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♪ ♪ charlie: it's the 9 a.m. hour of "fox & friends" weekend starting with this, more than 37,000 acres have burned throughout southern california killing 11, destroying 10,000 homes. >> rests cue and relief efforts are underway, and actress patricia heaton joins the show later with an whereupon date on how you can help the victims. will: and mark zuckerberg vealing how the biden administration tried to bully facebook into censoring posts the white house didn't agree with. >> they pushed us super hard to take down things that were, honestly, true. will: the final hour of "fox & friends" weekend start right now. charlie: back with a fox news alert. right now a total of six wildfires that are burning across los angeles, this is a

live look at the palisades fire that's been burning for five days. and this flare-up overnight is forcing more evacuations. will: the fast growing firestorm leaving at least 11 dead and destroying thousands of homes and buildings. rachel: fox weather correspondent robert ray is live on the ground in pacific palisades is. robert, good morning. >> reporter: good morning from one of many neighborhoods that have been burned to the ground, incinerated. surrounded by me is the debris of someone's livelihood, and their memories are gone as far as the structures go. over 10,000 structures burned to the ground in the los angeles county area. look at these live pictures of the palisades fire which is up the hillside from where we are at right now, sparked yet again. flames flaring all over the value allies and the hills overnight -- valleys -- containment lines are trying to

be drawn so that it does not spread into other neighborhoods like brentwood and evacuations in play. thousands advantage a waited -- evacuated over the course of the past five days, and that continues to to occur. if we look atom some of these visuals, they are just devastating. from palisades all the way to malibu. on the pacific coast highway, neighborhood after neighborhood completely wiped off the face of the earth because of these winds and the raging fires. at one point last tuesday into wednesday, hurricane force winds, 70 to 100 miles per hour. and the problem with all of this is right now as we are expecting the santa anna winds to to kick up again later tonight and throughout the next few days. and that may enrage these fires again. so it is a, it is a tackling of time at point for the thousands of personnel and firefighters on the ground from all over the western states and even canada and mexico to try and pounce

these fires out right now. now, if we talk about the human element which really is the significant issue i right now, so many people have lost everything. they are displaced. there are 11 people that are, in total, that have lost their lives and many more injured. and we're hearing from residents who are in shock. listen. >> we evacuated twice before maybe in my lifetime, and i think still you don't really expect your house the burn down. people are really sad. the palisades is just such great place to to grow up. i hope that it'll be rebuilt. >> reporter: six total fires are burning right now as the sun will come up shortly, in the next hour or so. in the distance i can hear sigh siren -- sirens, and i can see a convoy of fire emergency vehicles headed on pacific coast highway beyond the camera. if you look up, there are, time to time, ashes that are falling from these hillsides, and that is a worry as many of these piles of debris are still

smoldering even without active fires right now. across these mountains, across the pal said fire is the eaton to fire, 3% contained, over 14,000 acres burned there. again, in total six fires are being fought from the front if lines here. when the sun comes up, the choppers and the airplanes will go up, they will drop fire retardant and water, and the firefighters, men and women, will be on the ground fighting this up in these hillsides. shelters are open for those that are displaced, and and many people are just wondering when all of the hell is going to end. and this apocalyptic zone here at palisades all the way up into malibu and into these hills. back to you. will: thank you, robert. as you're speak, we're looking at live pictures from the air over pacific palisades. you can see the fires burning there as it's just about 6 a.m. in the morning. you can see as it encroaches upon several nakeds,

brentwood -- neighborhoods, brentwood, further into malibu. a little more detail on the window of time. if we have a moment where the winds are down, the planes and the helicopters and the ground crews can do something about this. but yet winds are coming back. how much can get accomplished in this window of time? >> reporter: i think they can accomplish a lot. they have really all of today, saturday, into the early evening. and then, you know, tomorrow morning they may even have a window then when they can get up in the air and try to fight this from an aerial attack. i think the heaviest winds from the santa ana situation are going to come in monday, tuesday and wednesday. so they have a pocket of time here. let's call it 24-48 hours. it just depends how much they can get done and, believe me, they are working very, very hard. all of these thousands of personnel on the ground, it is a, basically, a frantic fight right now to to stop all of this

fire from if exploding even more and getting those containment lines so that these communities that have not been affected by fires do not get enraged and fueled by all these winds and embers that fly around. bigtime stuff going on right now. rachel: wow. robert ray, thank you so much. will: thank you, robert. rachel: so fascinating, just this really critical moment we're in right now before the santa ana winds come in and everything can get even worse. so hoping they can actually contain this. will: well, let's put this into context. leave that picture up for just a moment. i think that's very instruct thive. this is live footage from the air of the pacific palisades fire. you can see the lights in the background looking towards, i would assume that is brentwood, westwood, beverly hills. in fact, if we come back now into the studio, i'll put this into context, if i could. we'll go to the wall and show you exactly where these fires are burning. the ones you're seeing on your screen right now, let's put it

up on a map here, and you can see what's happening in southern california. the three fires that basically were referenced by robert ray and we have up on the map are the kenneth fire, the palisades fire and the eaton fire, but there are six fires burning further north, several up here in the sylmar region. the lights that the you could see in those live pictures are looking back towards what could be burned in the future. hopefully, in this window of time we can do something about this. but you're look towards brentwood, hollywood, beverly hills, this way mall biewrks as the fire extends deeper into malibu. this is malibu canyon with road, i used to to drive this every day. calabasas where the kenneth fire is burning, and then the eaton fire is just northeast of pasadena. now, let's put these fires into context, okay? the keep nyet fire -- kenneth fire, which some suspect was started by arson, it's now burned about 1,000 acres. it's the same size as 562 soccer

fields, that's bigger than central park. the eaton fire, over towards the pasadena area. about 14,000 acres burned, that that's almost the size of manhattan. and thing pal palisades -- palisades fire so far has burned about 21,000 acres. almost 70% of the size of boston taft. 's almost 16,000 football fieldings. -- that's almost 16,000 football fields. let's talk about the economic damage. estimates are between $135-150 billion in economic damage. that's all the homes that have burned. in fact, we're at about a 12, 300 structures destroy dod between just eaton and palisades fires. anyone who's ever been through this, and and i know, sadly, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands in los angeles are going through this right now, i have a small bit of experience, i went to the pepperdine, we evacuated twice many four years.

you see firefighters from all across the country there. trucks coming from montana, from the state of washington, from everywhere. 3,000 firefighters working on the palisades fire on friday. that's' a huge force. working from the ground and the air to try to get this under control. and then the eaton fire, another 1500 firefighters on the job there. that's where are we are, and i do think that moment in time, charlie and rachel, is key that you were talking about, rachel. i mean, 24, 36 hours as robert ray said, because i think those live pictures are something that we were seeing from this morning. rachel: yeah. will: you've got neighbored right there under threat and under evacuation. and and brentwood and malibu when it comes to the palisades fires and those other five fires burning in southern california. rachel: yeah with. this is -- it's really incredible. joe biden, by the way, saying he wants to cover 100 of what the damage is -- 100%. you know, look, i'm all for rebuilding, and i hope that l.a -- i also lived in l.a..

i loved l.a. but there's a huge class to the buy in that city. there are people when are fabulously wealthy, and there are people who are super poor. i mean, california has the highest poverty rate in the country. and and so we saw with ppe that a lot of celebrity, a lot of -- you know, jay-z, madonna, a lot of people got these ppe lobes and struggling people -- i'm just concerned as we start to rebuild, as we start to look at these efforts to to help out, to make sure that those who are really in need are the ones who get that. that's something to think about. and, by the way, i have not stopped thinking about north carolina. we have americans living in tents, and it is freezing cold. only 4% of the debris in north carolina from from if that devastation has been picked up. those people are still suffering. fema has failed them. and and i know, you know, it's

hollywood and, again, this is devastating. i have my own son dealing with an evacuation who lives there. but let's not forget about, about our americans in appalachia. charlie, and of course, one of the things that's so frustrating and enraging about this is the fact that so many of the problems here, you know, obviously wildfires are a part of california, it's a part of wildfire, you know, everywhere in the country experiences wild first. but what's so frustrating here is that the level of incompetence and all of the things that people failed to do or, you know, didn't take seriously that allowed this to get so far out of hand. this is not the way it's supposed to may out. will: and, charlie, the list on that that is long from. a mayor of los angeles who's in africa for the inauguration of the president of ghana, to the santa the ynez reservoir being run dry for a year leading into this, to the fire hydrants not

pumping water. this is the california statehouse speaker talking about calling into session right now a special session to focus on trump-proofing california. watch. >> i'm, you know, i'm here to address this, this, you know, these, these wildfires. >> your chamber gaveled into special legislative session to prepare for donald trump. again, is now the right time for that? >> so, certainly, our focus right now as speaker, ashley, at this moment my colleagues and i, we are acting with great urgency to to ensure that we're providing much-needed relief to angelenos. rachel: yeah. i mean, these people are so tone deaf. how about instead of trump-proofing california, we talk about fire-proofing california right now? whatever political agenda they have with trump, the put it aside. focus on the problem. lives are at stake. a perfect example of somebody who's just had it with the liberal, woke, out of touch policies of california is former

democrat leader gloria proproher if row from the state -- romero from the state of california. we had her on earlier, here's what she had to say. >> that speaker, that legislature and that governor does not speak for the people of california. to gavel in a trump-proofing session to basically provide funds for a sanctuary state where rapists and murderers can be, can be protected while the community burns is absolutely outrageous. but it gives you an idea of what is happening in the state of california where we are failing from top the bottom, and the entire legislature has colluded with the governor on his vanity presidential campaign. that's what this special session is really all about. charlie: it's not a partisan issue. this is not about politics. this is about common sense policy prescriptions and the

incredible incompetence that had led to a situation where this gets out of hand and the common sense solutions are ignored because people care more about, you know, political posturing than they do solving problems. rachel: or pushing -- using government to push far-left ideology instead of doing the basic stuff of running a city. and and we earlier had the list of all the wasteful projects they had in l.a. that they wasted money on, and this is the basic stuff. water in your fire hydrant. what do you want your government to do with your money when when you're taxed in california, you know, to the point where people have to leave the state because that's how high the taxes are? it's crazy. another crazy situation is what's happening in venezuela. so this week nicolas maduro, the dictator who won -- claims he won in a fraudulent election that everyone in the free world knows was a fraud. he did not win. the opposition had won and yet

he's getting sworn in. in the midst of this, the true leader, there's -- the guy who was elected, gonzalez, he's only running because maria machado was barred from running because lawfare was launched against her, and she was accused of all kinds of things including insurrection and all kinds of hinges. so anyway with, she's in the country, edmundo gonzalez fled, she's in the country, and she's calling on venezuelans to protest as she -- as they protest, she's, you know, they grab her, they forcibly detain her. and then donald trump issues a stark warning on x saying you better not touch her, a hair on her head or hurt these freedom fighters. and many people think that this saved her life. will: he wrote this on truth

social, activist. martha: ya ma if chad e doe e and president-elect gonzalez are peacefully expresses the will of the venezuelan people. the great venezuelan-american community in the united states overwhelmingly support a free venezuela. these freedom fighters should not be harmed and must stay safe and alive. charlie: and earlier this morning, rachel, you spoke to congresswoman maria salazar on trump's role in trying to stick up for machado, and here's what she said. >> maria corina machado is the bravest woman in latin america, and i spoke with her shortly after she was releaseed. she told me single-handedly that president donald trump saved her life. he saw saved her life by putting out that tweet. she is deeply grateful, utmost respect for the president. she knows that he single-handedly saved her because maduro fears her but

fears trump even more. there's a new sheriff in town, and what trump is going to do -- he should do this second time the first thing he kid the first time. he should send a clear message to maduro that we're not going to do business with him. rachel: this is a message not just to maduro, but it's really about the whole western hemisphere. this is the maduro regime that's being propped up by communists, by cuba, by the i chinese. and so he's sending a message, hey, china, this is our backyard. get out. and he sent that message also the panama saying, you know, we know that china has some control other that canal. and so this is a much bigger play. i think it's really smart. we talk about brilliant strategy. donald trump saying, out of the western hemisphere. will: well, good job to you with, i know you interviewed machado -- rachel: earlier this week, before she was detained, yeah. will hurricane helene survivors

in western north carolina, they were left confused as fema announces plans to kick storm victims out of temporary housing. this happening during a major snowstorm. fema's temporary housing assistance was set to to end yesterday for about 2,000 people. but after learning about the storm, the agency extended the deadline to today. this is a live look at the harsh conditions right now in asheville where it's below freezing. fema says its disaster -- it's closing disaster recovery centers in the state until monday due to, quote, winter weather. the supreme court will consider reinstating some requirements under the affordable care act that were struck down by a lower court. this includes more than 100 preventative health services including no-cost coverage for cancer screenings, heart statins and hiv drugs. obamacare coverage requirements were continued unconstitutionally. the supreme court is expected to hear arguments in the case in the spring. now to the cotton bowl. ohio state and texas put on a

show in arlington raiding touchdowns early on -- trading. the game still tied up in the fourth quarter, but the buckeye withs' defense got a key takeaway as the longhorns were driving on the goal line. watch. >> pressure comes, sawyer knocked it out and picks it up! [cheers and applause] jack sawyer heading down the sidelines! ohio state, scoop and score! [cheers and applause] will: yes, charlie -- charlie: that's a strip sack? will: that's called a strip sack. texas with first and goal from the 1. fans like me stunned. ohio state won 28-14. they move on to the college football national championship game against notre dame on january 20th in atlanta. and those are your headlines. congratulations, buckeyes. good gamement you were really good. rachel: you're such a -- [laughter] will: what people say about me. will, when it comes to sports, he's the bigger man. [laughter]

they always say that. will never makes excuses, talks about the referees, he always congratulates the other team. charlie: you show me a good loser, i'll show you a loser. [laughter] will will i like that, charlie. charlie: notre dame's coach celebrating his historic win as he rejects identity politics. rachel: plus 11 dead, actress patricia heaton explains how she's helping victims is and how you can join in. that's next. ♪ ♪

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will: fox news alert, at least 11 dead and more than 37,000 acres burned throughout southern california, and the two largest fires both less than 10% contained. malibu's pepperdine university, my alma mater, has been closed since wednesday in response to those fires. pepperdine university president jim gash joins us now. jim, great to see you this morning. you and i were just speaking off air. you are in the evacuation warning zone at pepperdine but not in a mandatory evacuation, and because of a fire a few weeks a ago, you have a burn scar which would essentially protect the campus, is that a fair assessment of with where you are at pepperdine?

>> yeah, that's correct. we were scheduled to start classes on monday, this coming monday, we have moved those classes online. but we are not immediately affected by the fires itself because of that two-and-a-half mile buffer or hedge of protection around us, but that doesn't mean that our community and members of our faculty, staff and students haven't been directly affected. we have over several dozen-lost their homes, lost their ability to be close to campus including my daughter, my executive assistant both have lost their homes as well. will: oh, i'm so sorry to hear this. you've been through this. anybody who's from southern california, they're familiar with fires. they understand, they understand evacuating. i'm curious, and i've heard others say this is the worst ever. in your experience, jim, having even done this a few weeks ago, right? if you did this at pepperdine a few weeks ago. it happened twice in my four years there. will you put into this context?

how does this compare to what southern californians have come to expect with fires? >> yeah. i have been at pepperdine for 25 years, been present the last 5, and this is materially different than prior ones. the other ones were scary, they were intense. this is so widespread, so fast moving with such heavy winds that this is an order of magnitude larger marley given what -- particularly given what is happening in the greater southern california area with the eaton fire and the kenneth fire and the other fires. they're all scary and intense, but this one seems to be a level above the rest. will: how -- can you -- everyone talks about palisades. it's beared the brunt of this, it's really bad out there with the eaton fire as well. by the way, you have the kenneth fire just across from you. i lived in calabasas, so it's around you, all around you. just give us a sense of the community. like, what's it like in malibu

right now? >> yeah. we are coordinating directly with the l.a. county fire and the cal fire as they are with us and, in fact, yesterday representatives from central command took me and the executive vice president on kind of a driving tour around the affected areas just to get a better sense of what was happening on the ground. and i will tell you this was devastating war zone is what it looked like. the malibu community is tired, is eager for some relief, but they are strong, they are resilient, they are bonding together, talking care of each other. but it is one of the most stressful times that this city has endured. will, as you drive from santa monica to mall if buy, it's disorienting -- malibu -- because you can see the pacific ocean on your left where typically you would just see a row of houses, and so many have lost housing. palisades looks like a war zone.

just -- it almost looks like ancient rome where you drive through and say this is where the things used to be, and they're just not there. it's really distressing. will: i can only imagine if. thousands make that drive from santa monica up to malibu on cp -- pch. it's a famous image that everyone's come to understand, and to think it's just all gone. i do want to say while pepperdine is often under threat from fires, it's t also a very important staging ground for all the firefighters and first responders and it is again through this fire, you guys playing your role there and helping out in southern california. really quickly. >> including providing water supply for the helicopters. the helicopters come to the two small lakes on our campus and are just consistently using their snorkels to send up water and drop it. for those who are interested in helping, there's a pepperdine strong fund to help those affected, so if you want to google that and be of assistance, we would be

grateful. will: it's nice to hear about leaders who have made water available for southern california, and we'll check out that pepperdine strong fund. jim gash, thank you so much for being with us. >> thanks, will. will: by the way, fox corporation has made a $1 million donation to the red cross' california wildfire relief effort that provides safe shelter, hot meals, emotional support. support by donating today, visit go.fox/redcross or by scanning the qr code right there on your screen. okay. president-elect trump putting the world on notice with his push to redraw the map in the west. how it could impact recommendations with china next. action! louis, louis! cut mud on her face! louis! okay everybody, that's lunch! (♪) (♪)

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charlie: and we're back with a fox news alert. apocalyptic scenes unfolding in l.a. county as six wildfires are burning. this is a live look at the palisades fire, the biggest one, and this flare-up is forcing more evacuations.

peen while, a major winter storm creating a mess in mid, south and deep south. check out this live look of louisville blanketed in snow. some areas are seeing up to 3 inches yesterday. so far this morning 770 domestic flights across the u.s. are canceled with more than 1600 delays. let's check in with meteorologist adam klotz for our fox weather forecast. adam: hey, good morning out there, charlie. yeah, winter weather obviously a big story on the eastern half of the country. we'd seen some snow if out here on fox square just a couple hours ago, right now just cooler temperatures. but the big story continues to be to out west, the fire weather. let's talk about those winds that overnight and here early this morning, actually incredibly calm, 4 or 5 miles an hour. those are all your area fires across northern portions of los angeles county. largely uncontained at this point. those winds do tick back up overnight, 30, 40, 50 mile-an-hour wind gusts.

that's obviously going to be an issue. and then we look at weather on the eastern half of the country. largely that system's moved off to the coast. still some snow out there particularly many places like the appalachians. those are your weather headlines. for now, back inside to you, rachel. rachel: all right. thank you, adam. well, a new report revealing that denmark, which defends greenland, is reaching out to trump's team saying the country is, quote, willing to boost or discuss its own security or increasing the u.s. military presence on the island. this comes, of course, as the president-elect, donald trump, is putting the world on notice, eyeing u.s. control over greenland, canada and the panama canal for the sake of national security is. listen. >> i call him governor trudeau because they should be the 51st state really. we need greenland very badly. the russian and chinese ships are all over place. it's being operated by china, china. and we gave the panama canal to

panama, we didn't give it to china. rachel: fox news contributor and heritage foundation senior fellow for china strategy and author of "the hundred-year marathon," michael pillsbury, joins us now. michael, thanks for joining us on this very interesting topic. first of all, for those who don't understand, can you lay out what trump's security concerns are in greenland? the. >> well, i think the main thing is the basing that could be set up there by other countries. the fact that denmark does not spend enough money on the defense of greenland. we have the space force based there now. we don't want foreign countries to come in and establish bases there. the other thing is the critical minerals. there's, apparently, quite a large number of these critical minerals that are available to be mined in greenland that's not been done yet. this would reduce the leverage of china over us. as you know, rachel, china's already warned us that they're going to cut back and even to zero in some critical minerals to get leverage on us. so that's what president trump's thinking about with greenland.

rachel: yeah. and so let's talk about panama, because that's been very interesting. another ally of ours, and donald trump having stern words with them saying, you know, you can't allow chinese to control parts of that that port. can you explain how that works? because what i do understand, michael, is that there are no such things as, like, private companies. they use these private company, the chinese, you know, communist party uses these companies as a way to get ahold, you know, for military purposes, essentially, in panama. explain what they're doing is and how they're positioning themselves in the panama canal. >> well, the key background, rachel, is when we gave the canal back to panama, there were two treaties signed. and the treaties made clear that a panama must remain neutral. it can't start working for china or any if other country. president trump seems to be warning them that they're close to or maybe have already crossed the red line for not being neutral anymore because of the treatment of our shipping and

our naval ships going through, the payments having to be made, and also the to-china attitude. the -- pro-china attitude. the chinese give contracts to manage ports, how ships come in and out, how things are done in the port. they've done that for both sides of the panama canal, and this company's quite close to the chinese communist party. so that's president trump's concern. he's warning panama, very specifically used the word warning, don't violate the neutrality of the canal, otherwise we'll come back -- we're allowed by the treaty to repossess the canal. that's what his threat are -- threat is. rachel: a lot of people are criticizing donald trump saying he's being bellicose and ticking off our allies. what to can you make of this strategy? i find it really fascinating. he hasn't even entered office, and he's sending these warning shots about how he's going to to run things. >> i think it's a stroke of genius before he gets inaugurated, be ever his top seven -- before his top seven

secretaries are confirmed to put out a warning that the hemisphere is no longer uncontested and to to specifically warn countries to do more to the help america. just to finish the thought about will america be great again, that that's what trump seems to be trying to do before he's inaugurated. it's really unprecedented, and it's in sharp contrast, rachel, with the biden team's passivity. they didn't really get their china policy going for about the first two years. trump wants to start off the block, noon january 20th, and i really admire him for doing that. rachel: yeah. there's definitely a i new sheriff in town to. michael pillsbury, thanks for joining us, as always. >> thanks, rachel. rachel: you got it. actress patricia heaton teaming up alongside the los angeles dream center to help wildfire victims in california. she's up next. w eroxon gel, the first fda-cleared ed treatment available without a prescription. eroxon gel is clinically proven to work within ten minutes,

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rachel: the death toll this if los angeles wildfires, they're rising to to 11 now with more than 37,000 acres burned across southern california. charlie: actress patricia heaton is teaming up with the dream center in los angeles providing necessary resources to those impacted. will: patricia joins us now alongside the founder, matthew barnett. thank you both for being with us here this morning. you know, i have to tell you, dream certain has popped up all over my social media feed. there's interesting, a lot of people participating in what

you're doing. i've seen chef andrew gruel and others as well. patricia, what drew you to this particular project? we know the need, but what drew you to dream center? >> you know, when i was living in los angeles, i took my boys to church at the dream certain, and i was really impressed by the way pastor matthew and his wife, pastor caroline barnett, really committed to the community. they're the hands and feet of jesus in los angeles. they provide realtime, real provisions, shelter, education, rehabilitation for anyone in los angeles for free. and so they do this on a regular basis. they do back to school programs, they did hundreds of thousands of christmas gifts -- give hundreds of thousands of christmas gifts away every year, do a christmas program. but when an emergency comes up, they are the first people on the scene, and they have such an incredible setup that they can

really get in there and help hundreds and thousands of people every day. you know, i was there during the pandemic, and matthew will tell you, they stayed open for over a year providing meals three times a day, every day. hundreds and -- millions of meals for people through the pandemic. and here they are again during this incredible, terrible, awful fire sliding everything that people need -- providing everything that people need who have lost everything. rachel: well, matthew, prish patricia a brings up a good point, it's not pop-up. you're not reinventing the wheel. explain how that's been an advantage and, most importantly, what people can do to help your organization. >> well, thank you so much. you know, we have 600 resident cans that live in our building every single day who are coming off of drugs, alcohol, fentanyl addiction, homelessness. families that are homeless every day in los angeles, veterans as well. and so when this happened, it was -- i just said i'm just

going to throw whatever we have out there and see what'll happen. we have food, we have resources for one day, and let's see what would take placement well, 24 hours later we're having 15-20,000 people that are coming by every single day because the city is shut down. not only is it the fire that's taken place, but our way of life has changed. half the people that go through our line still cannot get into their houses and have no electricity, and their cities look like ghost towns. so they're just arriving in numbers so staggering. so we're going from, like, 9 to 7:00 every day loading up every car with unbelievable amounts. you said chef gruel? he's awesome. we call him the sneaky drop because he's always showing up at random times, you know, dropping off stuff. is and we love him. and it's rallied the whole city. and what's happened is there's just a crisis of our way of life has changed. and so that's the great thing about the dream center is, and myself, you know, i don't have a

place to live right now either. i got relocated, and is i can't with go back to my house. i'm, like, the displaced helping the displaced. but it is an honor to get to serve. charlie: that's incredible. >> and it's a great joy. charlie: a true definition of faith right there. patricia, one of the things that i think a lot of us struggle to wrap our head around is the magnitude of the fires and the magnitude of the need. but can you sort of give some description of the magnitude? >> you know, i -- can it really makes me tear up because especially the palisades, i have so many close friends that live there that have lost everything. i'm in nashville now, but when i would go back to l.a., i always drove out to the palisades to see my friends because it's such a beautiful place. and to see it look like a war zone, to see it flattened, flattened, it is so shocking. and, you know, when i wake up in my comfortable bed in the morning and i think i have

friends that are waking up in hotels and in friends' guest houses saying what do i do, where do i go? the whole city has been decimated, and it hasn't stopped yet. is and it's very frustrating because there's a lot that could have been done for the last 40 years to make sure that the fires don't do this to our friends in los angeles. the ball was dropped. rachel: well -- >> over and over again. rachel: patricia, matthew, we thank you so much. just know that the whole country is praying for los angeles right now, and is we're is so grateful that two people like you are deciding to be the hands and feet of jesus right there in the middle of los angeles. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. rachel: of course. michele tafoya is next.

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♪ charlie: notre dame head football coach marcus freeman rejecting identity politics responding to to a question about his race as he celebrated his historic win against penn state in the orange bowl. >> you are the first black head coach to go to the a national championship game in college football. how much does this mean to you? >> i hope all coaches,

minorities, black, asian, white, it doesn't matter, great people continue to get opportunities to lead young men like this. [cheers and applause] but this ain't about me. this is about us. charlie: here to discuss is former nfl sideline reporter michele tafoya with. i mean, my goodness, how refreshing was that? >> it gives me goose bumps, charlie. she had to ask the question, okay? if i don't begrudge her because he is the first, but his answer was profoundly beautiful. and, you know, she referenced -- the crowd was cheering when she said you're the first black coach to head to the college football national championship, and she referenced, do you hear the crowd. and the crowd cheered five times louder after he gave his answer because this is what people want to hear. that it does not matter what color, what race you are, what -- how you identify. what matters is what goes on on that team in that locker room and on the football field. and i can tell you the people that care the least about who's

what color in that locker room are all of those players. charlie: yeah. >> they love each other as players, and you can find this at every level of sports, charlie. charlie: and i think that one of the reasons it's so refreshing is, like, the great thing about sports is that that's where all the nonsense is supposed to end because it really is all about skill. all that matters is what can you do before the clock runs out. >> yeah. exactly. and that's what they demonstrated. you know, i want to give credit the tampa bay buccaneers' head coach todd bowles. he was asked a similar question a couple of years ago, that representation matters, that isn't it great that more black coaches are getting a chance. and he said i have a lot of coaches and fends who are white too, and i think the sooner you all stop asking us about it, the sooner it becomes irrelevant. and i loved his answer then too. but marcus did a great job in that interview, and i just loved that he sort of surveyed the landscape and said it doesn't

matter, you know? as long as you're a good person. and if isn't that what we want? meritocracy, good people, great character. not the color of your skin. chor. charlie: and, obviously, the other thing was he expressed his gratitude. and i always feel like the way out of all the nonsense is if we just remember the gratitude part of things, you know? great to see you -- >> i think that's a great point. great point. i know you gotta wrap. thanks, charlie. charlie: thank you so much, michelle. great to see you this morning. for fox concern more "fox & friends" moments away.ne ♪xt you see, every year we take the finest fibers our family farm can produce. we gin them in our family cotton gin. it's spun, woven, finished and cut and sewn here in the usa. keeping jobs here at home and bringing you beautiful textiles from our farm to your home. i told myself i was ok with my moderate

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my name is dana bellefeuille, and my husband and i own the village bakery located in hayden, idaho. our mission is to employ people with different abilities. tiktok is allowing us to show what acceptance looks like on a day-to-day basis, here at the bakery. this is a community of just complete and utter love. it's the people that lift you up when you're down. people on tiktok do that on a daily basis, and i've never found a community like that, ever. will: well, that's going to do it for us today, we'll have continuing coverage throughout the day. charlie: keep them in your prayers, and give to dream center.org. don't forget that. rachel: there's lots of places to donate. thanks, everybody, see you tomorrow. >> fox on top of catastrophic damage with california's fires on a