time in five minutes a fire engine at your front door. if you pull the fire alarm or call 9 is 1. there is no standard that requires a response to a wildfire. time to change that pay firefighters a living wage. hell bombers all 50 states. not too much to ask for et get it done. >> laura: also is o-to-have water that's available as president trump said in damming up rivers dozen lou for a water supply to be consistent. and the firefighters repeatedly said they needed that today. >> well, again you are seeing the results. all these policies death by a thousand cuts. environmental policies endangered species act. wrong headed policies these add up and have impacts. >> laura: senator we got to roll a big 's. >> are you good?

you good? >> the fire is moving so fast and just exploding. >> i don't even know what's happened to our neighbourhood. >> i don't know she's okay or not. >> there's just not enough engines to get in front of every home as we would like. >> i've never seen a firestorm like this. the memories are gone. i hope they're alive. >> there were cars piled on top of each other. there were boulders and debris that fell off. >> this is so hard to watch. these are people's lives, people's homes. >> it is like driving through it's self down here. literally through. >> jesse: massive wildfires in

l.a. county raging out of control. at least five are dead, thousands evacuated. an estimated $50 billion in damage. we are on the ground the latest. matt? >> this started burning at about 10:30 a.m. yesterday. here we are a day and a half later and we're still looking at structures burning to the ground here on the famed sunset boulevard in downtown pacific palisades. to our left, to our right we see plumes of smoke. all day long, fox news has seen structures and homes continuing to burn and catching fire and burning here in the pacific palisades area. this neighborhood and surrounding region is absolutely not out of danger yet. and over towards pasadena, the fire there continues to burn tonight. at least five people are dead. this is considered one of the worst fires or the worst fire in the history of los angeles and it will likely end up being one

of the worst fires in the history of the state at this country. >> jesse: thank you so much. apocalyptic. this is los angeles county. and tire neighborhoods are burning. over 10,000 acres in pacific palisades alone. and the smoke everyone is breathing is being described as a toxic soup. five people are already dead. they were burned alive. hundreds of homes have been scorched. listen to actor james woods. >> i call my neighbor, "who hadn't evacuated yet. i said go in and check on me. he said the doors open, there's nobody here. and i said look, just go behind the pantry. there's a little room where you can see during the day, he likes to sit there because there is a garden. he went in there and found him khaki had been left alone. and it turned out the fire department made the new caregiver leave. and she just does what she was told. i said were coming back for him.

well they hadn't come back for him. i'm hoping that they would have. but there was so much chaos. it was like an inferno. every house was on fire around us. and he got him out and the house burn down about an hour later. he would have been in there alone. >> jesse: this is the most destructive fire in l.a. county history and it is still raging. 0% of the fire has been contained. 0%. winds are whipping up to 100 miles an hour, breathing more and more life into the inferno. and over 1400 firefighters are battling the blaze on the front lines and they haven't slept. one says i am living proof that you can stay up for 96 hours. that they are outmanned and out equipped. the chief says she does not have enough firefighters. just months ago, l.a.'s cut funding from the fire department around $20 billion. and before that, the l.a. fire

department scent their extra equipment to ukraine. they could probably use some of that equipment right now. and this is even worse. the fire hydrants are dry. >> there are several homes burning, this is the one the firefighters were trying to put out a little while ago. but you can see right now it is out of control. since then, firefighters have lost so they can't get any more water onto this fire. ambulance down the hill because of the water pressure issues. >> jesse: why isn't there any water coming out of the fire hydrants? los angeles has had two years of record rainfall. it has not reigned this much year to year since the 1800s. guess what? all of the rain just washes into the ocean. a decade ago, california voted to spend billions on water storage and reservoirs. today, the governor has not finished building a single one. they have done nothing to store water in a decade. trump was just in california this fall and told gavin he

needed to get it together. >> you have so much water and all those fields that are right now baron, the farmers would have all of the water they needed. and you can revert water up into the hills were you have all of the dead forests, for the forest or so brittle because no places like california. i go to austria, the head of austria tells me we have trees that are much more flammable than what you have in california, we never have forest fires because they maintain there for us. and you have all of that water that could be used as what they call water flow. where land would be damp. and you would stop many of these horrible fires. >> jesse: before donald trump left office khaki signed an order that would funnel more water from northern california into southern california. newsome, instead of saying thank you, filed a lawsuit to stop it. saying it would kill the smelt. if you don't know what a smelt is, neither did we. it's a fish the size of your

pinkie. california cannot get enough water to fight fires because of a stupid fish. we are saving fish instead of people. saving smelt is big business. if anything happens to the smelt, people lose a lot of money. we are paying people to feel like heroes for protecting a fish no one eats. but it gets worse. gavin has been tearing down dams. why? because the indians wanted some of the river back so they could catch salmon. gavin didn't just knock down one dam for the indians khaki knocked down all four. >> the largest dam removal project in u.s. history and one of the most significant, if not the most significant water restoration project. bringing back salmon and steelhead into the space. and i couldn't be more proud because my kids and their great, great grandkids will have the opportunity to see something that has been here since time and morrill and it is about time. >> words mean nothing less you

can manifest them. you have to make something real, we mean business, we will turn this over. >> jesse: and these dams were a go to source for firefighters to pull water from to fight fires up north. gavin is literally tearing down western civilization for fish and indians. nothing against the indians, i love the indians. but really? l.a. is out of water and the governor's staring at the fire with his hands in his pockets. we have a rule about men putting hands in their pockets but this is neither the time or the place to discuss it. people are trapped, homes and schools are gone. and the governor has not contained a single acre. the governor waited 24 hours to send in the national guard. water management, forest management, gavin does not know what he is doing. again, trump warned him about this years ago. >> take care of the floors, the floors of the forest, very important. you look at other countries where they do it differently and it is a whole different story.

i was with with the president of finland and he said we have much different, we are forest nation, we call it a forest nation. they spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things and they don't have any problem. it is a very small problem. >> jesse: after the election he called an emergency special session in california to trump proof the state. not fireproof it, trump proof it. whatever that means. where are the emergency escape routes that were supposed to have been built? people had to abandon their cars in the middle-of-the-road and run away from the flames because there is only one way in and one way out. why weren't the forest beds treated? why are we running out of water? joe biden has not helped at all. in october, the biden administration canceled crucial controlled burns in california. these are critical to forest management. canceled them. today biden happened to be in town because he was supposed to designate another national forest and decided that this was the right time to congratulate

himself. >> jesse: so hundreds a grandfather and joe is a great-grandfather. i'm sure everyone who lost their homes is excited to hear the news. trump reacted saying no water in the fire hydrants, no money, this is what joe biden is leaving me. thank you joe. meanwhile, the mayor of l.a. has been out of the country the whole time. the mayor has been in africa for the inauguration of the president of ghana. what the heck is an american politician doing attending inauguration's and other

countries? karen bass isn't going to her own presidents inauguration but she is going to the president of ghana's? why? and didn't make it back home until late this afternoon. a reporter caught up with her at lax, listen. >> on apology for being absent while their homes were burning? do you regret cutting the fire department budget by millions of dollars, meta-mayor? have you nothing to say today? have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today? >> jesse: nothing. biden was considering basque for vp. so who else is running things? this right here, ladies and gentlemen? this is the leadership of the l.a. fire department. i sure hope they know what they are doing. here's the fire chief. >> she took time out of her already busy schedule to tell us about her vision for the department's future. one that includes a three year strategic plan to increase diversity. >> people ask me what number you

looking for? i said i'm not looking for a number, it is never enough. >> reporter: out of 3300 city firefighters, only 115 are women right now. she is already looking at ways to change that. but the chief also checks a box when it comes to inclusivity and diversity at this department. a proud member of the 2slgbtq+ community. >> that just opens the door of people that thought wow, i didn't even know that was an opportunity for me. >> jesse: so while her department was sending equipment to ukraine, the chief was marching and pride parades. which is fine, have all the pride you want. but you better make sure you are ready to do your job when it counts. the l.a. county fire department fired a ton of men who refused to get vaccinated. that they could have used those men today. and fat cat california has a program to scrub white males from the fire department. adam carolla says he tried to apply to be a firefighter in l.a. once but they told him to go to the back of the line. >> when i talk about my white privilege so badly, i could not

find a job. i walked to a fire station in north hollywood, i was 19, i was living in the garage of my family home, my mom was on welfare and food stamps and i said, can i get a job as a fireman? and they said no, because you are not black, hispanic or a woman. we will see you in about seven years. >> jesse: california is committing suicide before our very eyes. the state spent built -- billions of dollars on equity programs and they can't deliver basic services. newsom spent more money fighting homelessness than fighting fires. and both of them are out of control. the state has a drug problem, a homeless problem, everything is burning and there is no water. bridges are blowing up, migrants are running off of boats onto beaches. california is run by public servants cannot serve the public. and the governor looks around and says, i'm going to run for president. this is completely unacceptable in the united states of america in 2025.

actor zachary levi said newsom is not doing his job and he joins me now. all right zach, what is going on out there? >> hey,, how are you doing there? listen, i don't -- i can't -- i wish i could explain it. i think the first thing i wanted to say, most important, i think we should be holding every single person in california, and when it counted by these fires, we should be holding them in prayer. dissenting as much love and light and support as we can to everyone who is being affected right now. this the most devastating fire in los angeles history. my family is from ventura, california,, a group there most my life and i was in l.a. for 15 years, this is very personal. the thomas fire ravaged ventura in 2016 and it was so gnarly and they're still picking up the pieces from that fire. so this is just -- it is catastrophic. looking at the news, i'm in austin, texas, and watching the news, it looks like i'm watching

a post-apocalyptic war film, it is so sad. and ultimately why we have ended up in this place? i mean i have been hearing you on your show leading into the segment, i think you are hitting a lot of it on the head. this is just incredible mismanagement. incredibly poor leadership. i would go so far as to say it is criminally negligent. gavin newsom has been either the governor for five years or lieutenant governor prior to that for eight or nine years. some of the worst fire as we have ever had in california under that watch. he clearly knows that the biggest problem that we suffer and california are these fires. and by the way, the mudslides that follow. and for them to do, essentially, not just nothing but worse than nothing when firefighter budgets are being cut, when they are specifically, intentionally not doing the work that could be done to avoid these problems or to be able to effectively serve them when they are happening, we

are losing -- i think it's something like millions of acres of feet of water runoff from rain and snow every year in california. as you pointed out. i think the smelt have something to do with that. and an acre foot of water by the way is about 330,000 gallons of water. and there is millions of those that are just rolling off into the ocean when they could be captured in cisterns. we would have an ecosystem of hoses and safety measures that can keep all of these homes and people in the homes safe. and for some reason they choose to do none of that. and at some point it goes just beyond hoops. it goes beyond negligence. there is something most criminally intelligent about this. what they're doing, i don't know. >> jesse: you mention criminal intent. you mention criminal negligence. because california can build anything. look at silicon valley, look at hollywood. if they want to do something,

california can do it. but you have not built a single reservoir in 10 years? you were just letting water run into the pacific because of what, a fish that no one has heard of? does anybody care about the smelt fish? >> i mean listen, i think that both can be true. i think we can care about the smelt fish and care about our environment and also be able to value human life and they wonderful cities and civilizations that we have built and find some kind of balance and all of that. even still with the smelt, there's a reason why we couldn't have safeguards to prevent what is going on right now. this is just absurd. but i would say that at the end of the day, like i said, i don't know if there is criminal intent. i have no idea why they are doing or not doing the things that they are doing. but they must be held responsible, this is not good leadership. and listen, this is the man who, in the middle of the pandemic when people were being locked up for going to gathering together,

he was at french laundry having dinner with his friends. what does that say about the character of this man who was doing nothing to help the people of california? i don't believe that he is. so i think that there needs to be some kind of accountability that is held to the leadership, not just of california but also of our nation. listen, there are still people in eastern north carolina that are still climbing out of the rubble of the hurricane that totally ravaged all of them in florida and north carolina and south carolina and that is still happening and they are completely dropping the ball there. what's going to happen now with southern california? by the way, one of the things that is most criminal and all of this, don't know if you know this but 70% or so of the insured in southern california that used to have fire insurance in their home months ago, this insurance was taken away. the insurance company said no, we are not going to offer fire insurance anymore. they don't need flood insurance, they need fire insurance. this is a fire hazard, of course

that's the insurance they need and want. and months ago this was stripped from people. this is not okay. it is not okay in any way, shape or form. >> jesse: i'm hearing that state farm yanked coverage because regulators in california would not let them raise rates. so now millions of people do not have fire insurance and they have lost their homes and have nothing. and you are right. you mentioned north carolina, or member the maui fires. still devastation and they were staying in five-star luxury resorts. so we expect more, we expect better, we expect dignity and competence in the united states of america. that is not too much to ask. i know there has been a recall in california but there might have to be something else to hold gavin newsom accountable. a trial, a public email yay should because if this isn't enough to step down as governor, if you had a little honor, a thing that's what it calls for. great talking to you. >> you as well. >> jesse: appreciate it. i hope you and your family are

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>> jesse: as the deadly california wildfires continue to rage on with no end in sight, our national correspondent is on the ground in pacific palisades with the latest. chef? >> were on here in sunset boulevard just off the set of the downtown area of pacific palisades and this what we have been watching all evening long. this was an apartment complex right here, huge, multiple stories and it is now level other than a brick chimney off into the distance. a concern tonight is all of these wins picking up and what

is coming downwind. you look off to the shoulder over here, i don't know if you can see it but there are embers shooting up above this apartment complex that a couple hours ago, it seemed like it was in a safe spot. it seemed like it was one of the fortunate ones but it is now on fire. and you can see off into the distance, that is the concern right there. those are fires that are coming down the hill here in pacific palisades. and as though strong wind gusts pick up, it is carrying hot embers. you see them flying off into the sky, it is carrying those hot embers into the sky and it is landing on other areas that are currently not on fire. this is what fire crews have to deal with tonight. it is dark out right now, windsor picking up, it is still pretty hot out and those embers as you see are flying all over the place, starting new fires further down and leveling more neighborhoods in the pacific palisades. >> jesse: how fast is this fire moving? what areas are considered in the path and do people have escape

routes? it looks like there was just one way in and one way out. >> jessie, like i told you before, all that stuff you saw before was not on fire about an hour ago. so if that gives you any idea of how fast this thing is moving, it is not only moving fast but it is very unpredictable. you will go through areas where you think, okay,, a couple houses are, okay,, they are not on fire, you circle back and all of a sudden the whole area is on fire. and as you said, in some of these neighborhoods there is really only one way in and one way out and sometimes that one way is then full of flames, full of smoke, full of hot embers and it is really hard to see and visualize your way out, especially when it gets dark like this. there is no son to guide you and everything starts to look the same. >> jesse: when you talked to some residents there, they are in shock, they feel a sense of terror, a sense of resignation that they have lost everything? >> absolutely. they have never seen anything like this. as someone who has lived in

california for nearly seven years and i live just down the street from here, i have covered a lot of wildfires and i have never seen anything like this. hole neighborhoods just leveled, it is devastating. >> jesse: i'm so sorry to hear that. keep up the great work and stay safe, thank you jeff. tricia constantino, a southern california resident to escape from the fires just told us that she lost her business in the palisades fire and she joins us now. so what kind of business did you have? >> this month it would be 10 years, i owned a math and reading center franchise in the village. >> jesse: and did you watch it go up in flames? >> i was send videos. i assumed it was gone based on what i saw burning last night. but it was actually really helpful to see it so that i didn't have to wonder if it was there or not. >> jesse: so you must have tutored dozens of students over

the years. >> maybe 1300. >> jesse: 1500. i'm sure they are devastated, how do you feel? >> i'm worried about all of them. i keep getting texts from parents back there is a lot of kids who don't have homes. the lucky ones level little outside of town. but all of my students have lost their schools. so it's -- it is incomprehensible. >> jesse: any pets survived this? we have seen some horses being led to safety. >> i'm sorry, are you asking about -- >> jesse: i'm wondering -- because right now we're looking at some horses that were rescued, were there any animals or dogs that were affected? >> well i'm sure, i'm not sure.

i have my pet dog. i think most people -- it kind of depends on where people live. people in the village, a lot of them thought they were going to be back probably that same day. so i have only heard of one family of mine that lost a little guy, lost his lizards. that's all i know. >> jesse: is there a sense that there was not enough warning here? were people given ample warning? how fast did this happen? >> there wouldn't be any warning that would have been able to help anyone. it moved faster than anything i have ever seen it. i live in the high lands where the fire started, up the canyon road that was blocked. and we have had lots of little flareups over the years. and the fire department always handles it. we don't even worry.

i wasn't worried, i was watching. i was videotaping, i was texting people. no one knew it was going to be that bad. and certainly no one knew -- it has never turned and headed towards town. it is never happened. so it caught everyone off guard. >> jesse: our people safe right now? because the speed at which this thing is moving and the unpredictability, you think you are in a safe location but this thing can turn on a dime with the winds. >> i mean as far as i know, the pacific palisades is pretty much empty of residents. everyone has evacuated, everyone has heeded warnings at this point, i don't know a single person who is still there. santa monica is the neighboring -- we were bordered by santa monica and malibu and evacuation orders are going out for the communities close by.

i have been texting everyone i know in neighboring communities saying they mean it. if you have a chance to go, go. do pinker's next to us and i texted some employees and said, it is for real. >> jesse: if you are in one of those neighborhoods watching the show right now, turn the show off and go somewhere else. because from what we understand, this thing is moving very quickly. all right, i'm glad you were, okay,, i'm very sorry about the business. just between covid and now this fire, these children have had a tough stretch in the last couple of years. god bless them and god bless you, think you so much tricia. >> you're welcome. >> jesse: donald trump just talked about these fires and other things on capitol hill moments ago, we will bring you what he set up next. ♪ ♪ en by your side. ontario, canada, a partner connected by shared history, shared values, and a shared vision

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california, from continued to washington. >> i've been trying to get gavin newsom to allow water to come in, to have tremendous water up there. they send it to the pacific because they are trying to protect the tiny little fish which is in other areas, by the way. it's called a smell to. and for the sake of the smelt, they have no water. they had no water in the fire hydrants, it was a terrible thing. and we're going to get that done, you will finally be done. i got it done from the federal side and he didn't want to sign it but it's not going to happen again like that. there is no reason. can you imagine, farmers with no water in california, they have plenty of water. they're not in a drought. they scent it out to the pacific and it's crazy. so what is happening in california is a true tragedy. i know those areas very well, i have many friends living in those houses, that is a true tragedy. >> jesse: he is in d.c. today to pay respect to jimmy carter. came with his letter slate of agenda and get excitement over cabinet picks. trump was held in court, the majority leader's office meeting

with a handful of influential republican senators. is vitally important that these things get off on the right foot. while trump is making himself comfortable at the capitol, kamala is getting ready to leave. she has one more taxpayer-funded world tour to squeeze in before they hand the keys over to j.d. vance and air force to. she's heading to singapore and germany. why? to tout their administrations many successes and plant the seeds for a potential 2028 wrana. meanwhile, biden visited his granddaughter naomi who delivered his first great grandchild. according to "usa today", this great grandpa still thinks he is got it. when he was asked do you believe you could have one in november, biden said, quote, it's presumptuous to say that but i think yes. based on the polling. joe's own polling had trump wiping the floor with him but maybe they never showed that to him. and that is not all.

joe took it on himself to reflect on jimmy carter with this. and then i went back and i saw him and i bent down and he was in tough shape, to kiss him goodbye and he asked me to do his eulogy. the interviewer says he asked you to do that? joe says, i believe that's what he said. well he implied that if he didn't specifically ask. what i? he was just a decent guy. so the whole interview is a mess, biden's words make even less sense when you have to read them but "usa today"'s susan page is saying he has still got all of his marbles. >> he was engaged and lively, he was loquacious, he answered every question i posed. the last time i interviewed him was before the 2020 election. so he is older now, his voice sometimes dips so it is very soft and you have to really strain to hear him but he seemed mentally sharp. and we had a very far ranging

conversation. >> jesse: doesn't really matter how many puff pieces the media writes about joe, obama still hates biden. and they want him out of the white house now. the "pod save america" boys are planning biden for all the fancy metals he has been handing out. why didn't barack obama get one? >> liz cheney didn't get the medal of freedom, she got the one that was like just below it. which, by the way, upset some folks. >> i will say because obama gave out a whole bunch as well, he gave one to biden. and biden did not return the favor. >> that's interesting. >> i guess they are not really on speaking terms i suppose. after all that has happened. >> jesse: if laura conger's minnen incoming national security advisor joins us now. so it is a mess. california is on fire, joe says he probably would have one. obama people think joe should have given barack obama a metal

and kamala is going on a world tour. what is going on? >> let me tell you the perspective from mar-a-lago and president trump. the entire world, literally, is reaching out to meet with him, to talk to him. and i can tell you the conversations are saying we can't wait. so let's look at where vice president harris is not going. she is not going down to mexico city, she is not going down to central america to deal with the core causes of migration, if you remember that charge. or how about the cartels? or how about fentanyl? or how about the abraham accords that we should have been signing the next round of, instead we have the entire middle east on fire. but for the strength of the israelis to take out a moss and iran's air defenses.

so look, jesse, we can keep going at president trump is ready to come in and clean up the mess once again. if you remember the isis on fire in 2015 that he had to clean up and are now sitting in prison camps in syria, he is ready to clean that mess up once again and i've got to tell you, it is the owner of a lifetime to be a part of helping. >> jesse: so when you are going to be national security advisor, tell us what the deal is with greenland. >> look, this is not just about greenland. this is about the arctic. you have russia that is trying to become king of the arctic with 60 plus icebreakers. some of them nuclear powered. you know how many we have? we have two and one just caught on fire. this is about critical minerals. this is about natural resources, this is about, as the polar ice

caps pull back, the chinese are now cranking out icebreakers and pushing up there as well. so it is oil and gas, it is our national security, it is critical minerals. and denmark can be a great ally but you cannot treat greenland, which they have operational control over, as some kind of backwater. it is in the western hemisphere, multiple presidents have tried to bring it into our sphere. and here's the thing. as you just saw from dawn jr. landing up there, the people greenland, all 56,000 of them are excited about the prospect of making the western hemisphere grade again. >> jesse: if i were from there, i would rather be on the american side of things then the danes but that is just me. the critical minerals there in greenland and the oil and gas is where, in the arctic? >> it is up in the arctic. it is all more than of canada. you are starting to see shipping lanes and shipping coming across the north side, the famous

northwest passage. that all has to be secured, jesse. and right now we don't have a single base in the north side of alaska and we need the canadians to step up. they are next to last in nato defense spending. this is about reintroducing america and the western hemisphere, whether that is taking on the cartels, the panama canal, greenland, the gulf of america which i love, i'm waiting to see the maps redrawn. you can call it doctrine to .0 but this is all part of it the america first agenda and it has been ignored for far too long. >> jesse: mike waltz, great to talk to, think you so much. dennis quaid is defending his home from the l.a. wildfires and he is going to be joining us next. ...to empty nest... ♪ ...to free birds. ♪ vanguard. we got this. fifty years of helping you invest for every chapter.

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>> jesse: fox news alert. for out of the five l.a. wildfires still 0% contained. zero. no sign of stopping. our next guest flew right above the fire last night. he was flying into lax when he smelled smoke inside the cabin and saw this out of his window.

let's bring him in. mapped, of the scale of this fire must be just dumbfounding you from that vantage point. describe it. >> that's it. to try to process the scale, as we are flying into los angeles, on what seemingly was a clear day, the pilot had warned that we were going to have a turbulent flight r we were all buckled in, they canceled service on the flight but as we got closer, you can see the tail of smoke. at that time it was about 3:00 in the afternoon. i immediately knew, something catastrophic was happening. and still trying to process exactly where it is, what's going on and to what scale. and then how are we going to get through it? you can see the planes were being diverted out into the ocean as we were on approach, so to speak, and the plane is pretty bumpy and a turbulent effort to try to get back to the

coastline. and we went from clear, beautiful day right into this brown cloud. and at that point the smell in the cabin was going out and that's all it that the pilot never mentioned the fire where that we were going to go through the fire or any kind of talk of what we were about to endure. after he got through the cloud a couple minutes into it, then you can actually look back and start to see the red bursts of flames on the hillside. and again, at that time, when we landed, we're talking about 500 acres to what is now 15,000 acres just 24 hours later. it is hard to process. >> jesse: and we are looking live right now at some of this a real coverage. it just shows you the scope of the devastation. and the speed at which it is moving. that must have been pretty scary for everyone in the cabin there. is this normal? i cover this, it is almost every

year that there are wildfires in california. year after year this happens. this seems to have been the mother of all fires. >> i was born and raised in santa rosa, california, and 2017, obviously they have that catastrophic fire there. 5500 homes went down, my high schools burn to the ground, i was there several days later with my family touring the devastation. and much like we're starting to see now, you just see chimneys, you see stairwells. everything is just gone, it is decimated and it is catastrophic. and to go from 2017 in my hometown to now where we live down here in southern california and to be going through something similar, we are thankfully 30 miles south of the danger zone. but you stay alert and drop your kids off at school wondering if you'll stay close, you have to be alert.

9100-mile-an-hour gusts. if anything happens, as you have been accurately reporting, burning at that speed, you don't have a lot of time to try to gather yourself and get to safety. it's unbelievable. >> jesse: it is unbelievable. it is a beautiful place r it is a dangerous place. it doesn't have to be this dangerous if people could get it together. but matt, thank you so much. >> thank for having me. >> jesse: let's bring in good day l.a. entertainment anchor, amanda. amanda, this fire does not discriminate. people's homes, we know them from television, i have friends and family members who were out there. everyone is getting hit, isn't that right? >> that is absolutely right. we're seeing billy crystal and his wife residents of the pacific palisades who lost their home that they have lived in since 1979. residents for almost five decades, their whole neighborhood gone just like

that. paris hilton lost her home in malibu. burned to the ground. and just a couple of days ago, so many stars were walking the red carpet at the golden globes and from paris to hollywood couples, they lost their homes as well. completely gone. their neighborhood, their kids schools. we saw mandy moore who is a resident saying my kids schools pack our favorite restaurants. all of their favorite spots around their community are gone just like that. and many don't know if they will have a home to wake up to tomorrow. >> jesse: it is a very recognizable part of los angeles it is a beautiful part of los angeles. and it looks like everyone is getting hit no matter who they are no matter how much money they have, think you so much. i hope that everybody gets out okay. >> you to, think you so much for having me.

>> jesse: let's bring an actor dennis quaid. dennis, we are hearing that you returned to your house, your family is not with you, is that right? >> no, they are at a hotel with friends right now, jesse. and thank you for having me here. and before we get started, i would like to thank anthony, james, mike zimmerman and more for 5113 from fresno who came down here to help out with this fire. can't say enough about the firefighters who have been here, they really made the difference, they are the guys that are running in when everybody else is running out. and they made a difference right here on my block. i have to say the fire was not more than 100, 150 yards away from taking out the whole block. and i think you are showing some

footage that i shot today, the guys came down with the helicopters and knock those little spring ups of fire down and so far have saved the block. i hope the wind doesn't change. >> jesse: you are lucky, not a lot of people have gotten lucky. but thank god for some of these choppers and some of these men and women up in the air dumping this juice down and preventing this thing from spreading. what is the feeling like? it has to be just sheer panic among the people living in this area. >> yes, i have been through several fires here in california. in my 45 years that i have been in and around here. and this is the worst one, bar none. it came up so suddenly but then it started about 10:30 yesterday for us. but noticed this huge plume that was coming down my stairs and

out the window, there was a huge plume. and then within an hour, you started to see all of this carnage that was going on in the palisades drive and the car is getting backed up and the sheer panic of those poor people up in the highlands. people lost everything. in just a few minutes. and thank god that i hear that as far as the deaths and injuries that have been in this have been very low. and i hope that continues to be the case. and i think we can credit a lot of that to the firefighters that have come in and helped rescue and then say people's property. and keep things working. if you can get back into your

house today or tomorrow or the next day. firefighters will be out there. many working 24 hours for sure. if you go to starbucks get an extra coffee or an extra sausage sandwich are extra anything. hand it out to these guys. they are out there on the line and out there with nothing to eat for some time. >> jesse: some of them haven't slept for around 96 hours. extreme feats of strength and perseverance. do you and others in the neighborhood feel let down by the government of california adults? >> well, this has been a problem in california inherent to california. i saw that rick caruso as he was a person who ran for mayor. he ran for mayor and his

daughter lost her house and the fire so my heart goes out to them. no water in the palisades. the infrastructure has been a big problem around here and it's where we should spend money. i do have an issue with that. i'm sure she got on the first plane coming back but having nothing to say once you got here. i don't know if it was edited like that. >> jesse: not a good luck. >> we need to keep it up. another fire started in runyon right now. dennis and glad to talk you into everything's okay thank you and thank all the firefighters. >> sean: welcome to hannity a fox news alert southern california is