that's happened over several years. insurance companies are are leaving california, steve. >> and it's a direct result of democrat policies. absolutely disgraceful for kamala harris, who's been totally absent from this. the only thing she said of note was attacking the insurance companies. they're leaving because of democrat policies. there's a total absence of any kind of competent governance in the state of california. that's the change we need to see, and people are waking up to that right now. bill: steve and and liz, we thank you both for joining us. that's going to wrap up our coverage for now of these wildfires which are tearing through los angeles county. the latest numbers, 11 dead, 13 if missing, and the santa ana winds coming back. cheryl, it's been great to be with you. cheryl: bill melugin, thank you for your incredible work in los angeles. "fox news live" continues. anita:

alicia: a new flare-up overnight as the fire moves toward mandeville canyon, now threatening the brentwood area. this as the santa ana winds are expected to pick up again today and continue at at an elevated level through wednesday. the fire, wildfires have killed at least 11 people, and 13 others remain missing. welcome to "fox news live." i'm alicia acuna. hi, griff. griff: alicia, it's good to be with you. we are here on the ground in the palisades area. this is ground zero for the devastation that's now destroyed because of the palisades fire more than 21,000 acres, more than 5300 homes and buildings have been totally destroyed. we're here at the united methodist church in palisades, and we just want to quickly show you some of the damage. you can see here entirely wiped out and here just beyond us a reminder of the fire that swept through here. you can see embers smoldering there, still among this. we have fire trucks and

battalion chiefs going up and down the street so that anything pops up like that. in the distance though, alicia, a cross still standing on the church. there is behind this church a popular preschool, and just about 30 minutes ago i encountered some parents that hiked hours to get in here because they wanted to see if they could recover a -- of their child in the rubble. they found it. we're going to talk with them, john and cameron dale can, in a little bit. meanwhile, let's send it out to max gorden who is northeast of me. max, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: hey there, griff. this is in one of the mandatory the evacuation zones. you can see behind me this is a very populated area. homes amid very steep, rugged terrain, and this is where the fire is headed. you can see on this hillside we have fire engines staged here as fire fighters make preparations, last minute preparations to do

structure protection on this ridge line. likely these firefighters are clearing away brush. they're getting anything that might be touching these homes like wood file piles or potentially -- woodpiles or potentially even decks moved away, really preparing for the front of this fire to move through. you can see how the smoke is pluming up dark in some places. that dark smoke could indicate -- [audio difficulty] griff: all right, max gorden, we will check back in with you as the conditions are difficult to broadcast from these areas. alicia, we'll send it to you. alicia: okay, griff. it's so good to see you out there. we're going to turn to to altadena, california. christina coleman embedded with national guard troops in los angeles kansas last night and had -- county last night and had a chance to see the devastation firsthand. >> reporter: that's right,

guardsmen are working hard to support local law enforcement as they try to protect these areas and keep people away from all of this damage. i mean, just take a look at this. this is one of the many houses that have just been devastated, destroyed here in this neighborhood. there are so many of them. it is just heartbreaking when you drive around here and you see all of these burnt-out vehicles and all of these homes. it's hard to imagine that just days ago there was so much life here. take a look at this video from last night. the the national guard, they've got humvees positioned at major intersections. they're working nonstop, around the clock rotating in soldiers at these locations to stop people from going into the houses and businesses that have been destroyed. they want to prevent looting and keep folks away from downed power lines, gas leaks, very dangerous situationsment and hay know that a lot of people are coming through here, they want badly to get back into this area. they want to check on their homes, but they are urging people to, please, give them

patience. >> we're from this community too, and all of our soldiers are from the california army national guard, and we're right here close to to home. we really do feel for these people. >> reporter: the guardsmen were deployed here wednesday. some of them have been sleeping nearby at a california highway patrol communications center so they can be close to areas where they are desperately needed as they collaborate with the l.a. county sheriff's department, california highway patrol and lapd to protect lives and property. so far the deadly eaton fire has claimed the lives of at least six people and burned more than 14,000 acres and destroyed or damaged more than 7,000 structures making it the second most destructive wildfire in california's history. combined all of these devastating fires around l.a. county have just destroyed so much including the homes of two california national guardsmen. and get this, they still offered to help out. >> both of them lost their

house, their homes to the fires. one of them has a family, and both of them wanted to to come out, both of them wanted to be part of the operation and to help the community. the fact that they still wanted to come out after they experienced personal tragedy speaks volumes to the character. >> reporter: it definitely does. you know, at least 500 guardsmen are here and more are expected to join in this fight as these crews work around the clock to try and get these fires under control. alicia? alicia: okay. christina coleman, thank you so much. and we want folks to know that we are also monitoring a news conference with the mayor of los angeles, karen bass. and we'll get that to you when we do. griff. griff: thank you, alicia. while we wait for that press conference from the mayor, let's go to altadena to the town counsel vice chair. nick, what is the latest that you are seeing there and the needs of your community?

>> we had a community briefing yesterday that, luckily, we had a high streaming count which means that a we're getting a lot of information out there that included, i mean, the simple answer to your question is it's so much devastation. my, i represent a part of altadena that i would say easily over two-thirds of the area i represent is gone including my home, and it's just overwhelming to look at. i will be doing a drive through today if you feel like doing a follow-up, i can give you a better idea. it will be, the chair and myself, we'll have -- the sheriff is taking us through town to do an assessment, and we'll have a lot more information after that. are there any specifics you are wondering about or people might be asking about? griff: well, nick, i mean, the purpose for media like ourselves and the national media is the come to communities like yours and let you sound off because your community is in need, devastated. i have talked to several california residents out here, most all of whom have told me

they've been used to the fires. they know these things happen, but they've never seen anything like this. so let me ask you sort of on a potential note for yourself, have you with -- personal note for yourself, have you ever seen anything like this before? the. >> no, this is unprecedented. i've been on the council long enough, i know the community long enough and i, too, have been speaking to them postfire, there has been nothing like this. that's what my children were asking, has this happened before. you're absolutely right, people are used to the fire. that is something in their minds that they know what it's capable of. but you could never imagine what happened on tuesday night to all of us as we were rushing out of town. it, i mean, it's hard to describe. it's just an overwhelming situation. to answer your question, no, it's unprecedented. we had that exact discussion yesterday. i would believe that this is the most traumatic and disastrous event in altadena's history.

easily. i can't even bring up one other thing that could come close. griff: and as your community, as your council begins to put the pieces together and figure this out, what are the concerns that you have and the answers you want answered first? >> good question. i think our initial needs and concerns would deal with water. two of our reservoirs were destroyed. that will be a need and concern of the entire region. i'm staying in pasadena, about ten minutes away from the border of altadena. everybody's on bottled water. there's, you know, we're waiting for that. other needs would be to make sure that people are safe. we're compiling -- i'm needing to send people over to the pasadena civic center to report missing persons. you probably heard about our death count. the only reason they have any sort of death count which they're saying five at this

time, the captain of the sheriff's station explained to us the only way that they could identify a body is if they stumbled or made it out of their home. the homes themselves are so decimated, things are just melted and completely gone, roofs have been caved in. no one's been digging through their homes, at least their -- they're not supposed to be, so we have no idea what bodies in those homes x. those bodies will be completely decimated. it's devastating. they do have cadaver dogs coming in. i think you mentioned we have the national guard securing our borders because going in there poses both health risks and the patrols don't know who is a resident digging through stuff and who is a looter. the number of arrests is have risen, but only one of those arrests was in altadena. we've got people outside of altadena coming in and looting things. griff: and, nick, the response from the firefighters working around the clock and the first

responders seems just incredible out here. what have you witnessed? what is your assessment of the response trying to deal with this? >> we're so in shock, it's hard to express our gratitude, and you just are trying to live each moment and get moving forward. but i'm so glad you asked that, because i just want to express on behalf of the council and all the residents i've been speaking to in the evacuation areas, there is such gratitude. there will be anger in the coming days wondering how this could have possibly happened, but there are no facts or details yet, so i'm really appreciative of that question because i want to that take the opportunity to express that gratitude and to let people know we have been seeing them work tirelessly. they are camping out on the rose bowl lot. that's where they live for these coming weeks to continue fighting this fire. it's just heart warming to see that and to see the people coming to try to feed them and give them some comfort. i will add that, you know, it was a wind event and they were

unable to do drops, air drops, for obvious reasons. i have heard firsthand that there are firefighters who wanted to be in those planes, in those choppers doing those drops, and it was heartbreaking to them to not be able to do their d do what they wanted to do. they didn't care about the wind but, of course, for their safety, they were kept out of that. so we're endlessly grateful to them. griff: well, nick, thank you for taking time as we continue to thank and pray for your community. i'm on the ground here in palisades, and you're right, i've covered the news for the last 25 the plus years, and -- 25 plus years, and when you come here and see this firsthand, you can read it in the newspaper that the scenes are apocalyptic, but the def station is unbelievable in areas where people never thought they'd witness it, and you are among them. we're thinking about you and your community. please keep us posted with any updates from the altadena community, and we will get that out. nick arn ericsson, vice chair of

the town council, thank you for taking the time. >> thank you. alicia: for more on the wildfires, let's bring in criminal defense attorney and evacuee of the fire, brian claypool. brian, i mentioned just a few minutes ago that the mayor of los angeles, karen bass, is about to step to the mic along with federal authorities for an update. but just about an hour or so ago we did receive an update from county officials. here's the sheriff. take a listen. >> evacuation orders are approximately at 153,000 residents that are under the evacuation orders and approximately 57,000 structures are still at risk. regarding evacuation warnings, approximately 166,000, or a little over 166,000 residents are under evacuation warnings. alicia: bottom line right now, brian, from the sheriff there is that the winds are picking up,

and they're only going to get worse over the next 24-48 hours. your thoughts right now as we sit here. >> hey, alicia, thanks for having me. look, my thoughts, my feelings have gone from shock and trauma when it's 5 a.m. early wednesday morning, you know, i'm forced to run out of my house with my teenage daughter and 9-month-old child, a man -- nanny, one pair of clothes for three days and running to a hotel. then i went through a feeling of sadness, right? looking at those images. having people reaching out to me, i know several people who have lost homes or or churches burned down, you name, right? people's lives are just, are destroyed forever trying to rebuild. then my feelings moved to outrage. why? because i hope karen bass gets up when you cover her press conference and announces her resignation today. she should resign and explain to everybody as well about this alleged leaked memo as well in

which she wanted to cut the fire department budget another $49 million within a week before the wildfires. that's been reported. i haven't verified it. also let's ask karen bass a question for me, why she agreed to pay the new head of the l.a. department of water and power almost $400,000 more than the prior head of dwp. explain that. maybe she could have used some of that money to hire more firefighters. and if she had gotten her way with another $49 million cut to the fire department, guess what? 16 fire departments would have been shut down. and what about the santa ynez reservoir? is anyone investigating kin eurozone necessary and karen bass for allow -- karen bass for allowing that reservoir to have been drained 117 million gones of water? this isn't fiction, this isn't politics, this is human decency. she rowed -- allowed that a to

happen on her watch. on tuesday night when i'm sitting in my home in pasadena and i'm hearing about winds predicted of 80 to 100 miles per hour, alicia, that's hurricane force. where was her team sitting there the with the electric grid across all of l.a. county trying to figure out where to potentially turn off electricity to make sure lines don't go down, because i think you're going to find at the end of the day lines went down causing these fires. how are you not there with your team? who gives a heck about ghana? what is her butt doing in ghana? who cares about an inauguration in ghana? get your butt in town and take care of your people. and now we're dealing with what you're talking about in pasadena we have contaminated water, contaminated. people can't drink water, can't shower. what is she doing about that? s what is she doing about looting that's happening within 600 feet of where i hope my home is still standing? what is she doing about that? why didn't she have the national

guard in place before this went down? alicia: before, right. >> look, i'm not trying to play -- this isn't about politics. this is about we live in an ecosystem in southern california where it's well known about fires, it's well known about mudslides and earthquakes. you know that that's what you get when you want to become the mayor of los angeles. and you want the play these silly games about wanting to build homes for the homeless in l.a. instead of taking that money and taking care of people in l.a. county who have worked hair whole lives to get -- their whole lives to get homes? take care of those people. forget about your socially comfortable policies. we are outraged. look, at the end of the day she should be facing a recall. that's' how i feel about it. alicia: brian, thank you so much. we hear you, we feel you. we are going now live to los angeles press conference with mayor karen bass. >> -- district director julie claus of the small business administration. and for all angelenos, we are

hurting, grieving, grief, still in shock and angry, and i am too. the devastation that our city has faced. but in spite of the grief, in spite of the anger, in spite of the shock we have got to stay focused until this time passes. until the fires are out. now we need to stay focused, but i will say that when the fires are out, make no mistake we will have a full accounting of what worked and especially what did not. and i know that this is a top priority of the people that are here behind me and the firefighters and the first responders that are on the front line. there is nothing, nothing, nothing that i will not do for the city where i was born and raised, and i know that that

goes for all of us. so let me be clear about something. the fire chief and i are focused on fighting these fires and saving lives, and any differences that we might have will be worked out in private. but right now our first and most important obligation to angelenos is to get through this crisis. when the fire is out, there will be time for us to evaluate. but at the same time, we also must begin the recovery effort, and there'll be more to come from that in the next few days. so you saw last night that the fires intensified. the palisades fire expanded, leading to additional evacuations in encino and parts of brentwood. but despite the flare-up, relentless air and ground assaults has led to increased containment of the fire. emergency shelter is open at the

recreational center in canoga park. we are updating on l.a. city.gov with information about assistance and up to date evacuations. the hurst fire is now 76% contained, and the sunset fire is almost 100% contained. fema teams are on ground providing in-person support, helping angelenos apply for disaster relief at at the westwood recreation center and ritchie valens park. the small business administration is now offering home disaster loans, business disaster loans and economic injury disaster loans which can be applied for at lending, lending sba.gov. let me repeat that, lendingsba.gov. and the national guard is here too helping relieve our

firefighters and secure the perimeter of our evacuation zones, aiding our los angeles police officers in having zero tolerance for crime. and let me just say that again, zero tolerance for crime. and so that means if you are bold enough, that you are going to go into a fire area and attempt to break in homes or do looting of any type, you will be arrested, you will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. in the grief, in the anger, in the pain that we are going through, the idea that there would be predators out there that would try to take advantage of this situation will not be tolerated. i want the people of los angeles to know that your emergency departments are working as hard and as fast as they can for you. we are a city, los angeles. we have been through tragedies before. i remember 199 92, the civil unrest when we had to e build

the city. i remember 1994, the big earthquake. this tragic event will bring us together. we will stay together, we will get through the fires, and then we will rebuild our city, and we will rebuild our city even better. with that, let me introduce our fire chief, kristin crowley. >> thank you, madam a mayor. so good morning, everyone. thank you for being here. as mayor bass has stated, she and i met yesterday to discuss our shared priorities. number one, first and foremost, we are both focused on our urgent needs to mitigate these devastating wildfires. our top priority remains saving lives and protecting property. second, we are committed to working together on community recovery and rebuilding efforts. three, we are focused on building an lafd that reflects

the needs of the community that we serve and which will prepare us for the many, many channels that are ahead of all of us -- challenges. i will now provide an update on the current fires. palisades fire. yesterday evening there was a significant flare-up on the northeastern boundary of the fire threatening mandeville and sullivan canjon areas -- canyon areas. we needly redeployed resources to begin -- immediately redeloined resources with a relentless air attack utilizing all available aircraft in the area. i can now report that we have increased the fire's containment from 8% to 11% with 3,712 personnel that are awe assigned to this incident. the fire is now at 22,000-- 22, 660 acres with all evacuation

orders and warnings, they all remain in place. the hurst fire, 799 acres, 76% contained. two structures were damaged. 305 personnel are assigned to that incidentment sunset fire can -- incident. sunset fire halted, and and i want to focus on that word, halted and stopped at 42 acres, 100% contained due to the due diligence of our first responders that are out there doing their work. currently in the mop-up and patrol status and no active threat to the public. now, looking forward over the next few days and into the next week, we will be facing another critical weather event. i want to assure the residents within our incredible city of los angeles that that mayor bass, chief mcdonald and i

have in lockstep together and that we will utilize every single resource at our disposal to ensure public safety and that we 40 to listically concern holistically protect angelenos. thank you, everyone, and i have the honor to introduce police chief mcdonald. >> thank you, chief, very much. as we navigate this challenging time, our primary if focus remains the safety and security of our community. we're committed to protecting lives, safeguarding property and maintaining order in the areas affected by the tire -- fires. determining the cause of these fires is critical, and to that end, mayor because, chief crowley and i have announcing the creation of the los angeles regional wildfire investigative task force. this task force is made up of local, state and federal partners designed to investigate the cause of these fires and to see if there's any connections

between them. task force will be made up of -- or is made up of investigators from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, cal fire, the los angeles fire department arson counterterrorism section, los angeles county fire department-arson, the los angeles police department major crimes decision and the los angeles sheriffs' department, arson and explosives. the -- just announced this morning or decided this morning that the atf will take over as lead agency on that. they have tremendous resources and expertise and can bring in resources from across the country to do their investigation. so we're very thankful for them and their resources. the lapd remains on tactical alert, and we have dedicated resource toss ensure the safety of our law enforcement and city, state, federal public safety partners. lapd officers are actively patrolling around the clock. these efforts include enhanced visibility in evacuation zones

and neighborhoods where homes and businesses are vibrant cant. we're deploying marked and -- vacant. we're deployed marked and unmark marked vehicles. lapd currently has over 600 officers deployed to these areas with support from port police who provided personnel and the national guard who provided 40 personnel at various posts throughout the palisades, and we're truly grateful for their support also. we've continued to respond to radio calls with reports of looting a although i'm happy to share that so far none have been substantiated in that fashion. let me be clear on this, and the mayor just talked about it, we do have a zero tolerance policy for anybody attempting to exploit this crisis. looting and other illegal activities will not be toll a rated, and we've taken significant steps to prevent such behavior. additional patrols are actively monitoring evacuated areas, and we've implemented a system of surveillance and rapid response.

r -- lapd is enforcing a curfew in areas where mandatory evacuations are still in place. the curfew will run from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. last night we arrested a total of five people for crimes involving curfew violation. in the palisades burn area. i want to remind everybody that unless you are a public safety personnel or another type of disaster worker, you have no reason to be at these locations. and if we see you in those area, you will be subject to arrest. any person who refuses of willfully neglects to obey the order in effect in any evacuation order or warning zone within the city of los angeles will be physically booked for a violation of california government code section 8665, a violation of curfew order is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine and potentially imprisonment for up to six months or both. the countywide curfew order is

enforceable in the city of los angeles by lapd officers. enforcing a curfew is an important tool that will help keep the burn areas and evacuated property secure, keeping looters out. this effort also helps protect public safety personnel or who are operating in darkness and in very difficult circumstances. i want to reassure everybody that your safety and security of your property remains our top priority. we understand the stress and uncertainty you are feeling, and we're doing everything in our power to protect what matters to you. i urge you to continue following safety guidelines issued by our emergency management partners and abide by any security checks and screenings. these measures are in place to protect lives and to allow first responders to do their jobs more effectively. in closing, i want to thank our officers who continue to work extended hours in a challenging environment, the national guard and all of our partners, particularly our fire partners, for their tireless efforts in responding to this crisis. i also want to express our

gratitude to my community for your resilience and cooperation. we will continue to provide updates as the situation develops and is remain steadfast in our mission to protect and serve. thank you and, please, stay safe. now my honor to introduce fema regional administrator bob fenton. [inaudible conversations] >> well, let me start the out by saying our hearts go out to everyone affected by the wildfires. and as our administrator yesterday said, we're committed to be here to help those in the community recover as long as it takes. one of the things that's important to us is having a strong relationship with not only the mayor, all communities and the state in delivering assistance to those communities that have been affected, and we'll continue to make sure that we're here to do that. in addition to providing support on the response side, one of the areas that we're focusing now and our priority is to help

those that have been affected by this event. and one of the ways we do to that is through our individual assistance program. i want to start off with how to apply to that program. so the easiest way is to go to the web site, to disaster assistance.gov and apply there. you can also download the fema app and use that to apply. or you can phone our 1-800-621-33612 number -- 3362 number. we've already had over 16,000 applications as of this morning. we'll continue to take reservations -- registrations into our system, and we'll be probably reaching out to many of those individuals. those that are insured, i urge you to go ahead and call your insurance company first as you'll need that information through the registration process with fema as you go through that application process. if one positive thing that has happened in some of the change of our legislation is we can help those that are underinsured

which i suspect will be a significant need here from these fires. fema is starting to expedite serious needs assistance. it's a one-time payment that helps survivors with costs associated with disaster-related needs such as when it's water, food, infant formula, things you had to purchase as you evacuated, and that's a one-time payment. other forms of assistance include displacement assistance to help with hotel costs, minimal repairs to your house, other needs assistance, costs for if you have medical bills from this event. the unfortunate funeral costs that will come for some. if you lost your car in this event, you can go ahead and put that in for assistance from fema. and then, ultimately, as we've seen the great devastation and loss of housing, temporary housing whether it be through our rental assistance programs,

other forms of temporary housing. we'll work with the city and the county on how to provide those in the best way that meets the needs of the community here. so i'm working closely with the state and county and the city to ensure that we bring not only the full weight of the federal government, but working with community partners to make sure that we bring the resources that are needed to help recover. we are setting -- sending staff out out to the field to help individuals register for our program. we'll start with going to the shelters and some of the other places, and we'll expand out and help individuals that need help registering. however, i urge you to go to the three locations i gave you, register online or register through the 1-800 number as it's better to register before coming in and asking for extra technical assistance. ultimately, we'll work with the county and the city to set up local assistance centers where

we'll have processing centers to help with your application. lastly, i just want to continue to reiterate we are here for the long term. we're here to financially support the response costs and to help individuals recover from the fire. we have the full weight of the federal government behind me to support any needs that the state or the county or the city have in response to these fires. thank you. >> next is sba district director julie claus. >> thank you, mayor bass. thank you to all of our government officials, fema and especially our first responders. thank you so much for everything you are doing for the community. for those that are affected by these fires, my heart is with you. my team and i live here. we know what the challenges are ahead, and we're here to help you through that recovery process. sba's disaster loan programs are

open, they've been fully activated and are hope -- are open and people can apply today. the applications are available for homeowners, for renters, for businesses of all sizes and for private nonprofits here in l.a. county. a quick overview of the programs for you, the disaster home loan program is loans to renters or homeowners to repair or replace disaster-damaged real estate and personal property, and this includes automobiles. loan maximums are $500,000 for real estate and $100,000 for personal property, and this is for uninsured or otherwise non-compensated losses. business physical disaster loans are also available for businesses of all sizes to repair or replace their disaster-damaged property including the real estate inventory, supplies, machinery and equipment. businesses of all sizes and nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply, and loan

maximums are $2 million. economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses and nonprofits as a way to provide working capital to help them meet their ordinary and necessary obligations that otherwise could have been met but for this fire. loan maximums for this program are 2 million. interest rates are extremely low, under 4%, and in some cases, 2.56% for homeowners and renters. we have a 12-month deferment on interest and payments, and we are in the process of setting up some centers, but everyone is absolutely eligible to apply online today. sba.gov/disaster will take you right to the info page and plifnlings also sba.gov, we have banners on our home page to direct you right to these resources as well. and you may also reach out through our customer assistance line at -- e-mail, sorry, at a

disaster customer service@sba.gov. and we also have our cadre of business advisers through small business development centers, women business centers, veteran business outreach centers and score who are all over the can county with free business assistance ready to support any business concerns you may have from recovery and rebuilding to applying for any of the assistance we talked about today. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> yes. if. >> [inaudible] >> you know what? i think people in palisades and

in most of the areas have been doing everything they can. they've been responding to the evacuation orders. i think that is critical, that they do that. we know that those people who stay behind might not be able to get out. and i think that it's important that people pay attention to that. the good news is that the fires have been slowly contained. i know that the palisades area is one of the ones that is the most vulnerable for the winds to continue to spike up, and it's anticipated that the winds will kick up again at the gunning of the week. beginning of the week. so having national guard there, having law enforcement there is going to be very kit are call -- critical because not only do we have to protect ourselves from the fires, but we also have to make sure that no one goes up there and attempts to loot, attempts to do anything that is inappropriate in the areas. well, they need to the pay attention to what the orders

are, you know? in some of the areas they've been told to evacuate, i know that west of the 405 people are supposed to evacuate. i know east of the 405 it's a warning. so i think people need to pay careful attention to what the instructions are are. and, please, please, please, not try to wait out the fires. >> [inaudible] >> oh, my goodness. >> [inaudible] >> let me just say that as you see here, the chief and i are lockstep in our number one mission, and that mission is to get us past this emergency right now. we want the make sure that we save lives, we save housing, we save businesses. and if there are differences that we have, we will continue

to deal with those in private. thank you. no. [no audio] >> first of all, i have no idea as to what he means when he says he's getting different answers from different people. but i have to tell you, i have a lot of concerns about every step of what has happened over the last week. again, we have to stay focused on the number one mission which is getting through this crisis, keeping people safe. examining what happened, i want a full investigation of every level. so i'll follow up with the above to find out exactly what he means, but i do not know.

>> [inaudible] >> yes. yes. >> [inaudible] >> well, i think, first of all, you have heard it directly from me. i'll give her an opportunity to repeat it again, that we have one mission, and that is going to be our sole focus. now, prior to this chief and i have always been in regular communication, and we will continue to do that. chief. >> thank you for that. i stand by my comments this morning, especially in this time of crisis. that that number one priority with, actually, chief mcdonnell, madam mayor and

myself are all a on the same page. and i don't know how to overstate that at this point. that's why we're all here today, is to make sure that the community, the people that we serve understand exactly where the three of us are. and i think we've -- in fact, i know we've clearly articulated that this morning, so thank you for the question. >> well, you know, let me just say that not only are there the resources and unlimited resources that the fire d., the police department need right now, we're not going to sit around and look at what we're going to spend on or not. if chief mcdonnell calls me and tells me this is what he needs, if chief crowley calls me and tells me this is what we need, then that's what we'll do. but let me just also say that it's beyond los angeles. so the mutual aid component, i'm getting phone calls from all

over the country from people i served with in congress who have now moved on to be governors. we have a number of different states. even canada called. but that is what happens in natural disasters. i know the chief and i, i think it was just a couple of months ago we had a number of firefighters go around the country. fire fighters go with around the country all the time to assist in natural a disasters, and that's exactly what is happening. now, leapt me add on to that -- let me add on to that to say president biden, vice president harris, the state leaders and, obviously, the governor but also the head of the state senate, the head of the state assembly, they have all been calling us off the hook. i did a press conference yesterday, a zoom press conference, the governor and i did, with the president and the vice president. for the president to reiterate over and over again. the fact that we're getting 100% reimbursement from fema is not something that is usual. but it is something that the president agreed to.

so i feel confident that whatever support is needed, we will have. if -- i have not heard from the incoming administration. however, i have reached out to some of my republican colleagues. it is helpful that i served with many people who now will be going through confirmation, so i'm in touch with my colleagues. >> [inaudible] >> great. great. i received a message prosecute mayor of paris who i got to -- from the mayor of paris who i got to know, obviously, last summer, extending her concern and condolences. so, yes, mexico, canada, all of north america coming together to deal with a natural disaster in this area that we have never seen before. >> [inaudible]

>> uh-huh. >> [inaudible] [inaudible] >> you know, it's my

understanding that that's not the way mutual aid works. but, again, there is a long list of issues that need to be examined, dissected, investigated, evaluated. and if there are people who need to be held accountable, they will be. thank you. yes. >> [inaudible] >> again, again, it's my understanding that that is not the way it works. when i speck to the governor -- spoke to the governor on wednesday, it was beginning that process. but because in an event like this you don't exactly know what's going to happen, but you don't mobilize 1,000 national guard or 200 national guard in case. >> [inaudible] >> well, i mean, you know, i can certainly share my experience at ucla when we wering having all

the protests there. and, you know, the idea that we would have 2030 police officers -- 200 police officers that were waiting around to to go to a protest in ucla, that's just not the way you mobilize troops. people are coming from all over the place. well, you're talking 20 the, 30 years ago. i can't, i can't, i can't respond to that. chief? would you -- >> yeah. i mean, this is an unpredictable event. you have predictable wind coming. you don't know the extent of that wind. you can't predict you're going to have a fire and certainly nothing to this scale. something like you mentioned the o.j. simpson case, that's something that in that at that time -- and i was there -- it was predictable that the verdict was going to come out date certain, and so you could set up to be able to address whatever the issues were. but with natural disasters, it's a whole difference ball game. nobody, can afford to send people to stand around for what may happen. we have to respond as quickly as

we can when the need arises. >> [inaudible] alicia: okay. we have been listening to the mayor of los angeles, karen bass, along with federal authorities and local authorities getting an update on the fires in los angeles. a couple of headlines that came out of there. the mayor did say there's a little bit of good news, that the fires are slowly starting to be contained. now, that said, right now they're still investigating the cause. they don't know how these things started yet, but they are working on that. also no evacuation orders or warnings have been lifted, and here's why: it's still dangerous in these fire locations. but additionally, the winds are going to start picking up again tonight and tomorrow and and heading into the week, so they are still, as they are dealing with the disaster in front of them, they are preparing for the disaster ahead. additionally, fema was there and said that more than 16,000 people so far have applied for federal assistance, they're

encouraging people to go on their web site, to go on their app and get things started. and with that, we're going to head back out to southern california and my friend and colleague, griff jenkins. griff. griff: alicia, we are here in palisades with a couple, john and cameron dale, who have lost everything. here at the church beyond where we are standing, there was a preschool. they have three young daughters, one that attended here. and, john, what is -- what have you been through? tell me about your experience and also just how you were here this morning, you recovered -- it was very emotional when cameron was picking up, minnie's towel that outlined the preschool here. >> yeah. so when we kind of realized that this wall might be some of the only artwork that any of our friends, families or our friends have, we were all of a sudden in a panic because we know that this might all get bulldozed at some point, and we were just worried or that might be the piece. so we decided to come up here

and start digging through, and i was able -- we knew that the head of the preschool and the pastor collected a giant tub of them, but we rushed up here and found our way in and found a ton more. and we know that i is have a lot of video of the wall, so i'm going to try to piece together whose are what because it just sent us into a panic attack last night in addition in addition to all the other things -- griff: that wall means something to people like you. >> oh, yeah. this, in addition to the town it, but this is kind of, like, one of the most beautiful places. i'm sure most people feel about their preschool, but we were just in love with it. we've sent all three of of our daughters here, and so many other people feel same way. it feels like home. and you could literally -- any single person in the school, you could send your kid with them, and you feel comfortable with them. it's part of the whole -- it's just a piece of us, so we have to get it, you know? >> -- important, but we lost all of my if girlfriends, the one

thing we said we wished we'd grab which no one thought this would happen, all of our children's artwork. this is it, like, this is it. we have nothing. so finding all of my friends and, like, each one you find, it's just like a treasure because we have nothing of their childhood artwork left. >> of the probably dozens that we pulled out, every single name we knew. it's not like, oh, who's in this? oh, we have to get this to them and make sure that they get it. griff: now you've got to figure out what comes next. we've got to leave it there, john, cameron. we're praying for you, we're thinking of you. getting the word out here. palisades is devastated. we'll be back. more "fox news live" in a moment. ♪ ♪

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