fire snras displaced from the room. there is logistical issues that could come up. hopefully those don't arise. >> carley: maybe it would be easier to move it right now. >> todd: not just logistics it's also optics. do you want to be in a position where that's even an issue when you have all these people that don't have homes. you want it to be a nonissue. i think in the end they should move to vegas. vegas is used to hosting these things. it's kind of what they do charlie. >> i have geraldo that the team lorena is on standby. they are waiting for the go if that needs to happen for now 311 is happening in l.a. >> carley: can i get another crack at it? charly arnolt. >> you did it. >> carley: "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> lawrence: big day ahead.

6:00 a.m. on the east coast and tuesday, january the 14th. and this is "fox & friends." >> steve: we start this "fox & friends" with a fox news alert. the special counsel report into donald trump's 2020 election interference case released at midnight. what it says and what's trump's response? coming up. >> brian: plus confirmation showdown this morning peeght peg first pick to face senators. lay on the pressure as pete gets top marks in military evaluations. >> ainsley: donald trump to visit california as a new fire forces more evacuations and winds are ramping up. we have a live report from malibu in just a few minutes. >> lawrence: "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> ainsley: starting with this fox news alert. the justice department released jack smith's report on the investigation into the trump election interference case.

>> steve: smith's final report sent to congress just after midnight claims that the president-elect, donald trump, would have been convicted if he had note won the presidential race. smith writing, quote: it has long been the department's interpretation that the constitution forbids the federal indictment of a prosecution of a sitting president. but for mr. trump's election and imminent return to the presidency, is he talking about his own office, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial. >> lawrence: trump who had tried to block the report's release responded on truth social saying quote deranged jack smith was unable to successfully prosecute the political opponent of his boss crooked joe biden. the voters have spoken. >> brian: newly released report is one of two put together by smith volume 2 regarding the classified documents.

attorney general merrick garland said he would not release that since the co-defendants are still facing prosecution. so expect that a little bit later on. let's bring in constitutional law attorney, former federal prosecutor katie cherkasky. it's not news when a prosecutor says he would have got a conviction. what's your take away from what we just learned? >> that's absolutely right. nothing more than a prosecution on paper. every prosecutor's dream. have you no rebuttal. enough to cross-examination. you don't actually have to prove this case. and, in fact, nothing in it report is particularly new. jack smith had released the superseding indictment. all the facts are there. the american people overwhelmingly voted for president trump knowing all of what he claims would have sustained conviction on unpress dented charges. so quite frankly this is just a partisan effort at lawfare again legal jargon. >> lawrence: he said he had to do this, had to prosecute the former president, now

president-elect because there were other j 6ers prosecuted. he went on to say he had to do this criminally because the political act of impeachment wasn't enough. but the thing that got my attention was number 3. when he talks about when the president said peacefully and patriotically president but he the president said fight, fight, fight, ten times after that. he hinged it on fight, fight, fight. my mind goes to the most iconic moment of the president when he was attempted to be assassinated and he said fight, fight, fight. how does he use that as justification? there is obviously no spoking gun peels of evidence. all subject to interpretation which is exactly the point of the adversarial system exactly confronting the prosecution's evidence with the rebuttal such as what you just mentioned. so, again underlying issue to

prove this case was always going to be to prove the criminal intent of donald trump. that hasn't been established by this report. and i don't think it would have been established in a courtroom with any sort of due process. but certainly i think this is a shame this was released. it is just pure lawfare and serves absolutely no purpose but to undermine americans' competence in the justice system one last time here. >> ainsley: also release dollars was the doj david weiss into hunter biden confirming hunter did make millions using the family name. he writes, quote: as a well educated lawyer and businessman. he choose to not pay 1.4 million in taxes over four year period. mr. biden made this money by using his last name and connections to the secure lucrative business opportunities. what are your thoughts when you read through this? >> well, this report was very strongly rebuked that there was any sort of selective prosecution of hunter biden. there was overwhelming evidence of criminality against him.

i think, again, this has been established through his court proceedings and, of course, the blanket pardon that he received very unprecedented. which mr. weiss also feels was highly unusual and maybe even unfair given the gravity of his criminality here. just as kind of overarching issue. i think that we really need to revisit the legitimacy of releasing these special counsel reports in cases that either were dismissed from courthouses or were never brought. there is a discretionary policy of the doj that allows for this to occur. but i really take issue with it on really both sides of the aisle of it politically. >> steve: katie, i love the fact that they did release -- mr. weiss did release the hunter biden stuff. because essentially he said yeah, hunter biden traded on his name. made a lot of money didn't pay his taxes. we knew that but then he goes after the current president of the united states. joe biden and says essentially he blast joe for the pardon.

and making baseless accusations about his inquiry that threatened the integrity of it the justice system as a whole. you can't have a guy who is the president of the united states in charge of the administration of the department of justice saying yeah, those guys down at doj they are screwing with my kid. not true, he said. >> well, that's actually a good point. and certainly i think joe biden's legacy in large part is just the undermining of the justice system. in total. so it works on both sides. using it to target political enemies and then claiming that any legitimate use of it to go after your criminal son is somehow illegitimate. it's an inversion across the board of the prophecy that we should be respecting here as americans and certainly the president of the united states should be the leader of that this kind of reiterates joe biden's issues with the justice system in total. >> brian: my sense is james comer's book and investigations will proceed once is he out of office. will answer the question where did the money go?

and it wasn't just up his nose. it was dispersed throughout his family and the role joe biden played in it. the pictures are emerging, covering "the new york post." he met not only -- instead of none, how about all of his overseas business dealings. he seems to be photos, golfing or photographed with all of them. so what was joe's role? they were smart enough not to put it in his account but how did he benefit? the i think everything is going to come together. once he leaves office. >> i think that's the big open question here is what was joe biden's role here and is there any sort of criminality or ties to hunter biden will he g-8 matily or illegitimately getting this known. that remains unanswered they are getting closer and close tore moving that loop. >> steve: we will see. katie, thank you for getting up early for the analysis. >> brian: overwhelmed by what is going on in the news. i know it's headlines. had what is happening with the fires, the inauguration, transfer of power. >> lawrence: too much going on.

>> brian: the hostage situation. really we are doing this again? >> lawrence: also a part in weiss' report he goes to the gun charges and talks about when he says it was politically motivated how often this charge happens to other americans. i thought that really went against the whole political argument. if we are charging other americans for the same crime at a high level. why does his son get treated any differently? you didn't see that same type of thing in the other report that went against donald trump. >> ainsley: you don't have to like it but that's just the law he was able to pardon. >> steve: david wise didn't like the fact that his boss, ultimately is saying what are you doing? what are you doing? hey, sit down. meanwhile, in three hours and 21 minutes and 8 seconds. senate confirmation hearings for president trump's cabinet begin. starting with defense secretary nominee pete hegseth. >> lawrence: madeleine rivera joins us live at capitol hill inside the hearing room ahead of today's proceedings.

hey, maddy. >> madeleine: good morning, guys. we could see fireworks in this room defense secretary nominee pete hegseth appears before the senate armed services committee in a few hours. don't expect democrats to go easy on hegseth. they are expected to press him on a number of issues including his qualifications, previous comments on diversity in the military and the financial mismanagement and sexual assault allegations against him which he has denied. senate minority leader chuck schumer also sees the confirmation hearings as a chance to hold president-elect trump's nominees' feet to the fire. holding them accountable for trump's agenda. axios schumer told top democrats in a private meeting this month, republicans spent four years attacking the democratic brand and we need to use the hearings to begin returning the favor. several republicans think pete hegseth veteran army national guard served active duty in iraq and afghanistan will ultimately be confirmed. >> i am strongly supporting pete hegseth for a couple reasons.

we have the most highly educated, and powerful military in the history of the planet and we haven't won a war in 80 years. >> so this year 9:30 eastern time. 27 senators on this committee. each of them has seven minutes to ask questions in a first round that's more than three hours of questions and there could be more questions in a second round. other hearings for trump's nominees for the interior department and veterans affairs doug burgum and doug collins perspectively have been postponed. burgum's is delayed because of a paperwork issue with the office of government ethics and collins is delayed because his background check with the fbi hasn't been completed yet. lawrence, steve, ainsley, and brian. >> steve: maddie, it sounds like republicans and trump aides both believe that if nothing new comes out during the confirmation hearings, he will be confirmed, right? >> yeah, they are certainly signaling some confidence

surrounding hegseth's nomination. they are also putting a lot of pressure, republicans, to get trump's nominees approved quickly so that they can get started on the work they say they want and need to do for the american people. now, remember, republicans have a 53 to 47 majority in the senate hegseth is afford to lose three votes in the senate. >> brian: thanks so much, maddy, no one has come out on the republican side and said i'm not going to vote for him. as we mentioned yesterday pete had over 40 meetings before christmas. now he finished with over 50. hirono expect her to meander way through the hearings and attack him aggressively. she would not meet with him. they asked repeatedly. blumenthal did a delay of game they finally eventually did meet. the one who is going to sound off on him is tammy duckworth. she is going to challenge him, go ahead, about women in the combat role. she a wounded vet. pete has described that as that was my view as a war fighter. i worked for the president of the united states and president trump doesn't feel that way.

he also cited how heroic women have been that he has served with. but his army national guard tours in iraq and afghanistan. his days over at gitmo. continue to work domestically and internationally his degrees from harvard and princeton. is he going to be a very unique secretary of defense. if you think you are going to rattle him and get under his skin. that's called every day when you are on fox. democrat attack him is not going to be unusual. he will have the answers. >> lawrence: i predict you will see the pete smile that he gives to a lot. >> steve: the pete smile. >> lawrence: the little smirk that he gives when they try to go after him. he has been doing this for a long time. i would also caution them to actually know the positions because this is somebody that is well read, written a ton of books on this stuff. there has been an attempt to pass bastard dyes his views.

well-thought-out what he believes. this is going to be the best part of the process for him put all of these allegations unchallenged in the beginning so he would withdraw from the nomination. but he decided to stay with it and this is his moment to shine today. >> ainsley: never charged of a crime a woman accused him of. military evaluations incredibly brilliant leader. we have known him for decades. >> steve: 10 years at least. >> ainsley: we know how strong he is. we know he is a fighter. he loves his country. he served country. he is married to the lady jen i worked for her for almost 20 years. >> steve: she was our boss on this show. >> ainsley: i talked to her after this was breaking she said we have our minister here. we love jesus. he went on the two j's have saved my life, jennifer and jesus. >> steve: that's nice. punch bowl, d.c. got the democratic memo that they put

out which essentially are going to be their talking points. they are going to try to go after pete. what they are going to do is rely on the seven women senators on their side to advance the argument that he is not fit to search. that's what the democrats are going to do. there are a couple of senators senators duck worth and blumenthal have come out and said some of the people helped with the background checks would have never been interviewed. look for the democrats to say hey, because the fbi, because they did a real short. >> lawrence: they are moving the goal post. they first wanted the fbi investigation. they did the fbi investigation now they are saying the fbi didn't do enough. unbelievable. >> steve: what they say there are a couple people they should talk to because it was so short they didn't get to. look for that later today. >> brian: one other thing to be an advantage america moved on from the kavanaugh, from the me

too movement and dei and political correctness. we are back in the real world. we watched a four star general go mia for four years. early go into surgery and didn't tell the president of the united states. said nothing of policy on impact in a time wearing a shield and mask in the middle of a pandemic. i have no idea what he did as a four star general. you will not have that question after pete goes. by the way here is pete's military evaluation. reveals hegseth was incredibly battle proven leader some may question the qualification for the job the problem is he's not reviewed that way. an infantry officer. if you are a ivy league guy and you decide to sign up for the military, you don't need to go in the infantry. he went in the infantry. not only am i going to war, i'm going to make sure i see action and lead troops. two bronze stars. combat infantry badge. when he got out decided to work for an organization to benefit veterans. what else do you want? >> ainsley: other hearings also this week.

tomorrow you can see the full screen or the big board right there. yeah. kristi noem, pam bondi. marco rubio, list goes on. thursday you see doug burgum. he was supposed to go today but doesn't get the paperwork. then next tuesday, the 21st, the day after the inauguration doug collins. >> brian: so many of these, ainsley are going to sail. doug b bessent. tulsi gabbard under fire? she has thought this thing through and not going to budge. >> ainsley: she is not up there do you know when her confirmation? >> >> brian: only paperwork. >> ainsley: how long will it take? will we know today? >> brian: one and done. >> lawrence: one hearing and full vote. first committee and then the full vote. >> ainsley: full vote today? >> steve: full vote on inauguration day on january 20th. >> brian: can't have a vote until the president is gnawing rated. >> steve: stay tuned.

you will see a lot of it right here on fox. >> brian: beginning 9:30 eastern time. now we have an alert. >> brian: learning more about president trump's potential plans to see the devastation from the los angeles firefighters. >> steve: strong winds continue to fan the flames, threatening new areas as people across the region are warned to be ready to evacuated at a moment's notice. have your go bag ready. >> ainsley: griff jenkins is live in malibu this morning and joins us now. griff, i was watching something on television. it was an old aerial shot of california. and i thought oh my word. it looks totally different now. >> griff: ainsley and guys good morning. ainsley, everyone is on high alert bracing for more fires. as you see here in malibu, the crews working overnight to clear debris. take you quickly an hour north where a new fast-moving, wind-driven brush fire has broken out. being labeled the auto fire.

this is in the santa clara riverbed between the cities of ventura and oxford, california. you can see the helicopters working quickly oxnard the latest update having some success in that. but it's significant, ainsley because it is in this red flag warning area that stretches all the way from that ventura oxnard area down here to malibu and the surrounding palisades area where we have seen so much disruption. this is a problem and we're heading into a day where we expect the wind gust to get up to 70 miles. meanwhile, another problem that officials are having that continues are these drones. the fbi says they are seeing 20 to 30 unauthorized drone operations every single day and that super scoorp hit by that drone the fbi now buying the public for help in finding the operator peculiarity of that drone to pulled that out of the.

when you fly we can't. that is how damning it is. davis had this to say about it when i interviewed him. >> these fires are so significant in size that is only -- 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. >> griff: these drones are impeding operations and trying to battle these fires and make no mistake, this area where we are is not by any means out of clear when these winds started bicing up. same level of warning that we had last week a week ago when the horrible palisades and eaton fires broke out which are contained about 14% to 33%. so still a big concern. meanwhile, let me just finally end with this. president-elect trump is going to visit this area.

fox news confirming we don't have date. we don't know when, what time. presumably would be after he is inaugurated. but it's going to be very interesting when he does get out here to see just how horrific and unprecedented this damage and fire was and the war of words politically that have been traded between local leaders like l.a.'s mayor karen bass, governor gavin newsom the incoming president the new administration. guys, i will send it back to you. >> steve: all right, griff. thank you very much. he is our man in malibu today. senior meteorologist janice dean track the winds. >> it sounds like this is going to be a problem wind wise for another, what, 3, 4, 5 days? >> i think the worst of it will be today and tomorrow and then we will get a break. we will have more of an on shore flow. so that's good news. no rain real rain in the forecast though. and that's the problem. the otto fire as griff was talking 50 acres burned. that's around the ventura county area. and when we have those wind gusts forecast to be close to

hurricane force winds that's the problem the firefighters need to contain that fire here with the wind gusts. upwards of 50, 60, 70 miles per hour. this is the peak wind gust as we go through wednesday. yeah, fairly calm right now. but things will kick up. that is for sure. and a particularly dangerous situation again for some of these areas outlined in the white here, that's where we have particularly dangerous situation. and the ongoing wildfire danger extreme wildfire danger yet again. the same type of setup we saw last week that ignited and spread all of those wildfires and the fire weather danger continues tomorrow. 9 air quality is going to be poor, of course, for the next couple of days and then taking a look at the weather pattern as we get into friday. area of low pressure, that means on shore winds. we're not going to see heavy rain with this but that will help with the winds and the very

dry conditions along the coast, that humidity will go up. just got to get there next 24 to 48 hours really crucial though. >> steve: fingers crossed. j.d., thank you. >> brian: this is not stopping. confirmation hearings kicking off today with donald trump's pentagon pick pete hegseth. trump senior adviser jason miller on pete's preparation and veterans lining up in support next. wow.

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helm: getting huge support from fellow veterans including hundreds in d.c. today. they are there on their own volition not because pete asked him to but he obviously honored. jason miller joins us today. what is pete's -- what is pete's greatest challenge today when he sits down for three or four hours. >> i don't see it so much as a challenge but an opportunity to restoring that warrior ethos back into the military. >> this is a man president trump ran and won on and received 77 million votes. 312 electoral votes and the majority of the popular vote. and the fact that we have to get our military focused back on defending this country. there was a study that came out, brian, in july from commission on national defense strategy that said the united states is not prepared for a major conflict right now. that's what has happened over the last four years under joe biden. we have to get our military away from the woke nonsense. away from playing politics and

back to focused on defending our country and defending americans. >> brian: jason, i know for a fact how much great work you did behind the scenes with all the candidates and with president trump and vice president vance when he was the nominee to get them ready for debates. so, when they go after pete, personally, which has been all over the news, what's the best strategy? pete heg sergeant will kill them with kindness. intelligent, leader. graduated from henceton, harvard, served on the battlefield, know what it is like to be shot at led troops in battle this is the type of leader we need in the department of defense. we have tried all the so-called experts for years and decades. now we have someone who has actually been in the line of fire and i think that's the type of perspective. keep in mind under president trump curing the tourist few years we had no new wars. that was because we had deterrence, peace through

strength with pete hegseth at the helm we are going to get back to that. >> do you admit not past haven't been perfect like every one of you ask questions today or do you ignore it, perry and refocus? >> pete is going to be completely honest. upfront. in his one-on-one meetings he has had, he is really dazzled most of the senators that he has met with his grasp of the issues. his knowledge of the department of defense, his readiness to step in and lead, there is a reason, brian, right now as of this moment we have dozens of veterans gold star family members camped outside of the dierks and senate office building ready to support him in that committee meeting today. additionally dozens of veterans marching up from the vietnam memorial to support pete as well. that's because people believe in pete hegseth. they believe in president trump. let's get the woke out of military and get back to the warrior spirit. >> brian: jason, that's a total

surprise to pete. is he truly honored and i know that firsthand. lastly when you look at the other nominees 14 of 16, almost every one of them got dates. who is the one you are most worried about concerned with what has got the most ground to make up in the hearings? >> i'm not concerned about any of president trump's they will try to come up with any delay these can look at the pace that president trump's picks are on right now we're about three times ahead of the pace for having his nominees confirmed by the full senate at the end of january. there are about three that were confirmed end of january in 2017. we will be nine or 10 by the end of january this year. really i think that's a testament to president trump knowing exactly who he wanted to pick, what they stood for and what his mandate is to bring change in this country. >> brian: jason, great job. i know you get in the inner

sanctum that's great. thank you, jason miller. >> thank you. >> brian: you are looking now the veterans have shown up on own volition own dime as usual they want everybody to know what pete being secretary of defense would mean. and there is something else that is going to be come out shortly and i don't know why it's not out. recruiting is going through the roof because they know what it is like having a young man on the battlefield needed stateside fighting war fighter at the pentagon. want everybody to know what it would mean. after afghanistan, they ran for the hills. that is veterans telling their kids don't join this military. they have changed that rhetoric since pete's nomination and you see more proof of that right now. now to this. we are learning more about trump's new york city six days away. carrie underwood the superstar latest announce she is performing. the maga garbage truck that went

viral during the campaign is getting a role, too. alexis mcadams is live in west palm beach with more. alexis? >> hey, brian, yeah. people are looking forward to seeing that garbage truck back out there. came from wisconsin but it will be there for inaugural parade in a matter of days. country music star carrie underwood will be swing singing during the ceremony of president-elect trump and vice president elect j.d. vance "american idol" star singing america the beautiful joined by the armed forces choir. she has been ripped by some fans on social media she shouldn't have taken the gig. she said i'm humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in a spirit of unity and looking to the future. other performers are going to be village peep. kid rock, billy ray cyrus, jason aldean, rascal flatts and lee greenwood which if you went to any rally that's pretty much what they played. 70s disco group village people

popular. macho man and ymca all they played for months. play one of the inaugural balls leading up to the inauguration. remember that garbage truck to wisconsin that will be there too. trump took a ride as he drew attention to comments from biden which he was seemingly calling trump supporters garbage that did not go over very well. first responders from butler county, the site of the first assassination attempt on president-elect donald trump will march in the inaugural parade next week back out here live reach out to some of those people in butler county say they can't believe they got invited. they are so ex150eu9ed to thereby brian, ainsley and steve and lawrence. those are still some of the people that rushed and thuted their own lives on the line that day to save donald trump. back to you. >> steve: what a fest. alexis, thank you very much live from west palm beach. how many times village people thank their lucky stars. they were like the 70s that one song about the ymca donald trump loves plays it all the time and

now they are back. >> ainsley: they said it's not going to make everyone happy but music is to be performed without regard to politics. they said this is a global anthem. hopefully it will bring the country together. >> lawrence: i find it amazing totally acceptable for, you know, musicians to perform at other inaugurations but not okay for them -- i think that's changed those. >> brian: in 2016 they couldn't get anyone. the president will never forget three doors down and others said that showed up because they got some blow back because of it. i will add, this president is doing two things. is he not talking about the wall. is he not talking about the size of his crowds he is going to get the wall. i think he is going to get a record crowd. i'm telling you. >> ainsley: whole crowd is going to do that dance. >> brian: whole crowd. we are already seeing the garbage truck and the village people two things i never thought i would see. i'm pretty sure grover cleveland didn't have that. >> ainsley: good for carrie

underwood. >> lawrence: did i hear that snoop dogg is performing too? >> brian: the president par gone donned one of his guys. >> ainsley: are all they coming back together or just carrie. >> we will have to practice the trump dance. >> brian: don't have to practice. >> ainsley: you don't have to be a good dancer. >> steve: brian, you know, two brian's horror when he discovered that the ymca actually spelled out you don't have to do ymca now. now it's just. >> brian: steve. >> i thought i could finally get rid of it but they dragged me back in. >> ainsley: when you did ymca you tonal did one letter. >> brian: i chose one. >> lawrence: more "fox & friends" ahead. >> steve: why not? sore throat got your tongue?

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we're back with headlines. right now negotiators are reportedly putting the finishing touches on a gaza cease-fire deal that would potentially

bring some, if not all of the remaining hostages still under hamas captivity home at the moment reports are that hamas has accepted the deal and are waiting on approval from the israelis; nine suspected tren de aragua gang members charged in connection with to a violent kidnapping and robbery that happened at an aurora, colorado, apartment complex last month. the suspects are accuse much kidnapping a couple, tying them up, beating and stabbing them which, of course, left them seriously injured. at least one of those suspects is already -- was already wanted on charges related to this viral video of armed migrant gang members terrorizing that same apartment complex just a few months earlier. seven other suspects are still under investigation for last month's kidnapping and robbery. and those are your headlines, ainsley, over to you. >> ainsley: thank you so much, carley. >> carley: you are welcome. >> dozens arrested for looting and other crimes in the fire ravaged neighborhoods and our next guest, their house, get,

this it is one of three that is still standing on their street but they are still terrified to see what they are going back to. altadena resident claire wayble and mark turner join us now. good morning to both of you. >> hi, ainsley. >> ainsley: i'm so sorry to what's happened to y'all. i guess congratulations. what do you say? three houses still standing out of 22 on your street. what do you think saved your house? >> that is great question. nobody knows. there were only three houses a block of three that survived. the fire went around the back so it didn't -- it's not like we didn't have any damage. it tore through the backyard like a flame thrower ripped out the garage and all our memories. all the things we but the in the garage to protect it from the wind storm was destroyed. plus all the vegetation and it did all that all to those three houses and carried down the street and everything else,

including everybody else. >> ainsley: claire, what happened that day? >> it was a long day. we had stayed with two different neighbors that successfully got evacuated. and in a panic, mark said you and may, our 13-year-old got pasadena evacuation center. and i'm going to go and try to check on the house. so, may and i spent the day at the evacuation center. mark went to the house there was no internet no. cell. the only way i heard from mark was he managed to get a satellite sos that he was trying to reach emergency services. saying if we could just have one fire truck here, this there are houses on the road that could be saved. and no one came. that was the only way that i knew that he was okay. friends and neighbors came to help. there was no water. so he took buckets out of the

fool pour on the flames. >> ainsley: my goodness, mark, we watched video you shot of gorgeous houses in your neighborhood now look at them just reduced to rubble. what are your neighbors saying? are they going to move? are they going to sell their property? y'all ended up staying with friends in arizona for better air quality and to prepare for the next santa ana winds, what are your neighbors saying? what's the plan? >> that was the hardest part of all of this was facing our neighbors on the street when we saw. lost everything. some of them are intending to rebuild. some of them have lived in those houses for 50 years. and are unsure whether they should rebuild or leave it to someone tolls rebuild. we really hope they do. altadena is a community. and if the people that made it and we really hope they rebuild. >> we saw some people on the street once wednesday.

>> thursday. >> thursday morning and i just hugged everybody i saw. that's when i was breaking down. first neighbor i saw, we stood across what was basically the crater of her house. and blowing her kisses and her mom was one of my younger students. i got yoga students that lost all their houses. i have lost my job because the country club burned down. i used to teach in the house. teach yoga in the house. >> it's worth saying that even though our main house is still there. it's unlivable. we will not be able to get back there for weeks or months because there is no power and water and gas service they all take them. >> not just that, the fire remediation. >> ainsley: we have boon doing these stories. so heartbreaking to hear the images, hearing people taking advantage of the situation and looting. the la nine of crimes and nine

people facing felonies for burglaries. >> the reason we kept going back and sort of abaiting some of the lines to get back to our lines is we gone in and taken outside valuables out of the house subsequent trips just to protect it because we know it will be some time before we get back there that's a weird thing to say but that's what we have done. >> also concern once the police and national guard leave, obviously that's going to change things. >> ainsley: our thoughts and prayers are with you. so sorry for everything have you gone through and your neighbors, bless your heart. >> thank you, ainsley. >> ainsley: you are all our neighbors and i'm sorry this is happening but thanks for sharing your story. >> thanks for having us, ainsley. >> ainsley: you are welcome. more "fox & friends" coming up. ♪

♪ >> steve: all right. listen to this. tesla ceo elon musk is sending cybertrucks and star link terminals to provide free internet and other relief toe years devastated by california wildfires. kurt the cyberguy joins us right now. kurt, this is brilliant because, for a lot of people out there, there's no electricity and there is no communication so elon musk has got some stuff and that's why he is rolling in.

>> yeah. i'm out in los angeles now. and as you might imagine you will hear local reporters go out to these fire stricken areas and they will even tell you there is no cell phone signal here at all. but, what we'll notice is if you have got a cybertruck on your agenda to be delivered pause you ordered one this or next week you may be waiting. because elon musk has posted is he diverting new cybertrucks to be used these fire ravaged areas of l.a. on board each of these is going to be that internet access from his star link satellite internet service. we actually installed that at our house when our cable went out during this fire. it works brilliantly. these are going to combine with the truck and provide free of charge wifi in a network of these trucks that connect the internet and these areas. so, not only will the first responders, the recovery effort, but residents coming back will now be able to communicate from these burned neighborhoods. >> steve: we're looking at some of the cybertrucks and i think

those are some of the mega packed chargers behind them. is that just to charge a tesla or because if you don't have electricity, you got a tesla, it's not going anywhere. >> yeah, a lot of people don't know this, but an electric vehicle, like a cybertruck can power an enormous amount of other things besides the truck itself. so can you put this device on there and get days of hour power out of it. it's going to power the wifi connection to satellite. then it's going to broadcast a wifi signal nearby. and then they will go a little bit further in this network that he connects these to, put another cybertruck, another wifi knowed and then, boom, you got a giant network of free wifi. by the way, having just ordered star link, installed it myself, and it works, i then get a notice that said by the way your next month, since you live in los angeles, is free thank you elon musk.

lawrence. >> steve: there you go. elon musk the richest guy in the world trying to lend a hand out in l.a. for all information on all things especially "tech tuesday" and the reps of the week, go to cyberguy.com. sign everywhere guy, thank you very much for joining us live. >> good he so you, sir. >> steve: we're going to steper aside.e s tuesday coming up i trusted you because you specialize in dental implants. you created a permanent solution and customized my teeth so it still felt like me. my new teeth have improved my life and changed my future. - thank you. - you're so welcome. get the smile you want from the number one provider of fixed full arch dental implants in the u.s. schedule a free consultation.

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