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up overnight. sixteen people have died in new areas like brentwood, encino and west l.a. this is law enforcement officials in the los angeles area arresting 20 suspected looters who have targeted the victims of the fires. welcome to fox news live, i am mike emanuel. >> let's go live to our national correspondent griff jenkins. >> good afternoon. in pacific palisades, simply look. describing it as a war zone. my cameraman pulls back a little bit. you can see here literally street by street, block by block , it is just charred devastation. logue overthrew this direction and you can see the foundation completely destroyed all the way down to the carport. even look beyond that street. street after street, homes

destroyed. nothing on the streets but the black char. you come this way and you can see to my left, the same situation continuing up this street. just along the ridge of the foundation of that house passed where the metal beam holding that house together, there were firemen here about an hour ago having to put out the smoldering smoke popping up because this is still a very active dangerous situation. things like nails and exposed power wires. that is why officials like l.a. county sheriff robert luna is saying it is simply too dangerous here for residents to come back. listen here. >> driving around some of these areas, literally they look like war zones. there are downed power poles, electric wires, still some smoldering fires. it is not safe. >> meanwhile, mike, there is serious threat of additional fires.

we watched all day yesterday as those airplanes, supers coopers, were dropping the red fire retardant on the canyon area. that is northeast of where we are and that was threatening dense populated areas like mandeville canyon as well as brentwood. officials say if it were to reach that and get the knees elevated wind comes in elevated fires spread down the canyon anthills, it could create a very significant event as we headed to the new week. that is a problem. the eaton fire is now 27% contained after burning some 14,000 acres. the palisades fire still only 11 % contained after burning more and destroying 23,000 acres. to put that into perspective, more than 25 times the size of new york's central park. really, a dangerous situation as we come into this area that is

been secured by law enforcement and national guard. thousands of people that want to get in here. one of the concerns is that looters will sneak in. there been more than 20 arrests of looters in various areas including here pacific palisades >> working around the clock. working their hearts out. live out in california, thank you very much. now for more than the new areas around los angeles being threatened, let's go to foxbusiness correspondent live in malibu. hello, max. >> the one word that i want to use to describe the scene around me is so real. we are standing next to where multimillion dollar homes once stood. right next to the pacific ocean and now you can see what is left of their. nothing but ashes in the destroyed remanence of cars and really not much else. the firebird tear about as far as it could go, to the pacific

ocean. yesterday the palisades fire was making a run towards the communities of brentwood and really the greater los angeles area. fire officials tell me this morning they have largely buttoned that area. caretakers have been making drops in that area. things are relatively stable and there is minimal fire activity for now. we are not out of the woods by any means. we do have another santa ana winds coming up 30-40 mile-per-hour wind expected. there is a potential for flareups. 11% contained means they have aligned around sanctions of the fire where the fire cannot cross when you have got wade gusting potentially 70 miles per hour in some areas, that wine simply will not hold. when we look at where we are standing right now, you can see that there is work on going.

they are turning off gas lines in the area. that is been a big issue. we have seen houses go up in flames days after the initial front of the fire moved through. that is because, largely, a lot of gas lines have simply been running, ruptured and a little spark can catch a house fire just like that. when you look at the pch, this was an iconic stretch of roadway , is an iconic stretch of roadway. when the people go and drive their convertibles, they vacation here. now, the only traffic on this roadway as fire engines, utility trucks, construction workers, and endless stream of these vehicles as resources pouring across the country. again, i want to return to the first word that we used, so real that is how you feel standing here among the pch in front of these burned-out mansions. it is incredible what is happened here. >> thank you very much.

for the latest on the eaton fire burning over 14,000 acres near pasadena let's bring in victor gordo was outside of the rose bowl command center for the agencies responding to the fire. welcome. >> thank you, mike. thank you for having me. >> tell us what is happening there. >> i think max had it right. this is absolutely surreal. not more than 10 days or so ago, we were celebrating the best of parades and bringing in the new year with a great football game. now, here we are with complete devastation in our communities surrounding the rose bowl and the community of altadena. devastation is the only word to describe it. both human and property. >> questions about the water resources needed to fight those fires.

here is governor gavin newsom on that issue and i will get you to respond. >> all of us want to know those answers and i just do not want to wait. i want to know the facts. i want them objectively determined. the chips fall where they may. this is not about finger-pointing. >> how concerned are you about firefighters having the resources that they need? >> having all resources that they need. this is an unprecedented fire combined with the windstorm it is just overwhelming our system in the capacity of that system throughout the entire area. people have their hoses on. people were doing all that they could to save their own home and of course firefighters were fighting courageously and it did have an impact on the water pressure. i do not think that the issue was missing water, it was water pressure that was a little concerning, at least in the eaton fire. people continue to address edit

update the system as well. >> a lot of resident in the hard-hit areas expressing their frustration. i want to play that a get you to react, sir. >> the people of california are willing to pay high taxes. they are willing to support things that maybe they do not necessarily agree with because there's a basic assumption that our government is here to take care of us. in a situation like this when there is 0% management, people are asking the question of what did all those tax dollars go for >> have you heard those concerns from your own residence, sir. >> i have not. those are very real emotions. this is an unprecedented fire. gust 80-90 miles per hour on a sloping mountainside. the fire experts tell us, you know, not only a dangerous

situation in a volatile situation, but in many ways, our response was limited. we could not get airplanes up there, we could not get helicopters up there. the number one tools that we would employ in order to stop the fire in its tracks. we were limited to hand crews. fire trucks fighting fire from the ground. that's certainly complicated things. i get it, people are frustrated, we are frustrated. turning the corner now that the wind has dropped. we are concerned about returning things tomorrow that could be in the neighborhood of 30-50 miles an hour in wind gust. >> the beautiful county of pasadena, california. thank you for your time, sir. >> thank you, mike. thank you to your viewers. >> joined by brian. welcome.

>> thank you. >> you represent and international association of fire chiefs. you also work in southern california. you work with this fire chiefs organization. i want to play a soundbite from a local official about the danger from the situation right now. >> the wind combined with low relative humidity's and low fuel moisture's will keep the fire threat in los angeles county very high. >> what are your observations of what you are seeing so far to your neighbors in the north. >> thank you very much. i will also serve as the president of the california fire chiefs association and in the chair of the fire board. so i appreciate this opportunity the chief is absolutely correct. we have been on pins and needles we here in orange county have experienced the same level of wind. we dodged a bullet, why, i don't

know. i will take luck. even last night in orange county the wood surface to blueberry strongly. it looks like we are in for another blow, but not at the level we just experienced. understand that 30 mile-per-hour winds with 50 mile-per-hour customers devastating. they're not 80 mile-per-hour wind, they are not 100, but they are so much more manageable. this is a concern for us. there is a lot of fire on the hills in l.a. and shall we get in the in orange county riverside county, we will have challenges. quite a few. >> in terms of federal resources helping, here is the fema administrator from earlier today >> the support from the firefighters themselves coordinated through the national interagency fire center, there are active-duty military personnel that are on the prepared to deploy order ready

to go in and support the firefighting effort. the incident commanders at each of those command post, they will know exactly what they need. they will come in and support them. >> are you confident that your colleagues in los angeles are getting the resources that they need. >> i am in a continuous dialogue with the l.a. city fire chief and the county chief and, in fact, we will be connecting here at 11:00 o'clock in less than an hour to talk. i have not heard anything otherwise. what i will say, it is less about fema, but our mutual aid system as robust as it is, the system is failing us as well. the current system does not have the ability to move resources quickly. the 2018 woolsey fire where we saw a lot of damage and fatalities in structure loss, the county chiefs have had to establish the air own system of moving resources and believe it

or not, we call it phone a chief literally phoning each other to get resources moving quickly in these types of situations because a system that moves resources locally, statewide and nationally is failing us. >> an incident of a drone hitting and air fighting aircraft. >> that will take away firefighting efforts from saving houses, saving lives of quantities played should go down that would literally be catastrophic. >> it is tremendously alarming. i got a call from the chief shortly after the drone had hit one of their cl 15 super scooper is under these from the providence of québec in canada. you had that drone, albeit, sounds like it may have been a very small drone, go through that window screen. we would be talking about a

fatality. unfortunately, we are seeing a lot of that. not just now, but on smaller local fires throughout the state and throughout the west. we certainly are appealing to, you know, fire, or the citizens everywhere. please keep those drones on the ground. they represent a life safety hazard. we have to shut down many times air operations when the fire gets bigger because we have drone cited in the area. tremendously concerned. >> chief of orange county california and the international association of fire chiefs among other organizations, grateful for your time, sir. thank you for your expertise. los angeles communities impacted by the los angeles wildfires need support. providing meals and shelter to these families. donate today by visiting go doubt fox/red cross or by

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>> we can see the failure policy there and the failure of leadership that is been egregious. whether it is gavin newsom prioritizing some sort of -- or leader like kiribati the mayor there that prioritizes ddi initiatives over the readiness. it is absolutely pathetic what is happened there. >> one he told hearings on capitol hill in the coming weeks and months. finding out what was wrong with the response and why the county and city of los angeles was not better prepared for these wildfires. >> live on the north lawn, many thanks. there will be demand for congress to respond to the fires , but there are questions about more money and fema. chad program has more details. >> mike, the cost of the fires likely means another infusion of federal cash for fema. republicans try to cut spending. >> it will always be hard. i think we need to couple any

major spending with cuts on the other side. >> to be clear, when that bill comes due for california some conservative will say we want to see some offsets. >> absolutely. $1 billion after last year's hurricanes. this price tag could be even more staggering. he doubts that the california victims will ever see what they are owed after this disaster. some republicans take aim at liberals who run much of california. >> it is an epic disaster of mismanagement. what is happening in california has defaulted gavin newsom in the legislature there. they do not take care of their forestry management. >> climate change policies force insurers to drop fire coverage for homeowners. >> it because the companies to flee the state. the people that made those policy decisions have to be held accountable, to. >> criticism of california's

leaders. >> i think it is ridiculous. the governor on the ground doing a great job managing the response. i do not think we should be putting blame on anyone. >> some democrats question the local response. >> why they did not have water? was it negligence or the fact that 70 fires were breaking out over the city and so many different areas that the system was being pushed to capacity and got overwhelmed. >> it will take months to assess the cost of the fires. congress must likely foot the bill and boost fema during the next round of funding due in march. >> thank you very much. on the california wildfires still ahead. the latest on the jack smith report now that he has resigned.

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pasadena for the eaton fire victims is thousands of acres are burned. we are live in the fire zone. christina, good afternoon. >> thousands of acres have earned them thousands of people coming out to help out those that have been impacted by these tragic fires. there have been people here all morning long. donating all kinds of goods from food, water, diapers, clothing, things to help out people in any way they can. it really speaks to the resilience, kindness and goodness of the people out here who just want to get back to the community as this fire remains a concern. a lot of people that are still evacuated. there is a big concern out here. the entire angeles national forest is temporarily close for public safety through wednesday as high fire risk remains a concern. moderate to strong santa ana wind is expected today through wednesday. take a listen.

>> the los angeles county fire department will be prepared. the wind combined with low humidities and low fuel moisture 's will keep the fire threat in los angeles county hi. >> take a look at this satellite imagery. how extensive the fires have been throughout l.a. county since last week. the deadly eaton fire has claimed the lives of 11 people and 14,000 acres or just over 2f manhattan. you can hear those sirens going by. firefighters heading back towards the mountains because this fire remains a concern. this fire has damaged 7000 structures including houses and businesses. i am standing here with a very kind volunteer from a local church. tell me, you have a youth group out here. what made you say you know what, let's get some of the younger

people in the church involved in these efforts. >> we really had them come together. we came together to bring that unity, that life here in l.a. despite all of the hardships that currently the city is going through. we've come together with more than 100 volunteers to come together and really put our prayers into action and really give back to the community. >> it is so great to get younger folks involved in giving back like this. gets them off to a great start. thank you for everything that you are doing here and for everybody here. this fire nearly 27% is still burning. crews working around the clock to get it under control. >> volunteers, neighbor stepping up to help neighbors. thank you for bringing that angle of the story to us president elect trump now just over a week of returning to the

white house as he met with some house republicans this weekend to discuss his agenda. alexis mcadams is live in palm beach with the latest. hello, alexis. >> hi, mike. beautiful day here in sunny florida. people keep coming and going with meeting after meeting because they all want to talk to president elect trump before he heads back to the white house in just a matter of days. one thing trump has been talking about continuously is what you just saw there, the wildfires continuing to burn as trump says the politician therapy handled it horribly calling him incompetent. jd vance talked about this fire on fox news sunday telling shannon bream that they were not prepared in california. listen. >> there was a serious lack of competence governance in california. part of the reason why these fires have got so bad. we need to do a better job at both the state and federal level >> governor gavin newsom has invited trump out to california. he actually wrote him a pretty

long letter saying they should put politics aside during this tragedy. the fires are still burning in the santa ana wind expected to return. this thing is far from over. newsom took time to sit down for a podcast. >> i'm the governor of california and i want to know the answer. i have my own team saying what is happened and i want to get the answers. i watch the press conference, i met with some of those leaders. we had my team start talking to local leaders saying what is going on. >> not getting straight answers yet, the governor says. hopefully we will get more on that soon. just days before trump is back in the white house and has had meeting after meeting in florida republicans from blue states like new york and new jersey have stopped by throughout the weekend like new york congresswoman who says she went there to talk about congestion pricing and tax relief. the congestion pricing has been

the talk of the city in the state. next up, there will be the confirmation hearings which started d.c. on tuesdays. still a lot of prep work on that here in florida. >> thank you very much. for more on all of this i enjoyed by attorney lexi. welcome. >> thanks, mike. >> i want to start with one of the key prosecutors in the hush money case. let's play it. >> the american public has a right to a presidency unencumbered by court proceedings or ongoing sentences -- sentence related obligations. imposing this sentence ensures that finality. sentencing the defendant permits them to enter judgment, to submit the defendant status as a convicted felon. >> what is your reaction to the way the judge handled this sentencing. >> that is what they wanted all

along. they wanted him to be a convicted felon. a badly wrapped gift for trump. he can start his appeals process he does not have to ask for permission. he has a full scope of the rights he is entitled to. you know, i said before on this channel, it is a shame for the american people that they had to be put through what was clearly a motivated prosecution and that is also viewed from the left and the right as a politically motivated prosecution. a lot of people that i think were brought into the fold for trump that identified with him that you would not necessarily think. obviously, this was a rallying cry for his base of the time it happened, but i was on the phone with the defendant that was in prison. he believes his case is rigged. there are a lot of people that rightfully or wrongfully believe that. he said to me the other day my case just like donald trump said , this whole thing is rigged

i thought it was a very interesting thing that someone on the surface would never have anything in common with donald trump or have anything necessarily nice to say about him or be open about his opinions and we will never know the impact that these cases had on the election in terms of the true impact that it had on turning people out there would not have necessarily voted for him otherwise. if this is the cherry on top of a political prosecution and the fact that they can now officially call him a convicted felon 10 days before he takes office is, unfortunately, it is predictable and everything that is happened in these cases. >> special counsel jack smith has resigns. what do you make of that and also what do you expect the fallout will be when his report comes out? >> it was expected that he would resign. you can't fire me, i quit situation. trump has been very harsh in his words against him. we also knew that he is mandated to issue a report in the 11th

circuit court of appeals said the report can be issued. there is an injunction that expires tonight. we do not know what will happen without. i think the classified documents report will not come out yet because of the two other defendants in the appeals process for that case. despite what trump may want the report will come out and i think we are just cumulative. the country already made its decision on who they want in office and whether january 6 was something that would keep them from voting for trump. i think it is more just piling on and i do not think there will be anything groundbreaking or new that we see in this report if it is issued. >> thank you so much for your time and your analysis today. >> thanks, mike. >> president elect trump's cabinet picks said to begin their process this week as washington gears up for inauguration day. that ii s next. ♪ —uh. —here i'll take that. [cheering] ensure max protein, 30 grams protein,

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this week as a senate committee confirmation hearing is. madeleine rivera is live with the latest details. >> the trump team wants the senate to move quickly. here is a schedule of hearings for now. the choice to head the department former georgia congressman is up first tuesday morning. his defense secretary pete hegseth will be closely watched that day. he will be appearing before the senate committee. elizabeth warren wrote a letter last week with more than 70 questions. she plans to ask about the allegations of financial mismanagement and sexual assault against him previewing how democrats may approach the hearing. he has denied the allegations. >> there is not a job that is more serious and more critical to our national security and secretary of defense. we need a qualified individual not job and he just does not seem to have the qualifications. >> on the republican side keep an eye out for senator joni

ernst. promising a fair hearing but did not commit to voting. the senate majority whip is signaling sum up of -- optimism. >> a distinguished record of service in the military. every senator gets to speak for themselves and they will do that the meetings have gone very well >> other hearing scheduled this week involve marco rubio and trump's attorney general pick pam by indeed. states have yet to be picked. both have been criticized by democrats and republicans. but they do have since backtracked on some of their more controversial positions on vaccination and government surveillance for instance as they were try to shore up support in congress. >> we will follow it all. thank you very much. >> let's bring in today's political panel. 917 strategy and founder and democratic strategists former

senior advisor to the harris campaign. confirmation hearings, here we go. >> listen, these are some controversial pics, especially the first two that we have up with pam bondi and pete hegseth. what is the tone and what is the approach in this line of questioning? controversial statements and controversial actions that pete will have to face. some of the more controversial statements he has made about women serving in the military, diversity in the military, he will have to answer those questions and make his positions very clear there. you take pam bondi and look at some of the controversy she has been involved in what trump university and some of her actions as ag in florida. i think that you will have a real blockbuster moment when these folks come up for questioning. >> one or two that republicans are worried about getting through. >> the one that i would be

worried about is the massive toll c fan. we both have that in common. political opponents, presidential opponents actually in the ring fighting for nomination right now. it is good character. we are dedicated to making things great again, strong again honestly, just restoring american integrity. >> inviting senator john federman of the great state of pennsylvania. are there areas where they could do business? >> we all know that the senator is a straight shooter. this conversation is going to be no holds barred. the really important conversation about president

trump's last administration and some of the things that he said in a controversy about military, controversial back tax cuts, these are things that senator federman has been really out front and outspoken about. i think beyond just this conversation, this will set the tone for how democrats will be engaging in president trump's next turn. what is a tone that they take when engaging with them on these key policy sites. >> congressman brian style a key republican talked about the messages weekend. let's play him. >> i think the presidents messages we need to remain unified. if we work in lockstep together, we can get this country back on track. >> sarah, what about the challenges of keeping republicans on the same page. >> five seat majority right now and it is expected to shrink. one of the big things that came out of this weekend is freedom caucus met with trump after most

of them were extremely upset without the legislation passed for building a big beautiful deal. at the end of the day, mike johnson, speaker johnson and trump, all of these people are saying unity unity unity. honestly, at the end of the day, that is what we need. americans need to have faith in congress. they will never have great polling and agreement, but at the same time, we need to get things done. unity is the only way. if you do not agree you need to work for your constituents. >> they want this all tax deduction when it comes to taxes other folks say why do you live in high tax states. could it be a problem. >> it is, yes. that will be the big fight. we talk about how president elect will not engage with democrats. he will figure out how to get his own party in lockstep. we seen key policy issues and legislation he is pushing forward. how does he get folks rallied

around these priorities. i think it will be really tough and tougher than we all think. >> one beautiful bill or should be two bills. >> it depends on the day, mike. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. ♪ new york county pushing back after judges ruling which could leave the county responsible for millions and damages following a class-action lawsuit which alleges immigrants rights were violated with i.c.e. detainer request. cb cotton is here with the latest. >> elected leaders of the suburban new york county say that they plan to fight back after learning their community could be on the hook for millions and damages for keeping migrants in custody until i.c.e. could pick them up for potential deportation proceedings. this all stems from a 2018 class-action lawsuit which claims migrants constitutional rights were violated between 2016 and 2018 when the suffolk

county jail honored i.c.e. detainer request and held i.c.e. migrants pass their release dates. county attorney christopher clayton argued at a press conference earlier this week that they lawfully honor those detainers under the color of federal authority and stop doing so when separate 2018 case ruled the practice unlawful. mike, this month a federal judge ruled the sheriff's office acted on its own when holding the migrants. suffolk county leaders say this means that taxpayers are solely on the hook for up to 60 million in damages sought in the suit. keeping the feds and i.c.e. from having to oh any money at all. this week the county executive blasted the ruling. mike, suffolk county does have to pay the damages. county executive ed romaine said they will either bonded or taken out of the operating budget. either option, ultimately, coming out of the taxpayers pockets. back to you.

>> cb cotton in new york. thank you very much. will tiktok the band in america? this time next week.

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sixteen people killed and more than 10,000 buildings damaged or destroyed in southern california firefighters making progress on containing the eaton of palisades fires. burning more than 23,000 acres is only 11% contained. doubtfire is moving westward along pacific coast highway towards malibu. the eaton fire only 15% contained and is burned more than 14,000 acres in altadena and pasadena. after a brief break this afternoon, and another prolonged round of gusty santa ana wind is expected to develop through wednesday. the popular social media app rudabeh shahbazi and its users waiting following oral arguments on friday and a potential ban of the app here it is sold by its china -based parent company. ceo and columbia business

professor joining me now with more. >> hi. pleasure to be here. let's play a little of the back-and-forth. >> congress is fine with the expression. they are not fine with the foreign adversary as they have determined it is gathering all of this information about the 170 million people who use to talk. >> it does not matter that you have creators i want to work with bite dance. they have no first amendment rights. >> what is your sense of what played out in the supreme court on friday. >> they are doing this game of chicken claiming it is a first amendment issue and the laws really about its ownership structure. >> how do you think things will play out? will tiktok be sold to an american buyer or potentially could it be banned here in the united states of america where people like my children will be

crushed? [laughter] >> i know. teenagers want to find something else to do with their time. they can continue as they are in the legislature is not okay with that. they can be sold within american buyer or they can be banned. that does not mean they will disappear. gradually, it will become less usable. >> do you worry about tiktok and other social media platforms which have become such a huge part of our lives here in the united states intentionally being weapon eyes and used against us? >> that is been a worry for a long time. we have seen facebook invent meta- say they're getting rid of content moderation. i think we really are at a turning point of what social media is to us. >> what is your sense of the play. is it basically daring them to ban the platform here in the u.s. because knowing that so many americans are addicted to it? >> absolutely. prior to this on the show we saw an ad saying how great tiktok was. >> absolutely.

if you are a betting woman, do you think it gets sold to an american ownership group or do you think we are in for at least a short-term band? >> probably a short-term band. that would be my guess. >> is that because selling it would be complicated and/or very expensive and difficult to raise the capital quickly? >> i think china feels there is a huge amount of value -- value. >> what are your concerns about the 170 million or so users here in the u.s. in terms of our data being used by china. >> that is a really legitimate concern. if you think about it, china has banned most of our big social media platforms. the chinese government has been very determined with their own technology companies about hidden access of information. i think it is a very legitimate concern. >> we will follow it all. thank you for your time and your

analysis today. >> pleasure. thank you. >> an exclusive interview on fox news sunday today. she also the fema administrator on the show as well as senate republic chair from west virginia and dnc chair candidati ken martin coming up right after this show. that is all for this hour fox news live. thank you for watching. that start working on contact and lasts up to 8 hours. ichi, ni, san, shi... (1,2,3,4 . . ) ruri never thought she would live out her dream. then one day, she did. you were made to chase your passions. we were made to put them in a package.

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