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>> breaking news on each coast. the senate armed services committee wrapped up a hearing for pete hexa. a lot of report coming your way. treacherous when southern california. quite a day it has been. >> the santa ana winds has triggered the highest warning. >> we expect a news conference

to begin any day now. we will bring you any headlines out of that book first, an update from the ground. >> jonathan hunt is live, the site of the largest fires. >> it is deceptively beautiful here. it illustrates why a lot of people thought of this community as paradise here on earth. a week ago it turned into hell on earth and this destruction was brought across so much across the pacific palisades, community that is largely destroyed. the santa ana wind continues to blow. as you pan out from here, come

over to the santa monica mountains. as you look up there, it swept down the canyon destroying so much in its path are in the wind warnings remain in effect. the dangerous situation is in effect until noon tomorrow. nobody is letting down their guard at this point. everyone wants to know how this fire started in one possibility is it was a member from a previous buyer. a neighbor went out and said there was a fire.

it is believed it was started by people using fireworks on new year's eve. that is an almost the exact location where last week's devastating flames took hold. it is a warning as you watch the wind come through again. the embers that are everywhere, here in the palisade. those can be picked up by significant wind and restart a fire. that is why nobody is letting down their guard.

>> the fire is demolished. barely a home left standing. our next guest's quick thinking saved his home. he bought some cheap sprinklers. the solo is an army veteran. there are a lot of people who tried to do the same thing, with garden hoses and novels but the water evaporated quickly. how did you manage to save yo yours? >> i was able to get a bigger volume of water up there.

i got hoses up and i was able to walk away from that. if i stayed, i probably wouldn't have gotten as much on. i was able to puddle. >> one fellow was trying to spray down the bushes on the fire blew back on him and nearly killed him. the fat you are able to set this up and when he was advantageous to you. >> i had a plan, got my wife to maneuver to get to our daughter and engage the fire action system, which is $100 for the home depot product and was able

to evacuate, set up a system so i could evacuate so i wouldn't have to stand there and fight the flames. came back a second day in the water had turned off so i did the same thing for buckets of water and my buddy helped me resoak the area. there were 14 homes beneath us. we could not walk away from that. the homes above us, my friend's house, two friends, their houses were just beyond and lost those. it was a good idea. i wish i could've done more, but we did what we could. i had to get out of there. because i was able to get out and not stay there, i was able to get down the hill. i got caught at sunset boulevard. i was able to get out of that situation, people work abandoning cars right in front of me.

we were able to get out and gets our family. it was down to the second but it was reminiscent of afghanistan. it was a war zone. >> i remember going through -- and the height of the iraq war and that was dangerous but seeing what these folks went through trying to escape the flames. nobody was shooting at them but it looked as dangerous. did i hear you correctly? good your watering down act as a firing break? >> you can see the flames approached the home and the water line, you can see where it stopped and see where it went up the hill and attack the other homes. yes, that is correct.

>> i have seen devastation like this before, never experienced that myself and obviously your home survive. this happens sometimes when you are in a firefight, there is this idea of survivor's guilt. i know you say you wish you could have done more but you did save homes below you on the fire line. what do you say to your neighbors? do you think you will be them again? you think people will rebuild and leave? >> i am still talking to my neighbors every day. the firefighting is still going on. we are part of the american legion post. we are there to communicate with our neighbors to keep them

together. we need money and supplies. what we need now is each other, i hate to say this, we spent four hours dumping buckets of water to resaturate. we stopped the american legion post, the light turned on. you looked around and you thought burned out churches, the schools my 10-year-old daughter school across the street gone. you saw all this and in the midst of it is this brand-new american legion building. we are needed. this is what we do. it was my duty. i am built for this. i qualified as a medic. my people need me.

you know when the civilian walk then, i was trained and prepared for this. i knew what i was getting into. these people are not ready for this. not as was 700 vets -- they called me first. they are doing great job taking care of security and safety. when the people come back, i hope we continue to fight for them, bring them together and bring them services. fema and red cross. our ability is standing.

my home is still standing. the rest of us want to do something, we want to continue to serve and that is what veterans do. >> thank you for sharing your story with us. god bless you and god speed with everything you are going to do to help your neighborhood recover. thank you for your service. box corporation has made a one million-dollar donation donation to the relief efforts this allows them to respond immediately. here is how you can help. visit the website oris graham -- or scan the qr code on your screen.

>> pete p hegseth is the only nominee for trump second term on capitol hill. how tough is this going to be to get these nominees through? >> it is a challenge to confirm these nominees quickly. time is slipping off the clock. the nomination is consuming the most oxygen right now. >> if you are saying men and women shouldn't be serving in the military, you will have to change how you see women to do this job well. >> i respect every service

member who has put on the uniform past and present. my cheeks and from personal experience have been instances where i have seen standards lowered. >> hegseth only met with one before the hearing. the background check was not as detailed as it should have been. it is completed for the president-elect. it is not a thorough, independent investigation. >> getting a full background report is what you require for a job for a manager of the store at the mall. i have never had a nominee who refused to meet in advance, republican or democrat. >> they welcomed the nominee to the hearing were cheers and applause. >> these americans have been willing to put their names and reputations on the line to support him.

>> two other hearings are delayed. perhaps marco rubio for secretary of state or john ratcliff as director of the cia. >> remarkable stuff. thank you. there were a couple of standout moments. we have shared them. there was this exchange -- i should say additional exchange. listen. >> you are quite sure that every general who served should not go directly into the defense industry for ten years. you are not willing to make that same pledge? >> i am not a general. >> let us be clear. you will be in charge of the generals. use say thoughts for the goose but not for the gander?

>> there was that and also this exchange with jack reed. >> you made statement to your platoon, would you explain what a jag off is. >> i don't think i need to. the men and women understand. >> it is a jag officer who puts his priorities in front of the officers. >> in case you missed it. >> it is an adaptation of an old flying thing from many years ago -- an old flying saying from many years ago. we will see what the vote is and the senate will vote but there

are a lot of people who believe despite rocky road right after his nomination has got the votes to become the next secretary of defense. >> we are starting to get a sense of that. thank you. >> 30% they went up. [indiscernible] >> of the biggest in history. >> that was the father of one of the service members in the attack that left 13 service members dead. >> could the dream to buy greenland become a reality? alec told him is live. >> i am in greenland, the largest island in the world, a very cold one.

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trump's comments about wanting to buy this danish territory. to give viewers insight as to why this is important, its location makes it a strategically defensive location and it is home to the northernmost military base. they are trying to convince him that a partnership just makes sense. >> we are at the american continental and that is why we are the first people who would be effected by russia if someone wanted to come here. >> it is home to roughly 50,000 people. most others we spoke with bashed trump's comments calling them offensive. >> i want to stick with danish

government. i would prefer to be with denmark and not the u.s. >> the united states use to be admired here. and basically all the goodwill they used to have is almost gone now. >> the melting of the ice is creating the possibility of new shipping lanes which is an interest to countries around the world. the prime minister's that it is going to continue to push towards independence but it is willing and looking to work with the united states as it pertains to defense and mining. >> how cold is it there? >> it is very cold. during the commercial break and all day we have been moving to keep ourselves warm. with the windchill in the wind

coming off the arctic, temperatures are around negative 15. we are standing on ice and that makes it colder. the green lenders we have talked to say this is especially cold for them as well. >> folks in alaska know too w well. have a great time. >> a new era has begun. these four years we face crises. we have been tested. we have come through those tests stronger in my view. >> biden touting his foreign policy record. he appeared to gloss over several foreign policy failures, including the withdrawal from afghanistan and the attack that left 13 service members dead. let's bring in the fathers of

one of the victims of that attack. we look at a beautiful picture of your son, your thoughts on the president's words yesterday. >> thank you for having me and letting me have a voice. i found a lot of joy knowing there is not much he can tell about domestically that him and his administration tried to child some sort of victory, foreign policy they have had in the last four years, which is absurd and everybody can see through it. and all the problems with ukraine and iran, none of them wouldn't have happened if it was not for the withdrawal in afghanistan. that led to everything we are enduring right now. >> this was more from the president specifically on afghanistan in that speech. >> i had a choice.

i saw no reason to keep thousands of servicemen in afghanistan. the number of dead and wounded that occurred in our longest war. keep spending hundreds of millions of dollars a day. we are no longer doing that. in my view, it was time to end the war and bring our troops home and we did. >> it without an apology to gold star families like yourself, he said we grieve those we lost in the withdrawal but we never heard an apology from him. >> we never got an apology. he holds a card that has their name on it, which is another lie. he had an opportunity here to make amends and say their names or address us and he did not. it is something he wants to avoid and this is going to

affect his legacy and presidency. he will go down as the worst president ever. >> we got done watching for many hours today the confirmation process to run the pentagon. you had a chance to listen to some of that. do you care to share your thoughts? >> i do care to share my thoughts. he is going to be a great asset to the country, these guys who have been in military combat. those are the guides who should be in these positions. biden -- blink and was in heck hamptons. the guy supposed to be coordinating this is having his state department work bankers

out and having people that cannot give visas to. he was in the hamptons enjoying his vacation. that would probably never happen with p pete hegseth. we are looking forward to meeting with him and getting some of the answers we were able to get with the house of foreign affairs committee, trying to take things one step farther. >> we will keep hearing from y you. >> powerful when creating new

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>> california communities battling the wildfires. destructive and life-threatening wind is picking back up today. we have a reporter at a relief center in california. >> and terms and on the ground here, we are in a danger zone. we have a red flag warning

through tomorrow, which means we have extreme and dangerous fire conditions. this is the reality. 88,000 people are still under evacuation orders. thousands of them are here, picking up clothing. some know their homes no longer stand and others are worried about what might happen. the palisade fire is 17% contained. eaton fire, 35% contained. the santa ana winds are back up, hitting 70 miles per hour today. i met one woman who lived in malibu. she lived in a trailer with her husband and two kids. they got out with 30 minutes before the fire jumped over to their trailer. it is now gone. i asked how her son is dealing with this. take a listen. >> he is having a hard time.

he is trying to understand but it really does hurt and i just tell him, we are together. we are together and things are going to get better and we are going to start from the bottom but we are together. we have got to thank god for that and thank god for everybody that is trying to bless us. >> she and her family are in an airbnb until friday. i asked her what happens next and she doesn't know. she might be going to a homeless shelter. >> a lot of people looking for help right now. there could be more danger on the way. we are watching all of that and thank you for your reporting. >> democrats taking cracks at

his life outside the military. the tactic drawing a comparison to the confirmation hearing of brett cavanaugh, who faced a similar line of questioning from democrats. whether it was elizabeth warren or senator mark kelly, a lot of people were going after him on a personal level, prompting senator mark to say this. >> the senator from virginia brings up the fact what if you show up drunk to your job. how many have shown up drunk to vote at night? have any of you guys asked them to step down and resign from their job? don't tell me you haven't seen it because i know you have. how many have gotten a divorce for cheating on their wives? did you ask them to step down.

we have all made mistakes. i have made mistakes and jennifer, thank you for loving him through that mistake. the only reason i am here and not imprisonment because my wife loved me. >> he didn't have to bring it up but it was the pot and kettle thing going there. how do you think hegseth did in the overall? >> i think he crushed it. much of the tone of the questioning was the fear of the absurd and it came across as cheesy performance art. con stan lectures and senator tim kaine said pete isn't qualified to run the defense department because he has been divorced. the same guy who was hillary clinton's running mate and then we had mark kelly accused him of being drunk while on the air on this network and base that on garbage reports that relied solely on anonymous

sources. he argued the only people who have gone on the record have had nothing but positive things to say about him. i have been on set with him for years that always saw him working hard, friendly, respectful to all coworkers and never behaved in the manner described by those anonymous sources. democrats overplayed their hand here. far too much hyperbole. he will be confirmed. not one republican senator said they will vote against him. what trump wants, he gets. >> thanks for having me on. i agree. i think he is going to be the next secretary of defense and he have someone the rank and file can identify with. they are going to have more confidence he will have their back and that is one of his key messages and missions.

with the personal attacks, we are not talking about the primary mission, defense of the nation. it is a distraction and thankfully it landed flat today. >> the issue has been made, a tattoo he has, it is the jerusalem cross. he says he was disqualified from doing security and wash d.c. because of it. he was set up to answer the question by one of the republican senators. listen to what he said. >> it is the jerusalem cross. interestingly, i attended the memorial ceremony of jimmy carter. on the floor of our national cathedral, on the front page of

his program was the very same jerusalem cross. >> a lot of people straight it is a question nationalism sy symbol. it is inlaid in the national cathedral and featured prominently in gold on the main altar. >> it is a huge logo. you can't miss it. to go down this road again as far as going after crosses or his personal life from years ago, you go down that road, you are not talking about the things that matter. this was done with the backdrop of that disastrous afghanistan

withdrawal, we have proxies attacking our troops in the middle east with no accountability on where the money is going. pete is going to come in and clean house and that is what america voted for. >> he hung in there. do you think he will be confirmed? >> absolutely. another point about the tattoo. back in 2021. i can think of no better spokesman or actor to clean this out. >> he seems to have the votes. we will see. appreciate it.

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>> californians are dealing with looters going into large swaths of the evacuated los angeles to steal what little is left. doesn't have been arrested and nine have been charged so far. thank you for being here. we know you have a lot going on right now. as it pertains to looting, what can you report to us? >> we have had several arrests,

39 arrests in the last seven days that this has been occurring. we have a curfew going on. 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. out of the 39 arrests, 14 of those are for burglary. there are some individuals that are violating the curfew, going in and doing things they are not supposed to be doing, revictimizing people who have gone through so much already. >> the "los angeles times" is reporting on the nine charged with looting. an emmy award it's been stolen. another group is accused of stealing personal property including the emmy award from a home during the eaton fire. there are some things that will survive the fires that they are going to try to seize. this is nathan saying this was

something they were anticipating. >> we anticipated this was going to happen. these are the criminals. these are the people who are speaking to exploit this tragedy for their own benefit. today we are here to announce the promise we made when we started this, these criminals would be arrested, prosecuted, and punished. it is a promise we are keeping. >> can you confirm that? these looters will be punished and held accountable. >> i am confident. our deputies are doing amazing work. we are thankful for the highway patrol and the national guard. they allow our deputies to do more looters depression. i have the confidence in the world. i have had conversations with nathan hochman and the state attorney general as well. and the local u.s. attorney.

we are all on the same page. we are making sure and we are sending the message, you commit a crime here related to these fires, you are going to be held accountable, you will be arrested and prosecuted. you will probably serve significant time. >> any knowledge you can share with both, where they come from, are they legal citizens, do they live in state, are they current residence of the city? >> what i can tell you is all of the individuals that were arrested, even for curfew violations, none of them live in the impacted areas. meaning our curfew is effective. you are not supposed to be th there. it would be one thing if a resident is trying to come back but that is not the case. everyone being arrested does not live in this area.

>> were they in this country legally? >> i have no idea. that is not a question we are asking. >> thanks for your time. we will check back in with you soon. >> a judge takes action after a colorado apartment complex was infiltrated by violent gang members. what it means for people who live there coming up next.

a municipal judge has granted an emergency order to close and apartment complex and oral colorado this after members of the violent venezuelan gang began terrorizing people who live there. alicia acuna's lived what been like for people who live there? >> reporter: it means quite a bit, the complex is such a shutdown next month are everything came to a head as you know the second half of last year as more and more people became victims to the violent trend. an emergency order a judge declared the property and imminent threat to public safety and welfare. in a court filing or a police chief described the criminal element that's exerted control and fear over residence and also new charges are now filed against nine suspects for the kidnapping and torture case we reported in december at the same

complex. police say there are a few more suspects on the run and have learned in law enforcement across the country. the police chief says most suspects are likely connected to tda. >> i'd say based on one of scene, based on the affiliation of the individuals attained with them the fact they were involved in this endeavor of extortion and kidnapping basically causing crime i would say most likely they are involved. >> reporter: as for the residents they are now in an effort to get them relocated to other places. john. >> john: all right we will keep watching this alicia acuna thank you. and sandra that will do it for us today. >> sandra: that flew by. >> john: sure did. it to be with you as well set your dvr never miss america reports thank you for joining ur on john roberts. >> sandra: i am sandra smith's, the story with martha maccallum c,mon bo!

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