here is the after, same man. >> dana: god bless. this is unlike other natural disasters like with a hurricane you can prepare. you know it is coming. this one really caught people unawares. we will continue to cover this. the press conference by the l.a. supervisor starts in 10 minutes. >> bill: unfortunately the beginning of thousands and thousands of stories in california. our best to them. >> dana: harris faulkner will take you through the next hour. here she is. >> harris: breaking news, america's largest city on the west coast is burning.

wind gusting more than 100 miles-per-hour carrying flames and burning embers and igniting fresh fires from the beautiful mountains to the pacific ocean. from the moment we learned this was coming, prayers ignited for hope and now we know we're moments away. los angeles county officials about to give us an update. we'll cover it live. i'm harris faulkner. tens of thousands of home and business owners, even first responders' own families have been evacuated. some got caught in an unreal scene of roads filled with abandoned cars blocking their critical access to get out. and blocking the access of even some emergency vehicles. pacific palisades and malibu, majestic icons of the landscape there as an inferno is popping up new fires at this hour. will we get word that fire crews

can finally contain any of it yet? that update is on its way. this video from someone who captured the brave men and women risking their lives to make sure everyone gets out and try to save anything they leave behind. one rescued an american flag. listen as they work to keep it from touching the ground. >> don't let it touch the ground. grab this end. >> harris: the los angeles supervisor is speaking. the news conference, let's watch. >> i'm anthony-i'm the fire chief and giving an update on the palisades fire in addition to the eaton fire. i'm aware we have four large fires burning in l.a. county at

this time. the palisades fire is located in both l.a. city and l.a. county. we're in unified command with the city of los angeles fire department in addition to cal fire. we have well over 5 thousand acres that have burned and the fire is growing. we have no percentage of containment. we have an estimated 1000 structures destroyed and also no reported fatalities and a high number of significant injuries to residents who did not evacuate, in addition to first responders who are on the fire line. we have over 1000 personnel assigned and the cause of the fire is unknown. however, it is under investigation. for the eaton fire, it is located in both the angeles national forest, altadina and

pasadena. l.a. county is in command of the national forest and pasadena fire department. we have over 2000 acres burning at this time and the fire continues to grow with zero percent containment. we have over 500 personnel assigned and two reported casualties to civilians. unknown cause at this time and we do have a number of significant injuries. we have over 100 structures destroyed and the cause of the fire is unknown and under investigation. i will ask that l.a. city fire chief crawley update you on the hearst fire after i'm finished with my remarks. the l.a. county fire department operational area consists of 29

separate fire departments in l.a. county and all of those fire departments are at drawdown with no fire apparatus or additional personnel to spare. as the region one coordinator, i have requested mutual aid from the five counties of orange, los angeles, ventura, santa barbara abarbara -- additionally last night i contacted the state office of emergency services and requested 50 engine strike teams, and that's composed of 250 fire engines and over 1000 personnel. we have also requested resources from out of state, as well as northern california. thank you to the first responders from nevada, oregon

and washington state that are already on the road coming to l.a. county to assist. lastly, the national weather service has predicted a continued red flag weather event with strong winds and low humidities placing all residents of los angeles county in danger. to all of our viewers, please prioritize your safety as well as the well-being of those around you. as we come together to continue to get through this widespread disaster, los angeles county firefighters will remain on the front line until we reach full containment and we ask that you keep all of los angeles county in your thoughts and prayers. i would now like to invite up los angeles city fire chief

kristin crawley to give her briefing. thank you. >> good morning, everyone. i'm kristin crowley, los angeles city fire department fire chief. i would like to start with just a moment, if we could, of gratitude. a moment of gratitude for our first responders, our boots on the ground that are battling this intense and multi bel -- and like the chief said we'll continue to work hard to insure that we save people, lives, and property. with that, i'll be touching on a couple of major points. with the pacific palisades fire, we know that it continues to demand a significant amount of resources and attention. a second major brush fire now referred to as the hearst fire

has erupted in the silmar area of los angeles. now together these fires are stretching the capacity of emergency services to their maximum limits. the los angeles city fire department is battling these two major fires while also maintaining -- i want to focus on this as well, 911 services for the city's approximate 4 million residents. now, despite the severity of the conditions, our department remains fully committed to safeguarding lives and property. next i want to focus on what we've done over the last 24 hours. with that even within the city of los angeles, with these two major brush fires, our department has responded to 3 thousand 624, 911 calls for service. to put that in perspective our average is just under 1500 calls in a 24 hour period. over the last 24 hours we've always responded to an

additional 32 structure fires within the city. we treated and transported an extensive number of medical emergencies well extending our normal 650 transports to the local hospitals. when it comes to the pacific palisades fire, as the chief said, this is over 3 thousand acres at this point and continues to grow. we'll confirm the exact acreage later to make sure we also communicate that to the community and media. last night as of 1930 hours, all aircrafts were grounded due to the high winds. aircrafts are continuing to be able to resume their water drops today when the weather allows us to do so. a total of 3398 civilians and

1500 structures of the evacuation zones. there are multiple evacuation centers which are supported by the american red cross. injuries, of course there are a lot of interest in injuries, several firefighters and civilian injuries reported. all patients have been treated and transported to local hospitals. damage assessments. the chief did speak about a specific number. we are still vetting that through on the city side so more information to come and we'll message that as soon as we can validate that. approximately 400 firefighters have been deployed to the palisades fire. we have many hundreds of law enforcement officers, partner agency responders and public works members engaged in supporting our overall operations. we are going to be transitioning

to cal fire this morning to imagine this incident at 0800 hours. i want to talk briefly about our first fire located in silmar. last night at approximately 10:10 p.m. the fire erupted in the silmar area of los angeles adjacent to the los angeles national forest. the fire has rapidly expanded to over 500 acres prompting emergency evacuations of more than 3000 residents. it is burning within the footprint of the saddle ridge fire. despite the extreme winds and significant risks. that's what we'll be talking about from today and probably throughout the next few days, there is always that significant risk of life and property will continue to focus on saving lives and protecting property. the exact acreage at this point will be confirm later and communicate that to you as well. lastly, we want to make sure that everybody understands we're absolutely not out of danger

yet. with the strong winds that continue to push through the city and county today, i will tell you and we're all committed to our first responders, firefighters will remain focused on protecting lives and property. the lfd is extremely proud to stand with all of the entities behind me. our top priority will continue to be life safety insuring that safe evacuation and rescues of residents that are in harm's way will continue to be our primary focus in this wind-driven fire event as it continues. thank you for your cooperation, support and vigilance and today we'll continue to stand with our partners to protect everyone. next up i would like to introduce sheriff luna, sorry. >> we're moving around having

l.a. unified superintendent. >> thank you very much. thank you county and city leadership and the leadership of our first responders and great community for the important work you continue to do to protect our community and protect the assets and first and foremost the health and well-being of the lives of members of our community. los angeles unified is the second largest school district in the nation representing the interests of . we make decisions regarding closure of schools in a science-driven manner. after a great deal of consultation overnight with experts looking at the data and considering the fact that air quality conditions detour orriateed significantly overnight we have made the decision to shut down a number of schools, particularly in the eastern part of our school

system the. i will define what those boundaries are. school communities beginning with leadership, workforce and families have been informed about these areas and as of now, those schools within the boundaries of the area that i will define are closed. this accounts for about 10% of our total schools in our district. about 100 school out of 1000 schools. the areas are schools located north of manchester boulevard, firestorm boulevard. east of 10th avenue, west of i-710 and south of highway 134. any school within that area and that accounts again for the eastern part of our district where the air quality met or exceeded levels that are not appropriate for employees or

students to be around are effectively shut down. we'll be making decisions about what will happen in those schools going into tomorrow by 4:00 p.m. today based on the evolution conditions. in fact, since we made the decision to shut down those schools, air quality conditions have improved significantly despite the fact that they worsened significantly overnight. i want to speak specifically about schools surrounding the palisades area. as of last night, we had to shut down five schools as a result of mandatory evacuation conditions. those were canyon elementary school, kenyan elementary school. march quiz and palisades charter elementary school. revere middle school and topanga elementary school as well as palisades high charter high

school. we have reports that palisades high sustained significant damage as a result of the fire. we're quickly accessing resources to address the issues facing this community. i want to very briefly address our workforce. we know today is not going to be a perfect day. a number of schools are shut down. however, localized conditions may make it difficult for our workforce or parents and students to access schools. air quality conditions may vary and in fact may not necessarily be appropriate beyond the area where we closed schools. please use your discretion. we will utilize grace and be flexible regarding attendance and for students and employees alike. specifically students and employees who face chronic respiratory conditions or other health issues, we will be flexible regarding these individuals. we will provide additional

updates later on today regarding conditions of schools going into tomorrow. for the schools that are open, recognizing the workforce needs of the parents of our children, beyond the activities, care for children in those schools will continue to be provided today. today is not a typical day. we need flexibility, patience, and grace. we shall extend that to our workforce and certainly our parents and students in our community. once again, our hearts go out to those who have been impacted and our eternal gratitude to the first responders of our community for the fantastic difficult work they've done over the past 24 hours. thank you very much. >> good morning. a lot of information to pass on but please know this, this is a very difficult and challenging

situation but we are surrounded here by people who really care and we are going to get through this together. that means with all of you as partners in our community. our top priority continues to be the safety and well-being of our impacted residents. first responders and all of the individuals involved. but understand that this is a very fluid situation, specifically in the altadina area and a lot of our deputy personnel are involved in lifesaving measures as we speak now. we're working closely with local, state and federal agencies to provide necessary resources and support. we have been in constant communication with both our fire and law enforcement partners across l.a. county and beyond to insure that all available resources that are needed are being deployed strategically and effectively but we are prioritizing life over everything else. there are over several hundred

sheriff department personnel working around the clock to evacuate residents in danger, assist with road closures and respond to multiple missions that are given to us and they do change periodically depending on that life mission. to insure that everyone is going to be safe or safe as possible, additional personnel will likely be assigned to this fire as this continues to go. you heard from our fire partners that there is no containment here. i do want to split it up into two. i want to start talking about the eaton fire first. currently there are evacuation orders in pasadena, altidina and sierra madre. there are 32 thousand 5 hundred residents under evacuation orders and approximately 13,000

structures. evacuation warning . 38, 600 residents are under warnings and many struck ruers are at risk. at 4:00 a.m. this morning, the evacuation orders did expand to parts of the city of monrovia and la -- we continue to assess that. that is evolving and it will change. so i encourage you to consistently pay attention to all sources of information so you are ready to go when you are given that order if that does come. as information is changing even as i was driving up here, even as i walk up to this podium i am getting messages about several of our employees who have lost their homes in the last several hours. i don't know how many because we are still gathering that information. but like all -- we all live here in los angeles county so we're

impacted. so we are going to make sure that within our department we're wrapping our arms around our employees like we do with community members. again, as i was coming up here, i did find out that we did have two fatalities in this area. i don't have any specifics. there is a lot of damage out there. we are still in the process of doing these assessments trying to still save lives. so this information is going to change. the altidena sheriffs station itself was evacuated. there was some fire but we had to clear all employees out of there. i am hearing some miraculous stories, they are just barely coming in of our deputies trying to evacuate their station and residents were running up from different locations around there asking them for assistance in getting them out of their structures.

from what i understand, they were barely able to get people out before these structures started burning. there is just heroic stories of what our deputies are doing out there from last night and this morning. i want to make sure people no deputies are working to assist residents who are evacuating and continuing to make evacuation notices as we're speaking. they are securing areas that are evacuated and it's always sad when i have to say this, part of our responsibility is to make sure that no one loots or steals from community members already impacted. i am sad to report we made two arrests this morning for looting already. so if you are thinking about coming into any of these areas to steal from our residents, i will tell you something, you will be caught, you are going to be arrested and you will be prosecuted. don't do that. stay out of these areas. it is only for emergency workers and people who live there. we are at this point unable to

clearly determine the extent of damage at this point because the conditions are rapidly evolving. the destruction needs to be assessed as is daylight hours have come forward. i know i have lost at least one sheriffs black and white to a fire. thank god the deputy is okay. but deputies continue to be on patrol throughout the road closure areas to insure evacuation areas remain closed to the public. all schools in the pasadena unified school district are closed. there is a road closure from allen to new york drive. for those in need of shelter please head to the pasadena convention center located at 300 east green street in the city of pasadena. we're working with them and unified command. for animals established shelters at large rose bowl stadium at

1001 rose bowl drive in pasadena. small animal shelter pasadena humane society at 361 south raymond avenue in pasadena. i will switch gears now to the palisades fire that we've been heavily involved in with our partners again with the lapd and city fire and everyone else working there. as of this morning the fire was still burning in that area that's impacting our residents. evacuations are continuously in effect for the city of malibu, los angeles city, passive being palisades and unincorporated area in los angeles county and topanga canyon. evacuations are 37000 for the palisades fire. evacuation warnings 20,000 residents are under evacuation warnings and approximately 6 thousand 5 hundred structures

are at risk. there have been minor injuries and partners at the fire department have talked about those. and several unfortunately structures that have been lost and still assessing those. bear with me. i'm almost there. there is a lot of information, very important information. there are several road closures which can change rapidly. the 10 freeway lincoln boulevard. southbound pch at last flores canyon and topanga canyon. to eastbound closed from pch and malibu canyon. we have established shelters up for that fire in the following locations, westwood recreation center, a 1350 -- pasadena convention center which i mentioned, we can go there. in the city of pasadena and el

camino charter high school, 5440 in woodland hills. animal shelters, large animals la he questions treeian center in burbank. large animal shelter pierce college, in woodland hills. rose bowl stadium in pasadena. agore yeah animal center and small animal shelter pasadena humane society as well. we have to take care of our pets. as i wrap up, a reminder and you have heard it from several of us. you need to be prepared. if you are in a warning area, make sure you have your essentials. your important paperwork, medications, things that you can take, your phone charger to survive for at least a week. but if you are told to evacuate and given an order, there is nothing worth your life. please listen to the police and fire officials that are out there and be prepared to

evacuate. if you have more questions about evacuation, evacuation centers or road closures, go to la county.gov/emergency or sheriff's department social media. it is my honor to introduce my partner of the chief of the los angeles police department. >> thank you very much and as you look at the group assembled behind me this morning, each of those and everybody we represent who is out in the field all have families, many who are impacted directly by the fire but they leave those families to come and try to be able to help everybody else who is out there. so i owe a debt of gratitude to everybody who is putting it all on the line for everyone else. this is a tragic time in our history here in los angeles. but a time where we are really tested and see who we really are. it is critical at these times he

be patient and come together and focus on saving lives and to be able to do the best job we can so when we look back on this we know that we did what we could for others. i look at the people out there on the line last night. the winds were something that i have never seen before. firefighters, police officers, deputies were out there sheltering in their vehicles, trucks and cars so that they don't end up getting burned from the fire that was being drive by 75 plus mile-per-hour winds. they were there until they could get out of the car and go back to doing their work. as you can imagine, a very difficult circumstance to deal with. these are, as i mentioned, unprecedented conditions but also unpredictable. as the fire continues to spread and pop up in different locations, none of us know where the next one is going to be. i would ask to to be vigilant to talk to your neighbors and have everybody on board so if they see something start up we get on

it quickly and get fire resources out there as soon as we possibly can because with these winds, once it starts small it will be very big very quickly. so i would ask for everybody's help, cooperation and vigilance in that role. as you heard before about evacuation, that makes the difference between living and not. so i would ask you to take these warnings, these orders to evacuate very seriously as you have heard over and again be ready to go, pack what you need up but then please comply with these orders. we don't give them -- put them out lightly. when we believe you are in the path of the fire we'll order that evacuation and we really need your compliance on that because if we have to send people in to try to make rescues, those people are putting their lives on the line directly for something that could have been avoidable. sheriff luna mentioned looting. that is something we also have to watch out for. that is incredible we would even have to talk about that during these tragic times but we'll take that also extremely

seriously and we will follow up with that in the strongest way possible. as far as traffic goes, that is something that we're used to dealing with here. this will be an extra test of gridlock in many places due to people not having access to their normal routes. i would say that if you have an ability to be able to stay out of the west side today, to commute or to work from home, as long as your employers are good with that, take advantage of that. the air is very tough today for particularly those who are challenged medically. if you can stay home and work from there, i would recommend that. we will continue to support our partners and the fire service and other law enforcement partners but to all in the public watching this sincere thank you for you to your patience as we all get through this together. thank you. >> now we'll introduce my

colleague who represents the palisades area. >> thank you madam chair. this morning we woke up to a dark cloud over all of los angeles. but it is darkest for those who are most intimately impacted by these fires. it has been an immensely painful 24 hours for communities i represent, the palisades, the hearst and woodley fires are all in the third district. but our strength is in our togetherness. that will determine how we make it through. we need your partnership in this time of crisis. it is difficult to process the immensity of the destruction and loss and we extend our hearts and every resource we have to all of our impacted residents. we know when we talk about these

structures, they aren't just structures or just houses, they are homes. this is our home. these are places where we built community, where we raised families, where we made memories that we will never forget, even if we can't go back to these structures. these are our home. losing home is simply devastating. and i know that we are all here to support you and stand with you in this time of need. aggressive winds and fire know no jurisdictional boundaries nor does coordination and action. across our la county agencies with president biden and governor newsom as they unlock support through fire assistance, management grants for palisades, eaton and hearst fires so far. the talent and tenacity of our first responders is nothing

short of extraordinary and i've said it before, these people on the front lines are doing this because this is their calling. this is not simply a job that they came to to have an occupation. they are called to this work to keep us safe, to keep our communities safe, and to do all they can in this time of crisis to protect our los angeles county. overnight winds grounded our vehicles and we have red flag conditions through the end of day tomorrow. but we know that because of these fearless warriors on the front lines they are doing all they can. thank you to the third district communities of pacific palisades, sunset messa, malibu, santa monica, silmar, grenada

hills, lake balboa and surrounding communities. our message is to follow all evacuation orders and warnings and to stay where you are safe as long as the evacuations remain in place. we continue to have shelter capacity for you as you have heard for you, for your pets, and we have animal sheltering sites as well. these orders are not just to keep you safe and to keep your community safe, they are also to keep those on the front lines of this devastating crisis safe. and the longer that you wait to evacuate, the more you are putting people in danger who are putting their lives on the line to protect your homes. please don't do this. please evacuate. there is also an evacuation order in santa monica, the northern border of the city to san besente as well. we have an evacuation order as

well as a warning there. the juvenile hall is under evacuation warning because of the hearst fire. probation department has evacuation plans in place should that move to an evacuation order from a warning. our priority is -- >> harris: we have been watching now for nearly 30 minutes as we get this update from los angeles county and some stunning things that we have learned. first of all, we know this is historic from the size and scope and just how quickly these fires have spread driven by hurricane-force winds. so it is an inferno hurricane. jonathan hunt is standing by to report live for us. jonathan, i want to point out a couple of things. you are in malibu and where you are in pacific palisades and

mall malibu. a high significant list of injuries among people who did not evacuate. i've been hearing you say this from the beginning. you have to get out. >> it's been extraordinary to watch people trying to get out of here over the last 24 hours but in some cases it has been impossible. i want to show you what is happening here right now. this is in the heart of pacific palisades. a densely packed neighborhood. we have been here now, harris, for about an hour and a half in this particular location. up to bryan's right this house was on fire when we first got here, just beginning to burn. then one of its walls fell into this one in the front yard where we're standing now. it was about 45 minutes ago it was a two-story house. this is what is left of it. now the embers have spread to

the one next door left of that again. you can see that one is on its way towards burning to the ground. the ferocity of the flames, our cameraman and i have been feeling here has been so intense we've had to back off on several occasions. as we come back out to the street here, i want to show you this street. remember, pacific palisades is not some far flung suburb we often travel to these fires 30 or 40 miles outside of l.a. this is in the heart of los angeles. and this is the street, as far as we can see every single home on this street gone. you look up to the skies as well. it is an -- this is 9:00 and it is covered with gray smoke. i've been covering california wildfires for many, many years

and i can honestly tell you, harris, i have never seeing anything like this. they are usually in less densely populated areas. this one record down into this neighborhood and you saw probably those as we walk back towards this building burning, you saw probably those now iconic pictures of the people trying to get out of a neighborhood called pacific highlands. there is one road in and one road out to that particular neighborhood. people were trying to get out, including friends of my daughter who attend palisades charter high school here. they could not get out. people abandoned cars, blocked the streets and told by firefighters there is nothing we can do right now. we need you to go back to your homes. this family and many like them simply had to go back to their home and wait there hoping and praying that these heroic

firefighters could keep the flames from their front door. at times they were just a matter of yards from those front doors. absolutely terrifying for everybody. fortunately here all of these buildings have been evacuated. people have got out. as you can see, there is such a long way to go. there is not even the facility right now for firefighters to protect these properties. they are just having to let them burn. it is still at this point a question of saving lives, harris, this is going to go on for a long, long time. >> harris: so i don't want to miss this because i heard you earlier saying your child was ready to graduate high school from a school that you've been watching to see if it has been destroyed today. just hearing the mention of 10% of total schools in the areas that are burning across l.a. county and now riverside county with the tyler fire that's popped up, 10% of total schools shut down. they made decision late last night. they'll wait until 4:00 p.m. later today their time in

california to decide if they keep the schools closed. this is affecting so many more people outside those fire zones because of the bad air quality. jonathan, i will give you a chance to go someplace where you can catch your breath and god bless you out there. stay safe. i see some things flying around. i pray for all of our reporters and first responders, everybody out there showing us the story and fighting for lives out there. jonathan, thank you. the los angeles county fire department section chief. you want to talk about a group of people who are on the job, i have to tell you, chief, when the los angeles county fire chief spoke just moments ago, he said that you all are on the job until you have 100% containment and you have zero now. god bless you all. what does it look like up close? >> this morning when i was driving in and last night

patrolling last night winds over 100 miles-per-hour. the amber casts you see that is showing, those will cast embers, well over 1000 structures destroyed. our top priority despite the weather and wind is to make sure everyone gets out safely. please adhere to the evacuation orders. if you don't feel safe, leave. if you are in a warning you can leave. right now we're really focused on a life threat which pivots our resources to saving people first and we don't have the resources to protect structures. our priority is to save lives. >> harris: talk to me about people who couldn't get out. physically they can't walk and inside their homes with all sorts of health situations going on. that's the human condition for all of us across the world. so you have those people in

communities. some of them could not get out. i don't know if you could hear our reporter jonathan hunt, maybe not. he was saying some people tried to get out and it was too late for them so told to go back to their homes. so many people heeded the warnings but you can't get all those people out. >> we load them on our patrols and ambulances. we'll go in there to save people. >> harris: talk to me about what can be done from the air. from the winds i can't imagine you are putting up a lot of choppers with the possibility with retardant and all of that. >> the fixed wing and the rotary wing, helicopters have been grounded. they wanted to fly first flight this morning but we grounded everything at 7:30 p.m. last night and the winds, they are seeing gusts up to 100 miles-per-hour and this morning gusts as i was driving in on the fire line over 60 miles-an-hour.

>> harris: when i was talking about how you stay on the job until it is 100% contained. what does the timeline look like in terms of what you are seeing burn now, more than 5000 acres at last check and building? >> we're still in the initial attack. fire actively burning structures. i would imagine for the recovery phase this will go on for weeks. >> harris: to even get full containment. >> 100% containment probably at least a week if not more. >> harris: wow, that's a long time. i appreciate you. thank you so very much. i know that sometimes you and your teams across america will say don't call us heroes, but you are and you are a blessing. stay safe. let's talk about the wind. this is a live picture now and you just heard the chief say some of those embers will travel

three to four football lengths. more than 400 yards that they're traveling and there are millions of them, those embers coming off the burning structures. senior meteorologist janice dean joins us now. janice, we're now beyond the point of the day that i thought we would be where maybe those temperatures would have died down -- the winds. not the temperatures, forgive me the wind. >> no, that's part of the reason why it's so devastating is how ferocious these winds were and the duration. so we've got an extreme, critical area across southern california that is still in place now where we could see wind gusts in excess of 70 to 80 miles-per-hour for a duration of hours and affecting heavily populated areas and why we're dealing with such a tragedy. some of the wind gusts. this 100 mile wind gust was outside of eaton that just happened hours ago.

we're still dealing with almost category 2 hurricane force winds. you mentioned this is like a hurricane. it is impossible for these firefighters can get containment when you have those winds. and still gusts of 80 and 50 miles-per-hour, topanga 60 miles and continue throughout the day today and into tomorrow and even friday. that's why this is so -- such a dire situation. we're now getting reports that we have over 5000 acres burned in palisades. not getting updates like we should. sometimes it takes several hours for them to report. i would imagine that the eaton fire will also be incredibly devastating and widespread. over 2000 acres there. that fire has not been burning for a very long period of time. that just tells you how ferocious these winds are and how fast moving and deadly. here are the evacuation orders. you can see the icon of the fire

but this is encompassing all the advisories and warnings and orders to get out. not only for this region but up towards eaton and san bernardino area, pasadena. heavily populated neighborhoods and why it is so devastating. wind alert in effect really for the next couple of days. wind gusts in excess of 60 to 80 miles-per-hour. it doesn't take much to continue the spread of fires, right? even if we have wind gusts of 30 to 40 miles-per-hour, that still will be so dangerous. and these fires can make their own weather patterns. they can whip up their own winds. these are just gauges, by the way, set up, measurements to see what the wind is doing off shore, on shore flow. some of these wind gusts could be in excess of that in areas that we don't have gauges. there is the peak wind gust forecast throughout the day today. when you are talking about 60 to 70 miles-per-hour, that's, you

know, in some cases hopeless to really try to contain this fire, which is out of control. still extreme danger here, harris, wednesday, thursday and even friday. that's the problem is that it is not just going to die down. it will take days for things to calm down for them to get in there. >> harris: you were with me because you are only a few feet away. the audience can't see how close we are on the mezzanine. the chief was telling us moments ago, i mean, we're many days away from any kind of really full containment. >> i think maybe months in some cases for areas they can't get into. you have to think about the firefighters who are out there trying to save lives and their homes are gone. >> harris: their families have been evacuated and schools shut down. the air quality, i know in the fox weather center that's something you also watch for. you can tell how far that smoke is traveling. then the other thing i want to ask you about is the temperature

on the ground. i have that on my brain. it has to be hot. you have to be covered. >> it has been very warm. the firefighters are carrying 100 pounds of gear an their back and 80, 90 temperatures, that's going to just be so hard for them to get in there. you talk about air quality. we haven't talked about that. this is going to be really hard for people with respiratory problems. the elderly, young kids. look at the smoke tracker. this is going to be with us for days as long as there is a fire burning there will be a smoke component to that. that's another underlying thing that all of these people are dealing with, reporters out there, people who live in the area, the brave men and women out there will be dealing with not only that heavy equipment but the fact that they will be potentially dealing with lung issues after something like this.

>> harris: janice dean, so appreciative you joined me. >> prayers, we're praying. >> harris: absolutely. the chief said he is praying, too, of course. thank you. kennedy saves the world podcast host is a friend and someone who knows pacific palisades in particular. of course we're co-workers. but you were one of the first people that i reached out to because you are also family to me. >> our home is very much encircled by flames now. permanent home. where everything is. every baby picture, my grandmother's cross that she left me when she passed away. my grandfather's things from world war i. the things you don't think to put in a go box. we have been evacuated before but never reached our part of the palisades. you know, we have felt safe. we've been there, you know, 23 years, like i said.

and it's unimaginable what people are going through. i know about my feeling of helplessness but i just got a text from a neighbor they lost their family home. he built his family home and it is gone. he is a block and a half away from us. we have friends that are a couple blocks away and the fire is sweeping up the hillside. it has consumed trailer homes and this is not an enclave just for rich people. there are apartments and condos, people have lived there for 50 and ever 60 years who have been dropped by insurance companies and they have lost everything. if they haven't lost everything, in my situation we don't know where we are. we don't know exactly where the fire is. the apps we've downloaded are not necessarily refreshing. so all we can do is hope and pray. prayer absolutely works. it is the one thing that makes us feel connected to each other

and makes us feel better because as long as we have made it out and we have each other, we are going to be okay. it is heartbreaking thinking about the things that -- everyone is going through what i'm going through. everyone is going through the checklist of things they wish they could have gotten out of there. people just didn't have time. we had minutes to clear out and luckily people were able to do that and have heeded the warnings. >> harris: kennedy, we learned a little while ago from the news conference that we took live that there is a significant amount of people, there are a significant amount of people with significant injuries who did not evacuate. as the chief and i were just speaking moments ago some people couldn't get out. when they finally could reach a perimeter it was on fire or blocked by a mile of cars that had been abandoned. so talk to me about what that is like behind those lines. you know how many people would be there.

>> that's how people perish in fires. not necessarily from being burned but smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning. >> harris: a slow death. >> you are talking about channels and wind tunnels that accelerate the fire so quickly that even if you are doing the right thing. there were people on palisades drive jonathan hunt was talking about it. one road in, one road out. that was completely blocked by cars that couldn't escape. one of your producers who lives in l.a. told me that a mom and her kids' school threw seven kids in a car to get them out of there but their parents couldn't get there. these are people who look out for each other. kind families these are people trying to carve out a place for themselves that is safe, that, you know, is still one of the good places left in a part of the country that has been hit hard by some bad decisions and

they are really fighting the good fight. >> harris: that will be looked at. one of the first things out of the l.a. county fire chief's words, one of his early words is we'll investigate. it doesn't mean they don't know how it started but it means they want to know what could have been done. >> caruso was on fox local last night. he has a home in the palisades and businesses and developed the new outdoor shopping area there. he said there is no water in the palisades. gross mismanagement. >> harris: i had people reaching out about malibu as well about the hydrants that had no pressure. kennedy rick god bless you. i know that the level of loss and i pray for you and your family and your friends. >> thank you. >> harris: senior national correspondent william la jeunesse is in malibu to bring us the latest from there. i mean, just apocalyptic behind you, william. >> we've been here pretty much all morning and we saw about a

dozen homes here along pch get destroyed. you are looking at what's left right now. i wanted to show you how close we are to the water. it is right there. these homes literally were right along the beach basically north of dukes and south of pepperdine. they just went up. they were packed one after the other and they couldn't stop it, right? finally the firefighters -- i will actually pan, if you don't mind, keith if we move down here to show you all along here. firefighters were finally able to stop it about 1 hundred yards away and they were able to control that fire. but this was one of four large fires in l.a. county. 5000. it wasn't the size but where it started. you've already talked about a densely populated area and then it migrated north to malibu where they have a real challenging topography.

the winds down here overnight were 40 to 50 miles-per-hour gusting over 90. one of the problems was the grounding of the helicopters is always a huge help to firefighters. without that and the night hawk, they weren't able to get a handle on this. number two as you know from the press conference. really shorthanded. i came down from malibu and saw many scenes like this one here in terms of house after house after house destroyed and many times there were no firefighters even present. we'll send it back to you. again we won't get out of this thing until friday. >> harris: i know the hydrant situation has been without pressure in some cases. you will see it homes with their water heaters overflowing and that sort of thing. that's definitely something they need to look into to keep that water flowing during these situations. there are so many questions. god bless you, william. thank you for your reporting. next "outnumbered."

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