle that mueller is trying to put together and he needs to go back to the president or needs to go back to other sources, remember, there's a lot of people now who have pled guilty saying that they will cooperate with mueller and this may be a moment where mueller goes back to them and said, the look, the president told us this, is this in your memory what actually happened. arthel: i have to wrap, would the be speaking up about this while in play? >> this is the president's strategy to denigrate the investigation to delegitimize should it be negative should the findings be negative, i don't think that you will see that stop happening.

arthel: wall street journal. >> pleasure. arthel: thank you very much, eric. eric: thank you. in california the air quality getting worse, forcing people to wear a mask to protect themselves from the thick, wild fire smoke. so how long exactly will it take before the air there finally clears up? and president trump is on the ground in california at this hour, he is surveying the overwhelming damage and meeting with first responders. we will have the latest on his visit and the efforts of trying to find the people of more than a thousand who still at this hour remain unaccounted for. >> well, you feel terrible for these people and it's devastating and i couldn't imagine coming back here if this is my home. our hope if there are missing people we can find them and bring closure to people that need that ♪ no, you goof.

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last 45 minutes arriving in chico, california, visiting devastated neighborhoods all day today. you can see the reminiscence there of the motorcade as he goes to see areas and later meeting with victims who lost everything. you know these overwhelming fires in both ends of the state have destroyed thousands of homes so far, at least 71 people have been killed and more than one thousand of fellow americans remain unaccounted for because of all of this. we have fox news team coverage meteorologist adam klotz that will look at the dangers in the air, the air quality is really bad in large parts of the golden state but let's go to jonathan hunt in old neighborhood of malibu which has been so hardly hit, so devastating and evacuated. hi, jonathan. >> hey, eric, good afternoon to you, president trump as you say up north right now looking at the hardest-hit of all the areas

throughout the fires that we have had to deal with here in california over the last week or so, paradise, california, a town almost completely and you -- destroyed, it would take the president's breathe away seeing the aim js of all staff that's been there working so hard over the past week or so and the president obviously there to thank first responders and to offer comfort to those who have lost everything, now we do not know the precise nature of the president's movements after he leaves northern california but he's expected to head down to southern california and when he gets here he will find similar scene like this here in malibu, people who when they eventually are allowed back into this neighborhood and that's likely days or even weeks away, they

will find they have pretty much nothing to come to, on this street which you -- which you're right, eric, a street that i used to live on i would say something like a dozen homes have been completely destroyed and it's a pretty short dead-end street this one, you have a dozen homes on a street like this and it really is devastating for this kind of neighborhood. one other thing, obviously we have been dealing with a lot of tragedy here in southern california over the last 10 days or so, the borderline bar&grill shooting in which 12 innocent people were massacred also on the president's agenda today. that was revealed by the press secretary sarah huckabee sanders speaking in an interview on the hannity show last night. she said the president will also be meeting with those impacted by that shooting. eric. eric: promises to be quite emotional visit, arthel.

arthel: the air quality in california is very dangerous, let's take a look at the smog -- wow, over san francisco, almost zero visibility there. wild fire smoke in that picture that we showed a second ago, wild fire smoke has skyrocketed the state's air pollution levels and now northern california has the worst air quality in the world. meteorologist adam klotz in fox extreme weather center and that's over like china? >> yeah, in the entire world. arthel, these are massive fires and what happens the smoke doesn't have anywhere to go. we have air quality alert in north parts of california, when you see an area like this if you're in one of the areas currently highlighted, national weather service who suggested children and elderly do not go out, anybody with respiratory issues do not go out and even healthy adults shouldn't go outside where you are breathing

air and what happens with huge fires, there isn't anywhere for this smoke to go. here is the set-up and you can see with forecasted wind. sierra nevada mountains and on the west coastal ranges, valley, the smoke smog settles in there and has nowhere to go. the wind forecast in the next couple of days, pushing everything down in the valleys and occasionally you will see the wind sneak out and get into places like we saw in san francisco or oakland so it is possible that some of that smog moves that way, smoke moves the way but heavily in the valley unfortunately it'll be stuck till tuesday or wednesday till rain knocks it out. it'll be completely dry. forecast, humidity still very low, that will continue to fuel fires, we still have fire danger in northern california. do i want to get to future cast

before i send it back, we stay completely dry in weekend into monday and tuesday. there's relief on the horizon, arthel, this is what we are looking at. perhaps on wednesday we see rain move in and it's not until then that air quality alert wills go away, the rain comes in and knocks particles out of the air. arthel: let's hope for sure, as andrew is saying, the smog is trapped in. >> it is trapped there. arthel: in the hills there. >> 4 to 5 days. arthel: adam klotz, thank you. eric. eric: back to washington. president trump throwing his support behind nancy pelosi in her bid to become speaker to have house again and the president offering to drum up republican vote ifs she seek it is gavel, this coming as ms. pelosi facing growing resistance within the democratic and growing that say will not vote for her.

garrett tenney. >> she doesn't have the votes to become speaker, 17 democrats openly opposing and a couple undecided. pelosi is known as deal maker and she's been busy meeting with lawmakers to try to win them over. today she got a big endorsement from none other than president trump who said he's willing to get republicans to vote for her to put her on top. >> i would help nancy pelosi if she needs some votes, she may need some votes, i will perform a wonderful service, i like her, can you believe it? i like nancy pelosi, she's tough and she's smart but she deserves to be speaker. >> that's not necessarily an endorsement pelosi was looking for, though, she will win leadership with democratic vote. martha is one who is considering challenging nancy pelosi as speaker. two t two met 45 minutes behind closed doors, she plans to make a decision over thanksgiving.

>> sometimes you just need a different voice, sometimes you just need a different kind of a vision, but i want to be clear that i have not said anything negative about nancy pelosi, i think she's a good leader. >> many believe she's been in power for too long and younger to the side, limit herself 2 years as speaker and stepping aside and letting new leadership take the ranks. eric. arthel: eric, as we said, president trump is in northern california, we have live pictures here of the president on the ground in paradise, california which is one of the most hardest, if not the hardest hit area of this entire tragedy, there the president is standing nongs -- amongst rubble and what was people's live and perhaps people are we still there the firefighters and rescuers and

workers are desperately trying to take any dna matches that are possibly linked to somehow find those who are still missing and authorities there are very adamant about pointing out that the missing does not necessarily mean death toll because they are working diligent and find everyone, in ways to get out, ways to get out. it's possible that they are just missing. and the whole crew watching the president as he surveys the damage. i'd love to hear his response right now. as you know, covering devastating tragedies like this and worst in person.

>> something when you see it on television and the image that is we see and try to imagine if it's your neighborhood. when we cover a disaster like we have, it's incomprehensible really when you see it for yourself, when you're on the ground, when you see the sights and smell the smoke and get the whole feeling of a neighborhood and a town that's been destroyed, the damage is overwhelming and can emotionally really hit you as you see it for the first time in your eyes as opposed to images on television, you don't know what it's like until you step foot on it there. that's certainly what the president is seeing there now. arthel: the president is there along with governor jerry brown and governor elect gavin newsom, today is not day for politics and hopefully they can come together with people in

california, thousand oaks, northern and southern california who really need assistance, you have people living in tents now, people who were once completely safe and comfortable in their homes now living in a tent and it's understand -- i understand according to reporting that there's a virus, a gastro intestinal virus that has broken out amongst the people living in those tents in the parking lot of a wal-mart. eric: yes, unless you are living in your tent, you think what's next, where do you go next, your home has bedestroyed. you have to pick up the pieces of your life. everything that you've had is gone but at least you still have your life, at least you still -- you've lost possessions, you've lost brick and mortar but at least those people for those who have lost something are unfortunate that they are not lost lives. arthel: when i covered hurricane katrina my own mother didn't believe what i was telling her

personally on the phone until she saw it for herself. we are back in a moment.

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arthel: new developments on the southern border where the first group of the so-called migrant caravan has now arrived seeking asylum, thousands more expected soon, william is live in tijuana, méxico with the latest, william. >> arthel, this is a view you rarely get to see, we are literally on the border between the u.s. and méxico and tijuana, this is the fence, remember you saw people who climbed this, goating the border patrol from up there, now they've installed the wire, not only on the top but al on the backside so what that means is people can't go up there and simply jump in or fall in to the united states, trust me it happens, taxpayers pay medical bill -- excuse me in yuma last year of $3 million, this is where the caravan we wanted to make camp here on the public beach, the people didn't

want that to happen and people who live in the playas, last two nights rock fights between migrants and locals because they don't want them here because they bring -- well, they are difficult to control especially 5,000 people, i want to talk about the shelter, that's where they've been force today stay, 2,000 right now, they are expecting another 3400 to come into tijuana over the next several days. coming up from sonora and sinaloa, what they are finding out, to the best of my knowledge swoon not the pot at the end of the rainbow because the rules change while they were traveling from guatemala border, you can't walk in and claim asylum and expect to be released. >> we have millions on people online to get into the country illegally and those people have preference, they have to have preference, they have been waiting for a long time, they've done it legally, we have a lot of things happening but we have a great military force from the southern border and not letting

people coming in illegally. we are doing watch but not releases. >> thousands of people will be each much longer time than anticipated, back to you. arthel: where's the big collection of people, though? >> they are in the shelter not being permit today stay here on the beach, basically there are several option that is they have between asylums, staying here illegally, going to méxico, trying to cross with cayote but right now kept off the beach and basically making areas in town where they are hanging out, they are at shelter but as more people come in, they don't know where they're going to put them, that's the problem, the mayor is very upset about it. arthel: thank you. eric: the president again vows to build the wall and he's threatening to potentially shut down the government until he gets it, panel's predictions on what can happen when we come what can happen when we come back. what can happen when we come back. for strength and energy! whoo-hoo! great-tasting ensure.

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arthel: and the president is speaking there in california paradise, in fact, let's listen in. >> provide some help, a lot of money and expertise and somehow we will pull through it together. >> is there any way from prevent this from happening again, mr. president? >> well, we have been talking about that on the ride over and

i think we are all in the same path that we have to do management, maintenance and we will be working also with environmental groups, they've really -- i think everybody has seen the light and -- i don't think we will have this again to this extent, we have to work quickly but a lot of people are very much, that's been a lot of study going on and i will -- i will say i think you are going to have hopefully the last of -- of these because this was a really, really bad one and i know gavin is committed, we are all committed, i'm committed to make sure to get all of this cleaned out and protected, we have to take care of the floors, the floors of the forest, it's very important. you look at other countries where they do it differently and it's a whole different story. i was with the president of finland and he said we have much different -- we are forest

nation, he called forest nation and they spend a lot of time on breaking and cleaning and doing things and they don't have any problem and when it is it's a small problem. so i know everybody is looking at that to that end and it's going to work out, it's going to work out well but right now we want to take care of the people that are so badly hurt, the families where they've lost a lot -- a lot of people have been lost, jerry, we don't know what the final -- we don't know that for a while. there are areas you can't get to them yet but it's -- we have incredible people doing the job so we will get that done better than anybody else could do and we want to thank you all for coming and being here and showing because i think people have to see this really to understand it and back in washington mr. congressman you know that an kevin and everybody, we have two great members of congress and you're

with us 100%, i know whatever is necessary we will do, right? i want to thank you very much, brock, thank you very much. >> thank you, sir. we are here. >> we will get it taken care of. gavin, do you have anything to say? >> thanks, guys, thank you press. >> thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] arthel: sobering sights and smell will tamp down any rhetoric, it's a very good sight to see the president standing along side governor jerry brown governor-elect gavin nuwsom, the president said i think everybody has seen the light and he has commit today clean up, to help them with clean-up and protect the floors of the forest, he did mention again more gently that he think it is president think that is we should revisit how they are doing the job, of

course, management in california, citing finally as an example of pruning and cleaning the forest. eric: there was a state report recently that warned of this very same situation and so will likely open up a new conversation, new government policy overdue to try to address issues and development in what's called the urban wild forest area and look at that, a dull and we have seen the reminiscence of people's houses. when development is -- is developed an area so close to vulnerable areas because of the wild fires and at the moment you also have to think of the fact that on this saturday there were 1,100 of our fellow citizens who are missing, many they believe over the age of 60 year's old, the elderly who were unable to flee and get out and whose remains are likely in the charred ruins of their homes both in northern california and in southern california, so the

dimension of the devastation and disaster is clearly overwhelming when you consider the lives lost and those that are still unaccounted for and this will just remain with us for years. arthel: you know, eric, i want to point out as we survey this devastation, do i want to point out the goodness of the hearts of americans, there are so many people who have come to the rescue to the folks in california who so desperately needed. you have people who are taking strangers in their homes, you have people offering clothes and partial shelter and food and that's who we are as americans so i want to make sure that we grab a hold of that as we witness this complete and utter devastation that is almost uncomprehensible but there are americans willing to help each other. eric: the american spirit endures and we have seen it time

and time again and continues today, they are all in our prayers and thoughts as we will continue live coverage this afternoon. arthel: we wish them the very best in california. ♪ ♪ paul: welcome to the journal editorial report i'm paul gigot and we begin this week with some post election turmoil in washington as both republicans and democrats adjust to a new postelection reality, top house democrat nancy pelosi facing grows opposition to her bid for speaker with at least 17 democrats signing onto a letter this week saying they'll oppose her in leadership election. president trump reportedly eyeing a broader administration shake-up following last week's firing of attorney general jeff sessions and retiring republican senator jeff flake vow to go oppose the president's judicial nominees until legislation to