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president-elect donald trump will appear virtually to be sentenced in the new york vs. trump case. supreme court lock blocked to postpone proceedings. >> ainsley: trump plans to appeal saying the highest court in the land fair decision. we will have the latest. >> lawrence: los angeles, five active wildfires continue to spread with little containment. the palisades that already burned about 20,000 acres. >> steve: this firestorm and the storms and the fires have left at least 10 people dead that we know of. in more than 9,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed. bill melugin is standing in front of one of them and he is live in pacific palisades. now, bill. we are talking a little bit earlier about the people who essentially are looking for an opportunity to loot and that is

why it is very hard for reporters to get where you are. explain the process. we see nut morning. we don't realize how many times you were stopped getting there. >> bill: yeah. happy to explain it. so, we -- our station is about 15 minutes away from here. three or four checkpoints to get into the burn area. one time we weren't allowed in. they moved us down to another area. then we got to another check point asked show i.d. and credentials. got. in another check point where they again asked us to show our i.d. and credentials. then we got deeper into the burn zone here in the palisades. then when we got to the live location recommendation a patrol of lapd vehicles stopped by and once again asked us for our i.d. and our credentials. they're taking looting very seriously out here and we are glad to see it. the destruction is just jaw-dropping, guys. take a look. this is one of the homes burned out on the street here.

i know it all starts to kind of like blend together and all look the same. as we pan to the right here. every single house on the street is destroyed on both sides of the street. and every single street we have passed by looks like this. there have been over 5,000 structures destroyed here at this palisades fire. so far two people have died in this fire. 10 people in total. in these l.a. county wildfires. the fire fight is going to get a lot more difficult, guys. take a look at video. l.a. county super scooper aircraft that are so important. there is only two of them. one of them is now grounded because it was struck by a civilian drone out here at the palisades fire yesterday afternoon. it now has a hole in its wing. the faa says they are now investigating trying to find out who crashed that drone into that super scooper. these planes are remarkable. they dip into the pacific ocean and dump 6 tons of water at a time on these fires. so, firefighters losing a big time asset because some clown had a drone out here that they

were flying around. then we want to show you this video. take a look. this is the start of the palisades fire. the moment it first broke out tuesday morning. a friend of mine rubs a youtube channel over at lax. where he is always live. and is he showing airplanes landing. it's an airline channel. in the background of these planes landing. you see the smoke plume slowly starting to begin on the back hill. it gets bigger and bigger. ultimately within about 15 minutes its flames running down hill, heading towards the homes in that area. president-elect donald trump says there is failure across the board here at the state level in california and certainly at the city level. 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.

>> bill: and, guys, this palisades fire we are at right now. it's only 6% contained. it's up to about 20,000 acres. just to put that number in perspective for you. one acre is roughly the size of a football field manhattan island in new york city where you guys are is about 16,000 acres. so this fire is bigger than the entire area of manhattan. at least the burn zone for it, guys. >> bill, quick question. i understand that i understand the police want to keep the area safe and they want to make sure that there is no looters going in. what about the people that want to come back to the house and start to look at and assess the damage. are they allowed to get through those checkpoints as well? >> as far as we're aware, yes, they are. as long as they can show i.d. that specifically shows their address here in the palisades or some kind of a document showing that they have a legitimate reason to be here. one of my friends, is he a prosecutor for the l.a. county

d.a.'s office. his home burned down up here. and he told me last night he was able to get in here. come and take a look. so, we know some people at least are able to get back in here. go through the rubble. and try to sift through what may or may not be left. but, if you do come up here, and you do try to take a look, you better have a good reason. you better be able to prove that you have a reason to be here. because they are going to check you over and over and over. and it's a good thing that they are doing it. >> brian: bill, the story going to change. they don't have to tell you that where these people live. how do they shower? where do they go to school? have you seen any evidence that the red cross is beginning to set up. fema beginning to set up. people have a place to go. adjustors making the trip yet or am i getting ahead of myself. >> so we know there is different evacuation centers at least for now. people able to get food and hot shower and get a meal. that sort of a thing. haven't seen any sort of insurance adjustor certainly

coming through here. it's a total ghost town out here. actually very erie. eerie. sound like it's leaking all over the place. the california national guard is supposed to be out here at some point. haven't seen them yet. they were called in i believe it was yesterday or the day before. we'll haven't seen a single california national guard out here yet. they could certainly help with law enforcement. to your point, there are, you know, different evacuation facilities for people to get some food, get water. get a shower. that sort of a thing. we are not seeing any big widespread red cross tents set up in this burn zone yet. it's hard to get in here. pitch black. zero electricity. zero cell service. we have a star link unit out here. it's -- they are still going through everything out here, guys. it's one of the most remarkable scenes i have ever seen and not in a good way. i have covered a lot of fires. the woolsey fire was bad in 2018. this was significantly worse. you drive down every street

here. tic-tac-toe going down each line. 90% of the houses on every single street are completely wiped out from what we have seen so far. over 5,000 structures destroyed. some of the most expensive property here in los angeles county. >> ainsley: we all grew up in neighborhoods, most of us did. and i'm just picturing if this happened on our street. we know everybody who list on our street. we would have been crying together. my mom would have been hugging jeanne who lives across the street or mrs. dodson who list across the street or whoever, mrs. duncan. >> that's part of your family. we all played together as kids. so i know in that neighborhood what we're going to see. and it's going to be devastating to see all of them coming back to sift through it all. to see if there are anything that they can salvage. i know brian lived in california. went through a fire. and you were able to save a clock badly damaged. >> brian: you would be surprised what is probably left in that rubble. >> ainsley: bill, have you been able to see anything i know it's

dark. have you been able to see anything that's salvageable? >> bill: no. i will show you real quick what we mean by that keith, they want to know if we can see anything in the rubble that would be salvageable. i will turn on the flashlight here, too. you would think you would maybe see something in here that would resemble something from a house, flight a picture, part of a tv, a phone, a computer. anything. it's all just burnt concrete, drywall, hoses. metal rods. i don't see -- i don't know what that is right there. maybe some sort of a picture or something. but, everything here is just completely incinerated. i had the same thought as you guys. i have been walking around in some of these houses looking to see if is there anything ronch from any of these spots. and every single -- every single house looks like this. every single one of them. >> steve: do you know what you see right there? you see every memory, every physical memory of a family gone. >> ainsley: their entire life.

>> steve: bill, thank you very much. >> lawrence: great job, bill. >> steve: my wife and i and kids have been having the conversation the last three or four days since fires broke out. let's say if you are down in florida. and you know a hurricane is coming or you are out in california, you know a wildfire is coming. you only have one minute, what are you going to grab out of your house? >> you know, back in the day it used to be you would go get the photo albums. now so many people have digitized the photo albums. my wife said i would go grab the needle point because she spent years doing needle point. >> ainsley: after you grab your dog and children. >> steve: of course, there is nothing left. i think in our heads we think our houses are like our fortress of solitude. it will survive. it's not going to survive something like that. not going to survive a hurricane with a direct hit. everybody has got to have a plan. i think that's one of the lessons of watching these poor people out in california try to figure out what is next. >> brian: one of the lessons is. when you elect somebody.

who do you want to lead new a crisis? and as justine bateman said last night we have got to forget about d or r and look for competency. said that with jesse. what i am seeing because we have seen so many things from what happened 9/11. to all the hurricanes we witnessed, utter competence when you see governor desantis. both sides oh my goodness this guy is unbelievable in a crisis to possibly north carolina being let down by their governor. well, i don't think any group of people should feel more let down and crest fallen than those who voted for governor newsom. this woman represents the frustration of so many. they wonder hey, no one can stop a wildfire. but, man, the response could have been better. listen to this woman confront governor newsom governor, i live here, governor. that was my daughter's school. governor. please, tell me what. >> i'm not going to hurt him i promise. >> i'm literally talking to the president right now to specifically answer the question of what we can do for you and

your daughter. >> can i hear? can i hear your call? because i don't believe it. >> i'm sorry. there is literally -- i tried five times. that's why i'm walking around to make the call. >> why is the president not taking your call? >> because it's not going through. >> why? >> cell service. let's get it. i want to be here when you call the president. >> i appreciate. i'm doing that right now. >> everyone who went to school there, they lost their homes because they were living in one building. why was there no water in the hydrants, governor? >> it's all literally. >> is it going to be different next time? >> it has to be. it has to be. of course. >> steve: did you hear at the beginning of that soundbite owe said i'm literally talking to the president right now. >> brian: he lied. >> steve: he just told that woman. the woman is talking about that is her kids' school. the school is gone. she is in distress. what does he do? he lies to her. >> lawrence: flat out lies. how many people has he lied to this week? >> lawrence: he lies all the time. that he was the whole thing with

him. when you look at -- brian is so right about all of these progressive states and cities. even go all the way to new orleans and see what the mayor did. you don't know the different assets that you have to protect the sidewalk. that's what is happening in california. and the republicans have to take this moment as an opportunity to show effectiveness. i think ron desantis, the governor of virginia should go to california. >> brian: governor beshear of kentucky. >> lawrence: show them how it's done. bring your resources there. we heard the president of the united states talking about generators. why didn't you all have generators already staged flying through the smoke. they are just now getting the military planes there why didn't you all have those pre-staged and then ainsley, we can't leave out that the mayor wasn't there. >> ainsley: well, exactly. all these celebrities are now speaking out. that lady, that frustrated lady

was on with jesse last night. and jason baitedman's sister. what's her first name? justine bateman was on she was so frustrated. james wood remember president biden blamed this on climate change. jameswood said this fire is not from climate change you ignorant blank hole. it's because liberal idiots like you elect liberal idiots like gavin newsom and karen bass. one doesn't understand the first thing about fire management and the other can't fill the water reservoirs. >> steve: across the board, there has been a failure to figure out, to preplan, to preposition. karen bass, the mayor out there, she declared a state of emergency. and then. >> lawrence: and then left. >> then she flew to ghana. it's like okay. there is going to be. >> brian: 17 hours. >> steve: something is going to change the arc of this city forever. what is she at? a ceremonial inauguration from start to finish. all the way frtz local neighborhoods right up to the

top guy the mayor does not like being pressed why wasn't there water? why didn't you preplan? why did you cut the budget? a little bit of what went on yesterday. out in the city of angels that was angry at her. >> we're almost 48 hours after this fire started. there is not resources up there. the hydrants aren't working. where is the national guard? where are miles and miles of water. how are we addressing this? your reaction? >> first of all, you asked me was i frustrated by this? of course. because we all know that this has been unprecedented event. we also know that fire hydrants are not constructed to deal with this type of massive devastation and that the number one problem, especially on tuesday, i mean on wednesday, was the fact that air support because of the winds.

and so of course absolutely frustrated. i'm not sure that is correct that there are no resources up there. but rest assured, as soon as we are done here. i will follow up on that. >> brian: i'm wondering how many flights were grounded because president biden was going to los angeles to visit his great granddaughter? so, that has to be investigated, too. did you clear out the airspace that could have been used? katrina, when you have a hurricane that went into north carolina, no one was expecting that. when you go in california, do you expect wildfires, they happen all the time, so when you are the mayor, you would think you would have the proper tanks, the tanks would be filled to the brim, they are saying they were but are they? were they? >> steve: they didn't have enough. >> ainsley: you didn't have enough. you build more. just like what happens in new orleans. after the hurricane came through. they built up the l levee syste. they fixed it.

>> lawrence: said the hydrants weren't properly staged in a way that sustain a fire like this. you are in california. why weren't you have that universally. >> ainsley: fix them. >> lawrence: in the state if you are at risk? i know this is different from l.a. they haven't experienced anything like this in l.a. before. but there is always the risk, which is why the people try to get the insurance as a result of that. >> brian: yet we can name four major fires right in that area. you can't tell me here is one question. when you have the emergency management wind breakers if there is a fire that gross through five counties. would we be able to fight it? and if the answer, obviously, is no, if that's not good enough police chief there tried to give her cover in the press conference. there is a memo of the police chief at the time saying look, this is going to hurt us. we don't have the proper resources. guys, we have had some reports from firearm. let's take the water out of it. firemen didn't have the proper

equipment how do you explain they didn't have the proper equipment. >> the owner of the "l.a. times," the "l.a. times" historically a left leaning newspaper wrote on x last night fires in l.a. are sadly no surprise let the mayor led the l.a. fire department cut the l.a. fire department budget by $23 million. okay, so when we think if there are budget cuts, what do you think? okay. not as many trucks? no. it's across the board. they can't afford to hire enough mechanics, they have yards full of fire trucks and fire engines that cannot leave the field because they do not work. they need mechanics. it's start to finish. what have we heard from california? from this couch we heard about all the crazy super liberal policies over the last couple of decades and over the last couple of months since the election, what has california been doing? they have been trying to trump-proof california. do you know what? they should have fireproofed it.

and what they should have done is should have planned for a really big fire because it happened this week. >> lawrence: focused on the dei recruitment videos that focus on that when they should have been focusing on the things to keep people safe. >> brian: right. meanwhile to another fox news alert. at 9:30 this morning president trump will appear virtually to be sentenced in the new york trump case after the supreme court blocked his bid to postpone that sentencing. >> ainsley: fox news senior correspondent eric shawn is live outside of the new york state supreme court this morning. hey, eric. >> good morning, ainsley. well, the historic sentencing of the president will happen here about two and a half hours from now. he will not face any jail time. but he will likely get a mouth full from judge juan merchan this after the supreme court gave this sentencing the green light last night. in its decision, that came out about 6:00 p.m. last night. the high court rejected trump's bid to delay the sentencing. the four conservative justices,

not including trump appointee out say they would have granted a stay to delay the sentencing until after he leaves office. the court said, quote: the alleged evidentiary violations at president-elect trump's state court trial can be addressed in the ordinary course on appeal. second, the burden at sentenceing will impose and the president-elect's responsibilities is relatively insubstantial. >> they can have fun with their political opponent. as you know i'm under a gag order from a judge. this is a first this was an attack of a political opponent. if you take a look at it. , i'm not supposed to be talking about it. >> the president-elect will not be here in person. he will be in florida. attending this session and hearing virtually. he was, of course, convicted last may on 34 counts of filing false business instruments for paying off stormy daniels so voters wouldn't find out about

their alleged tryst before the 2016 presidential election. the lawyers argued the supreme court's presidential immunity decision also covers him even before he is sworn back into office. but, manhattan district attorney am vin bragg countered presidential immunity does not apply because trump was a private citizen and a candidate not yet president when he broke the law. >> we believe the sanctity of the jury verdict must be given privacy. must be upheld as part of the rule of law. but we're also mindful of and respect the institution of the presidency. so this is where we are. the president-elect $170,000 in fines unlikely he will be discharged. after today it's basically all over. the president-elect does say he will appeal this decision once

the sentencing happens under the law he is considered a convicted felon first time that's ever happened, with the president in the oval office. >> ainsley: just going to help him more. the irony is it will backfire. >> now he will be able to appeal and ultimately as kerri urbahn told us an hour ago. probably win on appeal but today is the day. >> brian: i love the fact that he said i respect the decision of the supreme court. >> brian: joe biden has never said that. >> steve: it was a fair decision he said. >> brian: anybody else? >> lawrence: save time for your segment. >> brian: jack keane. >> ainsley: keep talking brian won't be able to promote what is on the show on saturday brian awaiting donald trump's return. what you will people can expect with a return to america first

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middle east up front. and thank -- and he has got to thank prime minister netanyahu for taking iran off the board, not completely yet. they both can do that together. but they have taken them down rather significantly in a way that we have not seen in the 44 years. so these meetings, certainly, are very important the strategic framework is he dealing with significant. if putin wins in ukraine, so does china, so does iran and north korea. and if iran was able to win, they are not going to in the middle east. the same thing. it would benefit the adversaries. that is the framework he is dealing with when he meets with each one of them individually. he has got -- and he understands this he knows we are in a prewar era and the potential for world war iii is right in front of us. >> brian: we know previous leaders republicans and democrats re-set relations with vladimir putin. and they all were sadly

mistaken. now we got a hot war how ready is putin to talk should he be -- should he be willing to talk troops. or does he feel emboldened that he is making incremental progress on the ground? >> yeah. his progress is so overstated. he has gained 25 to 30 miles in the last year yet taken 30,000 casualties a month except for october when he had 57. he is losing 100 to 150 tanks a month. only replace 25 to 30. he has major personnel problems. likely to go to some kind of mobilization. which will have political implications for him inside of russia. he has major equipment problems. all of this is coming to a head in 2025. is he not talking about any of that he keeps talking about well, we are on offense, and ukraine is on defense and we are making progress. but that progress, you are using the word incremental is just

that. it's limited. trying to take down one town pro-vosk for nine months and still hasn't been able to do it. and that's the reality. he has serious problems. and certainly going into some kind of negotiations, knowing putin, and everybody has got to understand. they will look at a cease-fire and some kind of peace agreement as a temporary pause for him to rearm china iran and north korea. doing that recovering his defense industrial base. and then when he is set, attack again. his goal to take down ukraine will not change by any cease-fire by any peace agreement. president trump and his team, i know for a fact. general kellogg who is leading the effort here, they are very much aware of where putin is coming from. >> brian: so we got to put nato troops on what is the battle lines now, perhaps. that's what zelenskyy is calling for. allies to force peace deploy to

be a trip wire for nato. general, there are so many moving parts. i hope general kellogg keeps talking to you about it and the new president comes in with a fresh set of eyes. thanks so much, general. >> yeah. you guys have a wonderful weekend. thank you. >> brian: so much on the line. institute of study of war is a great resource. meanwhile, coming up on this weekend's show on one nation. beginning at 9:00. governor chris sununu. he never was a fan of governor newsom. does he change his mind now. gordon peterson on former country canada and what it means trudeau going out the door. bryan johnson doesn't want to die and dedicating his life not to doing it and he believes he has solved it. he will be joining us on his netflix special, jamie lissow is one of the funniest guys that greg gutfeld could book. they will be coming up 9:00 on saturday night. meanwhile, wildfires burning through southern california with the fire crews running out of water. is mismanagement to blame? flu and covid goes up.

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structures here in malibu totally destroyed and some of the video from around this area we are not far from palisades which has burned about 20,000 acres at this point. devastating structures and neighborhoods. over 10,000 structures across los angeles have been burned amid these five different fires. 10 people have lost their lives, unfortunately and all of this debris in the dark of night and the smells and the odors and the smoke that continues to warm front around here, there are more resources that have come in to fight these fires from surrounding states and northern california as well. the fire here in palisades sparked up against last night because of the winds that kicked up. those santa ana winds. we expect those to die down a little bit today but activate again over the weekend and into next week. this is nowhere near over 6% containment as far as the palisades fire. and all of this is still ongoing. a lot of questions and a lot of

answers need to be heard and addressed. steve, back to you. >> steve: you are absolutely right about that, robert. thank you very much. you know, los angeles communities impacted by the california fires need our help and our company, fox corporation, has already made a $1 million donation to the red cross california wildfires relief effort. that provides safe shelter, hot meals, emotional support, and other aid we sources that the people out there desperately need. if you would like to help, you can support the red cross by donating today. go to as you can see right there go.fox/red cross. or you can scan that qr code right there just open up your camera on your phone, scan it, and it will take you to the site where you can donate some money to help those poor people. moving on, california leadership facing growing criticism over the wildfire response as reporters press l.a. mayor karen

bass. she finally got back to town. >> as hundreds of homes in the neighborhood burned to the ground, we do not see a single fire engine, my question to you is what explains this lack of preparation and rapid response? >> we will absolutely do an evaluation to look at what worked, what didn't work. and to correct or to hold accountable anybody, department, individual, et cetera. >> steve: great. how does that help the people who lost everything? here to discuss is l.a. board of supervisors chair catherine barger. catherine, thank you very much for getting up there so early. we just heard no trucks, no water, you have got budget cuts. the big fire happened this week. i know you planned. you did some planning with the chief out there one of the few

republicans. >> i think i'm the only republican. at least it feels like that. this is not altadena los angeles. it's devastating and people don't want to hear the politics. they want to know what we are going to do to help them. not only to get back in and see property and also if they have their home destroyed and my commitment is the bureaucracy is going to kill us. and i'm just finger pointing at this point. suffering. i know at least 8 people have lost their homes and personal friends, plenty of time to do retrospective work. up in altadena water pressure was an issue but we didn't run out of water. different topography than the

palisades and different water source there are issues. even with the natural forest in terms of clearance. that is a valid criticism. that is burning now up at mount wilson. >> steve: sure. it is a crazy time but the politics and i'm getting sucked into it. >> i represent he had a working class. people that would save all their life their home. and i'm confident trump is going to recognize the needs of these people. but, at the same time, there is no free lunch. there is going to be a give and take. there has to be a give and take. the policy that should be criticized. >> steve: indeed. catherine. the last number of years, donald trump has actually warned california you got your priorities screwed up. you need to do more protecting that smelt fish. strikes the amount of water they can pump on any particular day

through the delta and stuff like that. people washed and now i know you don't want to get into the politics of it right now, but people are frustrated. we were talking a moment ago, catherine, a little bit about one school over in palisades that is gone. and it's going to take years do rebuild. in a situation like that. where do the kids go? sure open up your laptop, where are they going to be zooming in from? ?motel 6 in reno? where is everybody going to go? >> 100 percent agree. when i saw that even yesterday at our press conference, we were talking about how fema wants you to go online and fill out an application but there are some people that don't even have a computer to do it. so we're looking at our libraries as an option for that but the schools, my biggest fear is get back to the whole covid, doing the zoom classroom an epic fail. so this is something that, you know, i, quite frankly, can't

wrap my head around right now. but can i guarantee you it's something we are going to have to address. the physical structures and i have lost a school up in altadena. so it is a problem. >> steve: it is a gigantic problem. you have your hands for. catherine, thank you very much. i know you have a busy day ahead of you again that never stops. thank you for starting your day with us. >> thank you for having me. >> steve: good luck and god bless you all. meanwhile a big meeting yesterday donald trump and republican governors including ron desantis. do you know what in the governor is live on "fox & friends" coming up next.my ♪ f pursue a better you with centrum. ♪ it's a small win toward taking charge of your health. ♪ so, this year, you can say... ♪you did it!♪ mylowe's rewards is here. join for free today to unlock member

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>> janice: good morning, everyone. we are still watching five big wildfires in southern california two of the biggest the palisades and eaton hardly any containment and 30,000 acres burning in a matter of days. not done yet wind gusts in excess of 35 miles per hour. that's not going to take much to spread wildfiressed or even spread some of those embers to start new fires. fire weather outlook. critical danger interior sections of southern california. san diego, you will have to watch for this and then the smoke is going to be a big deal, obviously, for respiratory

conditions. the pets, the elderly, your kids. the dryest on record for los angeles and that's part of the reason why we are seeing those wildfires burning and then the bad news is we could actually see another setup of santa ana winds next week. one real quick moment we have of winter storm across the south. areas that have not, you know, typically seen 8 to 12 inches of snow and ice. so we need to watch that as well fox weather.com for your latest details. all right, lawrence, over to you. >> lawrence: thanks, j.d.: president trump hosted a group of republican governors in mar-a-lago. florida governor ron desantis was there and he joins us now. governor, thanks so much for joining the program. >> good morning. >> lawrence: so, governor, everyone has been saying you know if ron desantis were in california and there was a disaster like this, it would be great criticism but we know that you would handle this differently. you had this interesting exchange with a reporter yesterday. let's watch this president-elect

or a president to be criticizing. >> is it appropriate for people in your industry to try to create division and to try to create narratives any time these things happen? now, you are not as interested in doing that because newsom is a d. if newsom was a republican, you guys would go try to -- you would have him nailed to the wall for what they are doing over there. >> lawrence: why aren't they criticizing him or the mayor. >> my point is just simply, you know, they were trying to pin this on donald trump and they were going after donald trump's comments and i'm just thinking to myself i have seen how these people in the press react to when these things happen in the state of florida. all they try to do is define things create negative narratives about. i remember when we had hurricane ian, category 5 monster storm hit southwest, florida. all they were looking for were things to do negative. the reality was the state was

prepared. we had an overwhelming response. we were doing things like rebuilding bridges in three days. we were able to bring the power back on and millions of people in record time. and so once it was clear that people were satisfied with the response after a few days, you couldn't find cnn in the state of florida if you had a search warrant. they were just gone. they had no interest in coverings the story at that point. and so it's different how they approach these things when it's one of their guys on their team both in terms of the mayor and the governor and so i am fine to say just don't politicize it at all. but i think the media, it's like calling the kettle black when they are aattacking donald trump when they're the ones only the lead in these instances. >> lawrence: governor, i have made the request. i think republican governors need to go out there and show them how it's done because the people are crying out for help and they are american citizens and that's what we do. we pitch in. what are you doing right now to help them out? >> >> well, we immediately offered

assistance and so the florida division of emergency management is in contact with california's emergency management agency and if if there is a request that come down the pike. we will fulfill those requests. this is not something unusual amongst the states. we have provided support to california in the past when they have had wildfires. we have had states support us. i mean when we had hurricanes helene and milton, we had a lot of people that sent assets down. fortunately with helene, we were able to send those back very quickly and ended up sending our assets to western north carolina a day or two after the hurricane. states do have a very good track record in this country of working together. it's not just republican governors, democrat governors, we have helped democrat governors, i think this is something. those are americans' homes who have gone ablaze. they are from different political persuasions. but we have a responsibility as americans to come together. >> lawrence: governor, i'm up against a hard break i got to ask you.

you have a seat that you have got to fill. have you made a decision of who you are going to fill marco rubio's seat with? >> no, i haven't. but it will come soon. and it's going to be somebody that is going to help donald trump deliver on the mandate he earned from the american people. it's going to be somebody that is going to be strong on immigration and it's going to be somebody that represents the conservative principles that have made this country great. >> lawrence: ron desantis, governor thank you so much. we appreciate it. more "fox & friends" straight ahead. ♪ sheldon: restoration is more than walls.

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