in january where we test all the fire hydrants. that didn't happen this year. that area has a very large reservoir with four huge tanks that are supposed to be filled at all times. it's my understanding, also, that they had one of them that's been out for maintenance for a year during peak brush season. there are a lot of questions that need to be asked by the people to get answers from these so-called leaders. >> todd: not the least of which was why was not more staging done when you get high wind warning. fire department is supposed to stage fire vehicles throughout the vehicle according to what i read from your point of view before that was not done. john knox. thank you. "fox & friends" begins right now. >> steve: good friday morning, everybody. fox news alert. we start with two major stories.

at at 9:30 eastern time this morning president-elect trump will appear virtually from florida to be sentenced here in new york in the new york vs. trump case after the u.s. supreme court yesterday blocked his bid to postpone today's sentencing. >> carley: trump is planning an appeal after saying the highest court in the land made a fair decision. we will have a live report from the new york state supreme court. >> brian: five active wildfires continue to spread with little containment. the palisades fire, well, that's already burned about 20,000 acres. it's the most destructive fire in los angeles history. >> lawrence: the firestorm leaving at least 10 people dead and buildings. bill, what do you know? >> lawrence, good morning to you. unfortunately, these updates just keep getting worse. as you just mentioned. l.a. county now confirming 10 people are dead as a result of

these catastrophic wildfires here in so space cal two happening at the pacific palisades where we are where there have been more than 5,000 structures destroyed. this is monument street. basically this entire block we are standing on right now has been completely wiped out. we'll pan the camera to the right. keith will show you every single house on this street has been burned completely down to its foundation on both sides of the road. we are talking multi-million dollars homes. every single one of them completely incinerated. nothing left whatsoever. and this fire fight is about to get a whole lot more difficult. take a look at this video. these are the all-important super scoopers that l.a. county uses. we lease them from canada. well, one of them is now grounded because it has damage to its wing after a civilian drone operator crashed their drone into the super scooper yesterday afternoon while it was performing flights out here

fighting the palisades fire. now, that it is grounded, firefighters lose a very key asset. these planes are able to scoop water up from the pacific ocean. six tons at a time. dump them on the fire. it is a massive asset for these firefighters. there is only two of them. one of them now grounded because somebody broke federal law, flew a drone and damaged that aircraft. the faa now investigating trying to find out who did that. in the meantime, take a look at this video, showing the moment the palisades fire first started on tuesday morning. a friend of mine run as youtube channel over at lax. he films airplanes landing. he was live. when you see a smoke plume begin in the back room, starts out small. that plume starts getting bigger and start seeing active flame and those flames start rushing towards the homes in a matter of 16 minutes. those flames already made it to the homes. now l.a. mayor karen bass who was in africa when all of this was going on is getting a lot of heat from local media. take a listen. >> what explains this lack of

preparation and rapid response? >> let me just say, first and foremost, my number one focus and i think the focus of all of us here, with one voice, is that we have two protect lives. we have to save lives. and we have to save homes. rest assured, that. >> but that did not happen. >> rest assured, let me finish. we will absolutely do an evaluation to look at what worked, what didn't work. >> bill: i don't think anything worked based off what we are seeing out here unfortunately, guys. in the meantime president-elect donald trump pointing the finger at california leaders. and l.a. city leaders. take a listen. >> i think it's one of the great catastrophes in the history of our nation. i think that gavin is largely incompetent and i think the mayor is largely incompetent. and probably both of them are just stone cold incompetent. what they have done is terrible.

it and, guys, as can you imagine, big time impact on schools out here. all of the l.a. unified school district is closed today. we are talking more than half a million students. two schools here in pacific palisades have been completely destroyed. a third was heavily damaged. and then five schools over in the eaton fire, and the altadena area were heavily damaged as well. this fire where we are in the pacific palisades, only six percent contained as of this morning. we'll send it back to you. >> steve: bill, we are going to talk about one of those schools destroyed. i want to ask you. i know they are starting point the fingers at the officials. yesterday, did you hear the current president, joe biden, said that the hydrants ran dry because utilities cut the electricity to the pumps. and because they didn't want to start any more fires. and now they are bringing in or they have brought in generators. is that accurate? >> bill: look, we don't know.

what we do know is something went very wrong up here where there was a span of time where firemen weren't getting any water or they weren't getting enough water pressure. and it's weird, guys. you know, keith can show you we're driving around up here, and they had no water the other day. now we are seeing every single road we drive down leaking water, running all over the place. we saw broken water main gushing water. i kid you not. every single street we drive on, we don't know where this water is coming from. but it's leaking all over the place running down the hill. so, they didn't have any the other day. and now it's just leaking all over the place and we don't know the source of it because it's all over the palisades. >> brian: bill, are able able to get back of their house and what is left of their house? are they free to move in the area? it looks like the fire is gone there, obviously. >> bill: i know at least some people are able to, two of my friends had their homes burn down. one of them was able to come out here and take a look yesterday.

another one of my friends, she hasn't tried to come out here yet. but she got a video showing. >> geraldo: home has been completely destroyed. and i feel sick for her because she just moved into it two weeks ago. she just moved all her possessions into it. and she didn't have insurance on it yet. so she lost everything. has nowhere to stay thought now and does not have any money for padding for the aftermath of all of this. but, yes, i do believe they are letting some people come in, as long as they can show idea. show that they live here. they are taking looting very seriously. there is all sorts of law enforcement patrols and they asked us for our credentials at least three to four times now which we like to see because there are a lot of bad actors looking to take advantage of people in their worse moments. >> lawrence: bill, you don't just live there. you used to report for the local fox there as well. you know a lot of people there. >> bill: yes. >> lawrence: i know there was back and forth at the press conference yesterday with the fire chief. there was a memo that went to the mayor's office. warning them essentially about the budget.

and the stuff that they needed. the equipment. so i'm -- what are the local firemen telling you on the ground, your sources? >> enormous frustration. they cut, i think it was over $17 million from the budget. you're right, they sent a memo to mayor karen bass essentially saying if you cut this money, we're going to have issues down the road. now look at the issue we are having, guys. it's just big-time frustration. a lot of frustration over the fact that, look, l.a. mayor karen bass, she was on her trip overseas. in africa when this happened. and the questions we're getting from firemen and law enforcement is she the mayor of los angeles or the mayor of guana? because this forecast was out there for many days in advance. an extreme wind event with extreme potential risk for fire. she could have come back. she decided not to. and she says once this fire broke out, she got back to l.a. as fast as she could. she took a military flight. she was in communication with everybody but, guys, the

symbolism of having the mayor of los angeles completely mia, physically not here, as one of the wealthiest areas in the state is wiped off the map is just stunning. guys, i kid you not, i have covered all sorts of catastrophic wildfires during my career here in the los angeles area. including the woolsey fire in 2018. this is the worst thing i have ever seen. it looks like h hiroshima it los like a bomb went off. >> ainsley: seeing all these before and afters. videos of parents walking their kids to school. so idyllic. now look at it. even celebrities are speaking out. newscum and baath need to go. this fire is not from climate change you ignorant blank. liberal idiots like you will elect liberal idiots like gavin

newsom and bass. failed democratic leaders as the state smowrldz. what are you hearing on the ground there? many. >> bill: everybody has the idea multi millionaire some of them are, it's true. a lot of people like the girl i know, she is a school teacher. she just saved up for a really long time. the other guy whose home burned down deputy district attorney. a prosecutor. we are talking about regular folks, firemen live up here. cops live up here. it doesn't matter what the politics are right now. everybody is just completely devastated. there is going to be time for the blame game. there is going to be time for all sorts of political fallout. i think that's all going to come once these flames are finally out. once -- they are still pulling bodies out of the rubble. we have no idea how many people are going to end up being dead. law enforcement haven't been able to get into all these different neighborhoods yet. guys. the most destructive wildfire in so call history the woolsey fire

2018. destroyed about 1600 structures. we are over 5,000 right now just here in the palisades, okay? we got another 4,000 at the eaton fire this is the most catastrophic wildfire in so will cal history. blame game and political fallout from this. i think we will be talking about that once these fires are finally out and we get a full accounting of what really happened here. >> brian: you will be all over it, bill. we will check in again with you shortly. in terms of numbers. j.p. morgan analysts they expect economic losses stemming from the fires to be closer to 50 billion. estimate the insurance losses will exceed 20 billion. the ones that are still insured. and then i ask you, joe biden yesterday basically said we are going to redeem everything. 100 percent of it. what about the people of north carolina? as devastating as this is.

you can't promise to reimburse the entire country. it's not your money. >> steve: he was talking about the cost of the fire fighting. but here -- think of the human cost. and, you know, after covid. we have talked about the educational loss because a lot of people didn't go to school. well, just imagine if your school went up in flames, went up in that fire, we have got an interview they did on "fox & friends first" earlier with palisades charter high school. three kids, keep in mind. we know they will try as soon as they possibly can to start doing virtual classes. but here's the thing. if those kids lost their houses, where are they going to be? are they even still going to be in that town? are they going it move? what is their future look like? here's what they told carley and todd earlier. >> it's very hard to see not only a place that we went to learn but a place in our daily routine you know, got burned

down. our staff and everyone on standby but we trust in our community to rebuild our infrastructure and policies. we know we can do it with the help, you know, of our close family friends and all of those that would like to donate. so our home, thank god, is perfectly fine. but we have had some issues with looting. we have seen time and time again, neighborhoods near us going through terrible, terrible fires. >> it's really not just a school and a place that we learn but it's a community and we need a lot of hope and support right now. i really hope that we can all just come together and help rebuild the place. >> steve: how many will move? it's going to take years to rebuild that school. they will never be back in that school. they will have graduated from high school. >> ainsley: they have already been through covid once and now probably have to go a virtual system. we remember our high school. greatest memories.

the best. >> lawrence: those kids are well-spoken. they spoke with authority on it. i feel sad for them. because the leaders there let them down. it's a basic function of government to keep people safe and to protect them. it's not like the citizens know how to fight fires. and they leave it in the hands of the elected officials to protect them. and they haven't done anything. >> brian: only thing i could think of is going to be a mass influx of trailers. i mean, that's all i could think of. some of those trailers are really nice. i think that's the next move. you got to give people temporary housing in the plots of lands they have. and 10,000 structures. 10,000 structures. say 7,000 are residential. so, that's what i think -- literally, you can't wait anymore. you need some place to live. there is no hotels or people can't afford them. sadly i think people are jacking up the rates. i think there has got to be this huge push for temporary facilities for the classrooms

and for the homes. >> steve: but there is also no infrastructure. you know, bill is talking about there is leaking water. the water infrastructure is screwed up. the gas infrastructure. the electric. it's -- there is no bank. there is no there there. so many of those families will move out of l.a. i don't blame them. why would you stay in a place where they are being led by anymore couple poops who couldn't figure out how to run and build a fire department. >> the looting they have been looting. they have been stealing in this city and the leaders have allowed feel steal. people just don't start. >> ainsley: did you hear about the dad amputee. 67 years old. anthony mitchell. son bedridden his son is justin in his 20's. the dad said he wouldn't leave his son behind and both of them were killed in the altadena

fire. >> brian: can you imagine that the daughter is telling the story. 15 minutes after the hour. this is important. los angeles communities impacted by the california wildfires need help. >> ainsley: and fox corporation has made a $1 million donation to the red cross california wildfires relief effort that provides safe shelter, hot meals, emotional support and other aid resources. >> lawrence: you can support american red cross by donating today. >> steve: that's right. you can see the website on the screen. it is go.fox/red cross or see that left qr code, open your phone to the camera and touch the little yellow button and you will be able to donate on your phone right now. >> ainsley: in local news i would show up to fires and the red cross was always there. they would bring food trucks. blankets. they would provide shelter for all these families. i'm sure they are extremely overwhelmed right now. >> brian: during the sandy stuff, they stayed there for three years. they would be in open parks and unbelievable because they had the ability to act quickly.

now to another fox news alert. at 9:30 in the morning, president trump will appear virtually to be sentenced in that new york vs. trump case after the supreme court blocked his bid to postpone the sentencing late last night. >> fox news senior correspondent eric shawn is live at the new york state supreme court. good morning, eric. >> good morning, ainsley. well, he won't be going to jail, but there could be a fine. and a tongue lashing by judge juan merchan. that after the supreme court gave the sentencing the go ahead last night. in its decision, the high court rejected trump's bid to delay his sentencing. four conservative justices thomas, alito, gain of function research and kavanaugh say they would have granted a stay. the court said quote the burden impose on the president-elect's impose a sentence of unconditional discharge after a

brief after a brief virtual hearing. >> they called for an appeal. they acknowledged what the judge said we are going to appeal because frankly it's a grace. a judge that shouldn't have been on the case. is he a highly conflicted judge. and they called for an appeal, so i read it and i thought it was a fair decision, actually. >> the president-elect will not be here in person. he will be convicted last may 34 counts of filing false business instruments for paying off stormy daniels so voters would not find out about their alleged tryst during the 2016 presidential election. the lawyers argue the presidential immunity decision also covers him before he takes office. but, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg countered that presidential immunity, he said, does not apply because trump was

not president when he broke the law. our function right now primarily is to give voice to that verdict and respect, it's a principle. bedrock principle of the administration of justice that the jury's voice must not be rubbed out. you can't go back in time and change. our job is to apply the law and the fact. we did our job and will continue to do it. the president-elect $57,000 in fines. not likely he will get those fines. see what happens during the hearing. and as far as the legalities are concerned. the conditional discharge means he won't be on probation. won't have supervision. so that basically ends all this. but, legally, once he is sentenced, that means he will be entering the white house as a convicted felon. back to you. >> brian: until they go and appeal it. all right. thanks so much. appreciate it, eric. >> steve: back at his post. let's bring in fox news legal

editor kerri urbahn. i think a lot of people were surprised that this supreme court, which has a conservative bent to it found that they said they are not going to stop it given the fact that last summer they ruled in favor of trump when it came to presidential immunity. >> i was surprised and i wasn't surprised. on one hand i thought they may not do it because it's so close to inauguration and they are concerned it will be an appearance of giving trump a boost and they don't want that on the other hand, to your point, steve, they did write the doctrine so this was an opportunity i thought for the supreme court to look at what judge merchan had done and say look, you can't just give immunity the back of the hand. it's a bit more complicated than that it was going to get back to them. opportunity to define the doctrine that they wrote. they wrote the book and now have to work out the details. they bypassed that that being said, this is eventually going to make its way back to the supreme court on the merits. this case is going to get back.

they may have been thinking that as well. the last point i would make on this, it is noteworthy that the four conservative justices, alito, thomas, gorsuch and kavanaugh said they would have granted it. in an order like that, you don't typically see which judges, justices vote yes or no. sometimes you do. sometimes you don't. but when they want to make a statement, that's when they put their names in. so it is interesting that they decided to put their names out there. >> lawrence: did you get the impression they want to hear the full case? one of the things that has always concerned me about this, when you have the immunity decision and then you look at the testimony that was presented in court, that is directly linked to immunity, some of the people that testified was doing the presidency. people that worked for the president. so how can that stand, how can both things be true? >> right. and i was there every day. and there was a lot of testimony to your pointed introduced about the time when president trump was in the white house.

which could presumably be official acts. a lot of his case is based on private conduct; however, the key in the supreme court presidential immunity decision, they said yes, private conduct is not protected. however, you can't use official conduct to support your case against the private conduct. and so, here, it's messy. we heard about meetings and conversations and the like when donald trump was in office. and we don't know how much the jury relied on that to render their verdict against donald trump. and so, at some point, a case -- a court is going to have to untangle all of that so, that's why it's complicated. >> ainsley: they want to say is he a convicted felon. donald trump has said that he won overwhelmingly. america sees what is happening. do you think this will even matter to the american people? >> oh, i think it will matter in that it will boost their support for him even more. we shouldn't be here.

>> ainsley: help him? >> i think it does help him. although i think it is a sad and bad day for the justice system and body politic. i really do. >> brian: the appeal process can begin. >> it can begin. i do think he has a real chance of being vindicated on appeal given the amount of reversible error apparent in the case. >> brian: you are going to charge us for the full rate so i'm going to ask you about another case. [laughter] the appeals court is going to release. so jack smith pages. garland made that clear yesterday. so we are going to see some of the investigation. which investigation of jack smith are we going to see? >> well, attorney general garland can't and won't, he said he won't release anything on the classified documents case. because that's -- there are two co-defendants in that case. and so it would obviously prejudice their case if that was revealed. now, he has said that he wants to release the january 6th report and the appeals court now has issued an order on that. and so, the lower court judge

there has said it would be three days from now. i think as early as sunday. we could see that report being released. however, it's a bit muddled. because there are still orders and appeals flying around. so it could be sometime next week, i would make the argument that jack smith already released his january 6th report in early october with 165-page document that he didn't have to release and that a lot of people saw it as election interference or an attempt to influence. so that report, everyone, is going to be everything we already know and we have been hearing nonstop for the last three years. so what's the point? >> brian: right. there is so much more going on. i can't even imagine other networks thinking that's a headline story. >> brian: his nominees? agenda? hot wars, a fire? >> steve: thank you very much for joining us, making it easy to understand. >> ainsley: how much did you charge, brian? >> brian: no, she charges me. that's why i wanted to get the most. >> ainsley: all right. we have more "fox & friends" on the other side.

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>> carley: we are back with a fox news alert. response to a five alarm apartment fire in the bronx. here is what taken earlier when the fire was shooting through the roof. according to police, four people

have been hospitalized according to firefighters. crews believe the flames started on the upper floors. residents who made it out safely left sitting in the cold. this is a developing story. officials say once the fire is out, they will start investigating the cause. and later today, president biden will hold a briefing on the federal response to the los angeles wildfires as he faces criticism over this gaffe from yesterday. >> i want to turn it over now to the vice president before we go onto the folks in the various cabinet positions as well as agencies that control these issues. madam vice president, i know you are directly affected so you fire away. no pun intended. federal government will cover 100 percent of the cost of debris removal. temporary shelters and first responders' salaries. brian, over to you. >> brian: thanks so much, carley. fox news alert right now. five active wildfires are raging

across southern california. a lack of water is preventing firefighters from doing their jobs. ricky crawford is a retired battalion chief with los angeles fire department joins us now. chief, thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me on. >> brian: where was the water you? heard the myriad of explanations. i saw the "new york times" today say they ran dry because the storage tanks that hold the water for high elevation areas and the pumping systems could not keep pace with demand as the fire raced from neighborhood to neighborhood. does that story work for you? >> >> with my sources and i started getting reports of there was no water that was going to be a game changer. three r's of crisis management and actually where this conversation should have taken place. you start with relationships starting off building a coalition with area fire departments and also utility companies and also your federal partners. you want to start having these

coalitions so you are not shaking hands and making phone calls at the time of the incident. the most important part of this is the recognition piece. early recognition of a problem. you know you have a wind event coming in to this part of the region and it's going to be unprecedented particularly dangerous situation at the national weather service gave the fire department and southern california, utility companies, this is where you are having this conversation making sure everything is online and everything is running and so you won't have any issues. and then you will have a contingency plan in the case that does happen. third r is response. you have proper response with strong and decisive leadership. so, when you do have something that you need to make some adaptable changes, you have the players in the room at the right time to minimize the damage and i don't see that that's where this happened. >> brian: chief it, sounds like i would really like to put you in charge right now. yesterday, we talked about the budget cuts, it made no sense. now we find out that kristen crowley to complained about the budget cuts now said i made

difficult adjustments, essentially don't blame the mayor. here is a flashback though. she said these budgetary reductions have adversely effected the department's ability to maintain the corporations, the reduction in hours has severely limited the department's capacity to prepare for, train for and respond to large scale emergencies. yesterday she says well, i made different decisions and we didn't worry about it. and that wasn't a factor here. what's the truth when you cut 17.6 million out of a budget? >> well, typically, if you know when you make budget cuts, you don't necessarily see an immediate effect right away. particularly something that happens in a trickle down effect that will happen later. the timing of this is really just unprecedented. so when you do have those auxiliary pieces that you cut from around your fire stations and kind of dwindle your -- dwindle it down to just basically what your fire stations going to receive the major part of that money, what you do is you basically in effect cut your insurance policy. your fire department actually is an insurance policy for a city.

and so when you cut -- make budget cuts, you typically are just cutting your insurance policy by 17% in a sense. we have been pretty much in the past when i was there as well pretty lucky we didn't have a recipe for disaster come in when we had budget cuts in the past. in case like this, one of the other issues is staffing. the three r's of crisis management in that relationship is recognition. staffing plans. so, when something like this comes up, you have a predicted wind event. this is where you are keeping an extra platoon on duty. not letting the firefighters go home. pretty much doubling your workforce. los angeles has a very unique system in where that we have one extra engine and ladder truck stations add three additional people. create an extra company and 47 additional engines would have been created. that's one of the missed points there. >> brian: there is. it would also help if you are cutting the budget. don't usually double the los angeles department of water

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>> good morning, everyone. following two big stories obviously southern california where we have incredible amounts of acreage just burning out-of-control, still. zero percent containment at the eaton fire. 6% at palisades. over 30,000 acres burning. winds have calmed down considerably, but, we're still dealing with some wind gusts.

and the ground is dry. we're dealing with dry brush and any kind of ember or spreading of fires is going to potentially be a worsening situation. so we still have that weather outlook as critical, especially interior sections of southern california down towards san diego. the smoke is going to be a big deal. respiratory issues. especially for our first responders. not only, you know, the wood, but all of the particulates in the air, that's going to be dangerous long term. and then the potential for another santa anna wind setup next week. so we need to watch that the other big story, huge winter storm effecting areas that don't typically see a lot of heavy winter weather. including ice for parts of texas, louisiana, arkansas, mississippi, alabama, up towards tennessee. heavy snow and the potential for ice. we have got ice right now moving into the atlanta metro area and that could potentially be crippling fox weather.com for

all the weather details. anxiously over to you. >> ainsley: thank you, janice. a victory for women's sports as a judge in kentucky is blocking the biden administration's efforts to redefine title ix at schools all across our country. the student athlete behind the lawsuit adlai a cross writing in a fox news op-ed the fact that males are participating in our sports takes the fun out of competing. not only does it make us feel safe the older we get the more obvious it becomes that they are going to beat us. the records, the medals, and the opportunities will be going to them. adaleia and her parents and attorney join us now. abigail and holden, tell us what your daughter's story is she runs track high school in west virginia. tell us what happened to her. >> yes. so i unfortunately our daughter was forced to compete against the male student in her seventh

and eighth grade track years. so, you know, not only was she competing against this person but she was also sharing a locker room, you know, as time went on. she eventually lost her spot to this male on the track team and then not only that, she was also sexually harassed inside the locker room. from this biological male student. >> wow, abigail our job as parents is to protect them. when she came home and told you, this how did you feel? >> it was just heart breaking to watch over the, you know, few weeks and months that this was building up. and then to hear that the shower. was just heart breaking like you said we want to do everything to protect our daughters and not

allow anything like this to happen. >> ainsley: did the school do anything about the vulgar comment? >> unfortunately, we originally reached out to them, no. >> we didn't receive a response. >> ainsley: matt, how did you feel about this ruling? >> we were very excited about the ruling. this is a colossal wind, not only for students like adaleia but for every young woman and girl across the country that wants fairness on the playing field. it doesn't want a man coming into locker room or restroom or even students and teachers that don't want to be forced to use inaccurate names and pronouns. we are glad to see the nationwide the biden administration and no future administration can enforce this rule against any student anywhere. >> ainsley: matt, will this stick and does this effect at the college level, too? >> yes, it does. title ix rule applied from k 12 all the way to college. we have seen how time and time again courts looking at this issue rules unlawful.

free speech, privacy and safety of young girls. >> we are hopeful that other courts are going to follow this court's lead and make sure that this rule stays dead and doesn't try and come back alive. >> ainsley: all right. well, abigail and holden adaleia how did she respond to this and what kind of reaction is she getting at school? >> she was excited. you know, she was excited, hopeful, you know, it made us feel hopeful. our kids are out on a snow day right now. they haven't been back to school for quite some time. but, you know, we are hoping that she is -- overwhelming positivity again. >> ainsley: what is she like as a person? 15 years old? i don't know that i would have been brave enough to stand up to anybody else at that age? >> yeah, we are extremely proud of her. she is such a brave, smart gerbil, you know. so, we're really proud of her. we know a lot of adults won't even stand up to this issue. and for a 15-year-old girl to come forward and really

impressed just by her as a person, you know, speaks volumes to what she is. >> ainsley: we have interviewed so many women and many of them said they voted for donald trump for this reason alone because they want sports to be fair and they don't want to worry about being in danger locker room with biological male. thank you for coming on. >> thank you so much for having us. >> ainsley: thank you. the coverage continues of the devastating wildfires in the los angeles area as homeowners start to face the reality of the destruction observation exclusive announcement another company looking to invest in the united states. ♪

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it a close, close ally. so proud to partner with vietjet, bikini airlines bring $64 billion investment into american aviation, manufacturing, and really proud of this to see our country rebuild after a devastating war and we can be a close ally of america in the indo-pacific. it really just shows the trump effect. i call this the trump domino effect. things are just falling in place even before he is sworn in. >> lawrence: is this the reason that you guys are taking this initiative to the country right now because donald trump is the president with the economic policies that we're all expecting is that the reason for the investment? >> yes. my partners are very excited about the economic growth.

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