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♪ will: -- on this "fox & friends" morning. we start with a fox news alert. the death toll in the devastating california wildfires rising to 16 as more than 39,000 acres have now burned a across the los angeles area. rachel: the palisades fire is just over 10% contained but threatening new areas this morning despite crew toes relentlessly working the put it out. charlie: griff jenkins joins us from the pacific palisades now. griff. >> reporter: street by street, block by block here in pacific palisades which, will, you well know, it is scenes of delaware the station unprecedented.

it really looks more like a war zone than anything else. i'll step out of the way and let you see more than one of the 5300 businesses and homes that have been totally destroyed here. as a you were mentioning, this palisades fire 11% contained the, but it's already destroyed more than 23,000 ache a aeros and 5300 plus structures. the eaton fire is only 15 contained and about 14,000 plus acres have been destroyed. and you're right, rachel, they are fighten a new front. it's in hand ifville canyon -- mandeville canyon. take a look at this video, plane after plane, helicopter after helicopter dropping fire retar adapt as the fire worked down the canyon approaching homes. we were in a backyard where just feet away flames were being battled from engulfing a house there. that is a problem. but9 another issue is the drones

that continue to be launch. ed and threatening those planes. photos to us yesterday showing that one drone which you remember hit a super scooper a few days ago. that did a lot of damage. but we spoke with the assistant director of the fbi here in los angeles, and he said it could have been much ors worse. god forbid this plane would have crashed. >> absolutely. and these fires are is so significant in size, that is only going to -- you could imagine, that will exponentially increase the amount of resources needed that's going to take away fire-fighting efforts from saving houses, saving lives if one of these planes should go down. that would literally be catastrophic. >> reporter: and before we did this live shot, guys, we drove up mandeville canyon road. we saw the firefighters still battling little areas, but fit

moves closer to the 405, it could get into the brentwood area and threaten things. and the other thing we're seeing out here is a lot of police going through, looking into all of the destroyed homes and businesses looking for looters, 232 was the latest count -- 22 was the latest count that have been arrested in the area out there looting. so a lot of police enforcement as well as, obviously, the firefighters working around the clock to try and get this under control. mayor karen bass says she'll hold a press conference again at 8 a.m. local, 11 a.m. eastern. we'll see what updates we get. but no new overnight evacuation notices that we've seen so far. that, obviously, guys, could change. will: griff, you tell us about the fire encroaching upon mandeville canyon, you also brought up brentwood. one of the most devastating things about the palisades fire is it got itself into a dense neighborhood, a dense area of los angeles and took away so many homes and businesses.

right now the sense that you have in the directions that the fire is moving, what is the biggest threat in terms of population, neighborhoods, homes? is it that brentwood area? is it those pockets that are up in the various canyons? >> reporter: it is, will. and because of your experience living here, you really understand it. and what our viewers need to understand is the landscape which you well know which are densely populated, million dollar homes. really nice homes lining the gorgeous hills and can get views of the city and headed, views down towards the pacific ocean. but they're also lined up against brush and dense wooded areas. and what happens is the the fires come down those canyons, and they quickly engulf homes. it's kensly populated areas -- densely populated areas like brentwood right now that they're focus on. and the santa ana that winds which last week were in that

80-100 mile-an-hour last week, we're fortunate right now, it's not crazy. they expect the santa ana winds to pick back up starting today, heading into monday and as far as wednesday, but they don't expect it to to get much more than 30 mile-an-hour range with some gusts of 40 or 50 which could still be enough to cause those fires to come down in the densely populated areas but obviouslying to a lesser degree than what they saw just days ago. and that's why all a night long the planes and the helicopters have been pounding every line they can find where fires are approaching the population areas. rachel: griff, i know the focus has been on containing the fire, but there's still a lot of talk about what caused the fire. if what do you know about that? >> reporter: well, that is -- you know, it's interesting, rachel, because we know about the one individual days ago that

was apparently suspected to be an arsonist. but as will well knows out here, when you have these conditions which was unprecedented in terms of -- they haven't had rain in months. very, very dry out here. and then the high 80 to 100 mile-an-hour winds, any kind of spark if could light this place on fire. and the humidity in some areas very low which makes for drier conditions. one thing that, apparently, mayor bass is promising is once the immediate threat is under control, there'll be a full accountability as to what went right, she says, and what went wrong. and we'll find out maybe more about why these fireses were started. but again, remember, we had about six fires running here. obviously, a lot of attention on the palisades and and eaton fires, but there were some ohs, two of -- others, two of which have been fully contained, thankfully. but there's still a handful of pockets in this area around los angeles that they're watching. so it's not like it was just one

area and one fire. it's been very widespread and continues to pose a multifront threat. charlie: so, griff, i'm assuming that when we talk about the looters, they're mostly looting areas that have been evacuated as opposed to burned, but i don't know that for a fact. but my question is, you know, what are the authorities doing? is it the national guard? what are they doing once they evacuate a neighborhood to protect that neighborhood, to the keep looters from getting in there? >> reporter: yeah, it's a great question, charlie. and we literally had to go through multiple road, blocks and show our press id to get past. the national guard has really -- much of this palisades fire is along the sunset boulevard which will knows is the main boulevard through this area. and so multiple locations the national guard and local law enforcement have set up roadblocks to stop people from coming in. but the threat, obviously, because of the densely populated

homes that have not been caught on fire, those are sitting, obviously, full of valuables in many cases. so they're worried about people trying the evade the roadblocks to to get into some of these areas. that's why we've seen really as many police driving past us with their spotlights looking in and out. will: all right, griff, thanks so much. rachel: you guys, it's a big city. my son, as i told you yesterday with, was evacuated. love your question, charlie, because that's exactly what he was thinking about. he's a filmmaker, he's got equipment, $50,000 or more worth of equipment, so he went back last night to get it but, apparently, there was no national guard to stop him or no roadblocks. that makes me think, yeah, they're guarding some areas but not apartments for, you know, young people. [laughter] they're guarding rich areas. charlie: everything was there, i assume. rachel: yeah. he was able to get as much as he

could out. will: that's good news. you heard griff mention the santa ana that winds exacerbating really the fuel and the fire that has been so hard to control. so let's dive into that for a moment. what are the santa ana winds? we've got adam over here to to help us understand. so let's start with, the other night i was watching, bret baier was talking about this. i found it extremely informative. tell me a little bit about how they become such a problem. adam: well, we get this wind coming out of the high desert. you're talking about nevada, usually a high pressure system that sets up in the winter time almost exclusively but not necessarily. that's generally when you see it though. because the air's higher in the air, it's more compressed, it's dry doer, right? and as it rushes downhill which, ultimately, it's forced to do because there's low pressure sitting off the coast of southern california, it dries itself out, and then it speeds up when it starts to get into some canyons.

and that's something you've experiencedded every winter tim- will: so it started in the nevada desert reason. it comes down blowing west through california, through the mountains. and if as it goes down through the mountains, it picks up speed and also, what i understand, it dries out. so the wind gets hot, it gets dry and it gets fast. it can knock down power lines and spread fire. adam: the it's higher in the air and automatically warmer. it doesn't cool down quickly. because of that it's heating up, compressing, and it's sweeping down the mountains, so it warms and dries as it makes that descending. across the high deserts, obviously, nevada it's only drying out more, and then you're with talking about, basically, a blow dryer -- will: right. adam: -- being rushed down into some of these areas -- will: this is essentially what it looks like in pacific palisades. here's the pacific ocean and malibu's up the coast. at this point it's come through the desert, it's blowing through here, and this is an area where

palisades would be surrounded by the canyons and mountains. ad apple brought it up, when thn the santa anas are the highest, it's winter, january and december the average wind events per month there in california. adam: that's when you get the high pressure that we keep seeing in the video and the low pressure sitting off the desert, and it sets up perfectly. they're not always 70, 80, 90, 1000 miles an hour -- 100, it's more like 40 to-60. will: let's do this quickly, here's sort of the cheat sheet on what these winds do. they pick up, they spread embers. they can ignite the fires by knocking down power lines. as adam a pointed out, warm winds exacerbate existing fires it and loses humidity and dries out. you know, griff just mentioned this, it's dry now. but here's another factor, adam. two years ago, 2023, the winter, it was wet. they had a big, heavy rainfall that year with. what that a means is vegetation grows up.

so it goes from high vegetation grown with good water to now super dry, hot. adam: two years of dry then suddenly, yeah, it's really, really hot. all of this dry air blows in and spreads rapidly. will: good stuff, adam, thank you so much. okay. charlie, rachel, that's a little bit about santa ana winds, and then we get to the politics, and then we get to the leadership in california and gavin newsom. rachel: well it's so interesting seeing what adam brings to the table which is, you know, the facts and the science of the weather that goes on in that part of the country, and you go, how could you possibly not think that you need to clear the brush? and, you know, looking into this a little bit, t it's not just that the politicians say you can't clear the brush or you can't do certain things because of, you know, the smelt or whatever. there's environmental groups all over california that will sue you. so there's a lot of, there's a lot of blame to go around here, right? there's a lot of sort of denial

of nature and what happens. and we know that if you manage your forests, you can decrease the likelihood of this happening. then you add mismanagement on top, d can ei and people focused on things they're not supposed to, and you get a mess. here's gavin newsom who's now, i don't know, found time to get on a podcast called pod save america to explain things. listen. >> of course i want to know the answers. so i'm governor of california, i want to know the answer. i've got that question i can't tell you by how many people. my own team is saying, what happened? i want straight answers. i watched the press conference, i met with some of those leaders. we had my team start talking to local leaders -- >> and you weren't getting straight answers -- >> i was getting different answers. and so, for me, when you start getting different answers, then i'm not getting the actual

story. and they're assessing it. i get that as well. a little bit of grace, back to the point. we're in this emergency. i just want to determine the facts, but no one has any patience, in this weaponized, back to the grievance, trump, everyone else. there's immediate city. and lies travel the to verb y'all world, and it's hard to the get the facts out there -- proverbial world -- and so that's what we're trying to achieve. charlie: yeah. there's immediacy because people's homes are on fire. rachel: right. charlie: neighborhoods are on fire. and the idea that he's going to talk like -- this didn't just start yesterday. as you were pointing out, this started weeks, months, years ago with policies that they've put into place that have made all this so much worse. and it's kind of astounding -- i guess not with him -- the watch him, you know, try to, you know, his first concern right now seems to be. will: donald trump. charlie: covering his tail and

trying to blame donald trump. will: and he's playing the blame game as well. he's saying i can't get straight answers which may or may not be true, but don't act like you have moral authority. it's predictable. it's all predictable. it is a natural disaster, but it's predictable disaster, and his nemesis or rival, ron desantis in florida, deals with a different type of natural disaster in hurricanes and handles it stellar. i mean, he -- the desantis in florida shows how to you can be competent and minimize natural disaster. this is the opposite. this shows how you can exacerbate with natural a disaster. rachel: you know, it's interesting, people are attacking gavin newsom because he's been putting out these little videos on his, like, his x site or his handle, his governor handle, showing him doing stuff. the angles, he just looks like he's, like -- charlie: posing.

rachel: he's posing and he looks so good. i've never seen ron ron desantis do anything like that. i've never even seen donald trump do anything like that. you have leaders who are, you know, there to do the work, and then you have show horses like workhorse, show horse. and that's what you get there with gavin newsom. it's really astounding. and when you talk about the blame going around, the woman who runs the water management used to be a job that was paid, like, $400,000 which is still a really hefty salary. they decided the hire someone and double that, so she gets paid $750,000. it's -- she's not building the reservoir. she's just managing the water, making sure the fire hydrants are filled. and she couldn't even do that. and at some point, and we have to talk about this, it's the leaders. but you can't just assume that because you vote for a democrat because you like all these things that the fire hydrants are going to get filled. you've got to start thinking

about who you're putting in charge, and voters have a role in this as well. charlie: yeah. we're just eight days away from inauguration day, and president-elect trump is planning 100 executive orders with a focus on the border for day one. will: madeleine rivera joins us live from washington with the details. >> reporter: good morning, guys. president-elect trump previewed his plans when he met with senate republicans wednesday night. on the border, trump could reinstate title 42 which allowed for migrants to be quickly removed because of the public health crisis. he could also further enforce a law that allows some state and local law enforcement agencies to help with i.c.e.'s tasks, and he wants to to continue building the u.s.-mexico border walls and set up facilities to hold migrants. senate committees are preparing for a slew of confirmation hearings this week. here are some to watch. the defense secretary nominee pete hegseth's hearing is set to happen before the senate armed

services committee on tuesday. homeland security secretary nominee kristi noem's hearing is expected on wednesday. secretary of state nominee marco rubio's hearing is also scheduled for wednesday. >> trump is so far ahead of where he was eight years ago. so with regard to the cabinet nominees, we have 13 confirmation hearings coming up next week which is ahead of the pace of where we were eight years ago. and, john, by the end of the month in 2017, president trump only had, it was about three cabinet members who were fully confirmed and passed out of the senate. we're going to have three times as many completely passed out of the senate this time in 2025. >> reporter: more hearings could be placed on the calendar ahead of trump's inauguration as republicans look the fast track confirmations. will, rachel ask and charlie. charlie: thank you so much, madeleine. >> reporter: you got it. charlie: president biden will deliver a speech on his foreign policy legacy tomorrow as he makes way for trump's return to the white house. the dramatic change expected on the world stage, tata's ahead.

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will: fox news alert, right now fire crews in los angeles racing to contain an out of control wildfire if, bracing for more strong winds to threaten their progress. 16 victims are confirmed dead and more than 100,000 remain evacuated. joining us now is the latest, battalion chief david acuna. chief, thanks for being with us. let's start with just an update. first, how do we feel about containment? what areas are the most threatened as we wake up this morning? >> good morning. thank you for having me on. well, honestly, the entire perimeter is threatened, although we are at 11 and 15% containment for the palisades and eaton respectively. the concern is these winds as they go back and forth. adam did a great job of pointing out all the weather, santa ana

winds. one of the elements that we look at as well though is all that air ends up being a pocket off the ocean. well, as soon as the winds stop, the winds go the other direction. so we've been dealing with these battling winds that that threatened every inch of that line, which is why we're being so cautious with the containment percentage. will: so, chief, right now as we stand here today, how to you feel about the resources available to do you have everything you need to best fight these fires? >> we have more than fighters assigned to these incidents, and with more on the way. you know, with seven states contributing as well as canada and mexico, it's a all hands on deck, and we're thankful that everyone in the western region and internationally are coming to our aid. will: so let me ask you a couple questions of personal curiosity. we see a lot from the

helicopters, the super scooper,s, we see fire retardant being dropped. you drop water, you drop retardant can. is the aim to hit the area of the fire? is it to aim ahead of where you think the fire is headed? is it both? tell me about the strategy from an aerial strategy in fighting these fires. >> helicopters primarily drop the water, and their goal is to slow the fire down enough to let crews get in. aircraft provide -- excuse me, fixed-wing aircraft provide who two different elements. so the retardant can be used directly on the line the slow the fire down so crews can get in, but it also is designed the create areas like, say, on the ridges where you saw that aircraft just drop right now. to be able to create a line that the fire won't be able to get past. so it is a combination of direct and indirect attack. will: right. so i was looking at the evacuation zone. i don't know if we have that map that we can put, but with a

little bit of a working knowledge of southern california, what i saw when it comes to to the pal palisades fire is it's approaching 101, it looks like on the northern side, and 405. these are highways on the eastern side. one, do those highways provide you a natural fire break that helps in fighting the fire? two, they also represent, those highways, population centers. so are those real concerns for you? that would be, i would assume on the 10 101 like sherman oaks, woodland hills. over on the 405, you're talking about places like brentwood, places like that. >> well, you're absolutely right. they can be a fire break especially when we have lower winds, 5, 10 miles an hour, they're great fire breaks. but they're also population centers. now, when we have 60 to 100 mile-per-hour winds like we saw on tuesday and wednesday, that's simply not sufficient which is why we struggled is early on this fire, because it was just blowing so incredibly fast.

will: okay. last question before we go, chief. i asked you what you have available today, is it satisfactory for what you need to fight these fires. you know, i don't want to push you into the blame game unless you feel like it's warranted. but if you look back on how prepared you guys were, what was made available to you in the beginning stages of these fires, do you feel like you were best served by these fires from the authorities in terms of water and everything else you need? >> yes. actually, we did. we moved a number of resources from cal fire from the north because they have sufficient rain and snow up there all the way down to southern california to prepare. we didn't the know where the fires were going to be to. so as soon as we did have a fire break out, we needly engaged. will: okay. david acuna, california fire chief, battalion chief, thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. will: okay. folk corporation, by the way, has donated $10 million -- 1 million to the wildfire relief

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advisories through the day. this lighter shade of blue, 40 or 50 mile-an-hour gusts. that purple color, 60 to 70 mile-per-hour gusts. all of these yellow icons, those are talking about elevated fire risk. we're expecting critical to continue to kind of spread out over the course of the day. currently looking at still fairly dry air in the hills, 15-0 as far as dewpoints go. that is a little bit more moist than the last couple of days. unfortunately, that's going to be drying off as we head into the week ahead. winds right now are calm, but i do want to let you know that, unfortunately, tonight, monday into tuesday, ultimately wednesday, we're back up to critical fire weather as we're looking at these winds continue to pick up in the next couple of days. charlie, over to you now. charlie: thanks, adam. so tomorrow president biden is set the deliver his final foreign policy address highlighting his efforts to expand nato, aid ukraine among just a few.

it comes one week before president-elect trump's inauguration with plans to dallas canically overhaul american -- drastically overhaul american foreign policy. here with more, kt mcfarland. great to see you, kt. you know, it'll be really interesting the hear what joe biden has to say. but when i look around the world today after four years of his presidency, you see afghanistan was handed over to the taliban and the argument that they gave for that was that they wanted to focus on keeping russia out of ukraine. russia's now in ukraine, we have a war there. we have a war in israel and, of course, china and russia are closer aligned today than probably they have ever been. and i'm wondering, what is he going to talk about in his speech? [laughter] >> my gosh, you know, it'll be all magical thinking. he'll say the world is a safer place, that ukraine is thriving.

he'll take credit, probably, for israel's achievements even though president biden was the one who told israel don't do in this, don't do that. israel did it and had great success against iran's proxies. he'll probably also talk about his improved diplomacy. he'll tell you how many people he's met with and effectively say, well, america's back. i restored american global leadership. none of it is true. and that's why when president trump comes into office one week late everything it's going to be a completely different time. america will change from joe is biden's failed foreign policies. as you point out, you know, we're potentially in a war in the middle east, we're in a war in europe, we're potentially in a war with china and taiwan. biden has set the world on fire, and trump's going to change that. he's going to put the fire out. charlie: what do you think are going to be the very first things in terms of foreign policy agenda items that trump is going to go after? >> well, he's, as he's said already, he's going to say

drill, baby, drill. what does that mean? he's going to unleash the american energy industry. that will be great for the american economy. it'll be really a boon to the american economy. but what it'll also do is affect if our global situation. trump talks a lot about -- president trump says energy, not just energy independence, energy dominance. and if that means the united states has the ability to power the world for all of its, all of its energy needs for hundreds of of years just with you are own stuff. and so president trump will unleash that. what that does is it tells the europeans, we'll be able to sell liquifieded natural gas to you, you don't have to be worried about freezing in the winter, worry about russia. as a result, russia's going to go bankrupt. russia's going the come to the negotiating table with ukraine, they'll find a deal. then he's going to to go to the iranians and say, look, your

prospects are not good. he'll probably unleash israel on iran to find kind of finish the job of going after the iranian proxies. but also what president trump will do, the second thing that's important is trade. trump understands that the united states is the world's biggest market. everyone wants the export their goods to us. we don't need to buy stuff from them as much as they need to sell to us, and that gives president trump enormous leverage especially with china. charlie: so it turns out that a carrot and a stick in the hands of a smart man is a whole lot better than an expert that's been lying around washington for 50 years. kt mcfarland, thank you, as always. >> thank you. charlie: so wildfire smoke escalates health concerns across california. the long-term health risks and how to limit exposure. that's next. ♪ ♪ mary. janet. hey! eddie. no! fraser. frank. frank. fred. how are you?

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rachel: high winds return in california as the palisades fire expands to the east threatening new neighborhoods. exposure to the harmful, heavy smoke can take a toll with links to higher rates of heart attack and weakened immune defenses. here with how you can help your health, fox news medical contributor dr. nicole saphier. wow, nicole, i feel like you're my custom-made guest today. i have a son with asthma and a

newborn baby who's in los angeles, had to evacuate and says the smoke, you can smell it, you can hear it, he bought one of those hepa things. just break it down nurse, give us your tips and tell me what needs to be done. >> well, rachel, as the wildfires continue to burn, they do far more damage than just burning down properties and homes and taking away all the things we've collected, it also can wreak havoc on our physical health. inthat alation of smoke and pollutants -- inhalation -- cause difficulty breathing, coughing, shortness of breath. now, people with asthma, chronic lung disease like copd and other chronic medical conditions, they are at an increased risk to to have some of that exacerbation. to obviously, if they have difficulty breathing, they want to be in touch with their can doctor. but there are some things that you can do do naturally to kind of help some of that shortness of breath, some deep breathing exercises. you can have warm caffeinated

tea or beverages because caffeine does help to open the airways. but ultimately, you want to avoid that smoke the best we can, and there are some ways to do it. one, you want to get out of the area if at all possible, but for people, they're not able to do that. so what can you to? the one thing that i do recommend is you want to get a clean room in your house. it's not very realistic to think that you can hepa filter your entire house, but you certainly can make a couple of rooms as clean as possible. and that's putting the air-conditioning systems on recirculation, getting one of those filters, maybe even putting some towels to block any potential smoke in the room and just try to get that clean environment. if you have to go outside, those n-9 91 or 95 or p-100 mask, we learned with covid they are not perfect, but they certainly do filter out about 95% of fine particles which are about .if 3 microns or bigger. you're not going to get the very

small ones, but they will decrease some of the it cans sins that we inhale into our system. also make sure you have your medication bag. if you have to pick up and leave quickly because the fire has changed direction, you want to make sure you have all of your prescription medications. the last thing you want to do find you don't have your meds. be in touch with your doctor, know where the closest hospital is. smoke inthat alation, that can turn fast. you can be feeling fine one minute and then maybe having signs of confusion, difficulty breathing. you want to have a plan where to go to get help. rachel: all great stuff. it doesn't just affect you physically, it affect ifs people mentally. -- affects people mentally. i've been thinking about the people in in the l.a. but also the people in north carolina from the disaster they went through. >> well, rachel, you rarely will ever hear me just talk about physical health because you have to also talk about mental health. physical health and mental health go hand in hand. you can't have one without the other. there are binning to be severe mental health consequences when

it comes to the not just the whaledfires, but any tragedy. -- wildfires. and it's not just the people in california who are vulnerable to maybe having some ptsd, anxiety or depression can. this is devastation that's happening, ask is we have now had between the hurricanes and the fires all throughout the country, there are some ways to try and decrease how you are affected by some potential mental health consequences. immediately you want the reach out to your friends and your family. there are usually some counseling services, suicide hotlines. make sure you're talking to someone if you find yourself worrying and strug ago a little bit more than you think is healthy for you. there are some stress reduction techniques, and it sounds silly to say, but do some breathing exercises, maybe even try some yoga or stretching, anything to calm your body and mind. make sure you are limiting social media. i know that's how a lot of people are getting the news right now and that's okay, but there are a lot of things going on, and social media certainly does fuel anxiety. and lastly, avoid isolating

yourself. as we know, we have a loneliness epidemic, and when you are in crisis, that is not the time to isolate yourself. i can tell you there are people here in new jersey that are feeling anxious and depressed for what's happening in california, and just we have to remember kind of we're all in this together and do what you can to help. that'll make you feel better too. rachel: and prayer. we're going to have a segment about the power of prayer and certainly and prayer helps people get through these tragedies. stay tuned for that. >> absolutely. rachel: nicole, great advice. love having you. thanks so much. >> thanks, rachel. rachel: as i said, turning to the prayer after tragedy, one california family sings amidst the ruins of their home to the only thing standing. look at that, beautiful. ♪

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will: fox news alert, the the death toll rises to 16 across l.a. county and those returning home find their possessions left in ruins. rachel: and one california family is going viral, singing in prayer after finding the only thing left standing on their property, a statue of the virgin

mary. ♪ ♪ ♪ charlie: jackie and peter, the owners of that altadena property, join us now. so describe for us what it was the like when you went back to your property, everything is gone, and what you find is that beautiful statue. enter okay. i'll go ahead and startment -- start. but i need to warn you that it's very emotional for us, so we may break down in tears while we're -- charlie: we'll probably be there with you. [laughter] >> first of all, let me say my bride and i are lifelong friends from junior high. we grew up in a little town just

south of altadena, so we've been here all our lives. my wife -- there's a picture of our home before it burned down. my wife, she was concerned about going up there because she didn't think she could do it. but it was healing for us to get to our property. and what happened there, we were so lucky. we had to sneak up there, i'm sorry to say. we had to break the law to get back to our property. but all our children who live in the area were able to join us there, our adult children. and all those adult children combined, we have 14 grandchildren and 1 on the way. but when we got up there, we all just stood around, and it was remarkable that how everything had gotten fried but the statue of the virgin mary and another statue of st. joseph were in perfect if condition. obviously, they were a little

singed, and we just took that opportunity to pray. we -- our home is dedicated to the sacred heart of jesus and always has been, and all my family members, my if extended family. so we said a prayer to the sacred heart of jesus, and then we sang that special song that we've, our entire family has known for decades for the blessed virgin. and it was a remarkable thing. our intention was not for this thing to go viral at all -- [laughter] it was pretty much just a family thing. but the response from the community has been unbelievable and so heartfelt. rachel: you know, i have to tell you i saw it, it brought tears the my eyes. the queen of heaven, by the way, is a beloved 12th century catholic hymn. i just want to say my family sang around -- if my family sat around and sang it, it wouldn't sound like your family. [laughter] i was very impressed. i don't know where that comes

from. jackie, just tell me your thoughts on this because i just think you've given so many people hope in this. >> well, again -- rachel: in your response to it, in your response to to such tragedy. >> right. well, i -- when my daughter -- my son-in-law snuck up the day before and took a picture, and we could tell the statue was there. when i saw that, i fell to my niece not in prayer, but in emotion -- my niece. that's when i thought we have to get up there, we have to thank god for the years that we had there. so that was my intention, we're going to pray, we're going to to thank god that we're safe. and we have entertained a lot for years, we've welcomed -- we feel very strongly in the virtue of has by ifalty, so i just -- hospitality, so i just wanted to pray and say if we can do it again, that would be great. and the song kind of came about on its own.

[laughter] so, yeah. i just, i just wanted the pray. i just want to be grateful as much as i can for what we've had. rachel: how many children do you have? >> six. three boys and three girls. rachel: okay. will: 14 grandchildren. what a moment. thank you so much for sharing that. you didn't intend to go viral, but i think you've done a lot by sharing with us and everybody else. [laughter] >> that's exactly right. rachel: the whole country is praying for you. god bless you both. >> that means so much. >> the community, the love that we've gotten from the community is mind blowing, and we hope that altadena's a beautiful place to live, and our hearts go out to everyone in our community. want to the say hi to the gang up at the ranch that's been destroyed, a little local watering hole. but everybody up there. and a lot of us know one another. will: right. >> anyways, thank you. will: thank you so much for sharing with us. our thoughts and prayers with

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