marine layer. so it's fog and frost this morning. cooler this afternoon. >> and number six following your friday drive with metering lights on at about 618 at the bay bridge toll plaza. there's your drive times just now going into the yellow, about 40 minutes from hercules into san francisco. and better news on the peninsula. this earlier accident has been cleared. south 101 at whipple. >> all right, listen to this. number seven. progresso just introduced a hard candy they say tastes similar to chicken noodle soup. they come in a candy and a can. excuse me. they're only available this month. apparently, it's like a cough drop or something. >> yeah. supposed to be soothing when you have a cold or the flu. i mean, whatever helps. >> okay. good morning, ameri >> robin: good morning america from southern california. with the massive relief efforts under way. >> michael: and now a new threat emerging, as a community fights for its future.

>> robin: the new scope of the utter devastation. this morning, firefighters taking advantage of easing fire conditions as officials warn of more weather coming. now the concern mountain sides could turn into mud slides. this home split in half in a land slide. plus 50 schools and nearly 30,000 students and their families impacted. >> george: breaking this morning. the fragile cease fire and hostage release deal in the middle east appears set to start on sunday. >> for me, we survived. >> george: we're tracking the security cabinet meeting this morning after a tense day of last minute talks and protests overnight. >> reporter: the task is very simple. bring them home and sign the deal. >> george: the world watching anxiously waiting. now what we know about the americans believed to still be alive and set to be released. lost to space. the latest space x launch ends in explosion with debris raining down on the caribbean. what happened?

>> rebecca: no end. >> it's actually worse. >> rebecca: justin baldoni sues blake lively and ryan reynold for $400 million. tik tok's final hours. >> what am i supposed to do? >> rebecca: will the supreme court step? at the last minute? ♪ i will rise up ♪ >> george: and gma's socal strong shining the light on some of the people who lost everything. >> robin: there's still work for you to do here? >> george: firefighters have been working around the clock to protect their community while their homes are lost. >> unexpected to see it happen to your own home, your childhood home. it's really devastating. >> george: as neighbors look to rebuild. >> robin: okay, okay. okay. >> george: plus a live tribute from aloe blacc for the resilient people of southern california. bringing help and hope. >> announcer: live from times square and southern california, this is a special edition of "good morning america."

>> george: good morning america. we are live from both coasts. robin and michael are in southern california. in altadena, hit so hard by those devastating wild fires in l.a. county. good morning, guys. >> robin: good morning to you. we are socal strong this morning. hundreds of thousands have been impacted by these fires. they all have a story to tell. we are outside of what remains of one of the hundreds of homes that were destroyed here in altadena. we want to show you what the house looked like before the fires. we're gonna talk to the people that lived here. their extended family lost a total of nine homes in the fire. >> michael: the devastation is real, robin. there are so many stories to tell. our team is spread out across the l.a. area covering the latest on the massive relief efforts that are under way. volunteers and donation pouring in from around the country and the world. we'll be sharing ways you can help. >> robin: we're going to begin

this morning with the crews racing to contain the flames before the winds pick up yet again. chief correspondent matt gutman has been on this story from the beginning. hes that latest for us this morning. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. we're still trying to wrap our heads around what 13,000 destroyed homes and businesses look like. this was the home of the bailey family. they lived here for three generations. every house on this block has a story. we want to give you a sense of scale to show you this goes on block after block. it's not just that. when we drive through the devastation zone, it takes us 20 minutes to get from one end to the other. that's one reason authorities here are saying folks are not going to be allowed back to these neighborhoods for another week. that as l.a. faces yet another looming threat. this morning officials in southern california sounding the alarm that the lull in those deadly fire conditions is only temporary. >> there are more extreme winds

on the horizons, like i said, next week. and our community needs to remain ready. >> reporter: and now a new threat emerging. this home surviving the palisades fire last week only to be split in half in a landslide. >> these slopes have become fragile. the soil that's supporting your home have become fragile and damaged due to the events we've had. even when it's not rain. >> reporter: the fire burning so hot it cooked not just vegetation, but also rocks and earth. stuff is like quick sand. officials are concerned that another rain storm could melt mountain sides into mud slides. the national guard preparing to fill sandbags. this as the death toll continues to rise. at least 27 people have been killed in these fires and over a dozen more remain unaccounted for. the break in these extreme fire conditions allowing a new view of the scope of the devastation in malibu. we are here just off the iconic pacific coast highway but a, for

the first time, we've been given permission to fly a drone over the ruins of malibu. it gives you a sense of the vastness of what the palisades fire consumed. now there are tens of thousands of people who have been displaced. there's a significant effort to try to get them housed. governor newsom has issued an executive order expediting the construction of temporary housing. there's a state/federal task force trying to crack down on price gouging. even some insurers are vowing to renew homeowner policies of folks like the baileys who might have otherwise been dropped. guys? >> michael: that's some good news in all of this, matt. thank you for bringing it to us. thousands of students have been impacted by the fires. some with nowhere to go to school. kayna whitworth joins us with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the impact on the education system has been tremendous. this is what's left of rose bud academy charter school.

mangled wire. walls are melted. this is a charter school for about 200 kids. 35 have also lost their own homes. this is indicative of something we're seeing across this region right now. we have some new numbers from the department of education that show at least 50 schools have been impacted. ten of them damaged or destroyed. what that really translates into here is nearly 30,000 students and their families that are affected by all this. so right now educators are scrambling to find new facilities while some families grapple with the thought of perhaps changing districts entirely. you guys here at rose bud academy, the teachers are getting creative, trying to take their students on field trips, if they can. keep in mind, guys those teachers are doing that while some of them have also lost their own homes. >> michael: yeah, kayna. it has impacted everybody. hopefully, these kids can get some sense of normalcy in these unnormal times they're going through now. going to go back to you, george.

>> george: now breaking news from the middle east. israeli prime minister netanyahu says a deal has been reached after a last minute holdup in the cease fire agreement. chief foreign correspondent ian pannell is in tel aviv. good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, george. from hostage square there is a mood of quiet optimism, that this deal is going through and hostages will be returned. the israeli security cabinet held a meeting. there were some objections but it has passed. it goes before the wider israeli government. it is expected to pass, allowing little time for legal objections then this deal begins. breaking this morning a cease fire in the war in gaza and hostages released. it still needs to go to a full government vote. prime minister netanyahu's office saying the agreement will come into force sunday, this

after a tense day of last minute talks and infighting within the israeli government. overnight ahead of the announcement, protesters taking to the streets once again. tonight the task is very simple. bring them home, and sign the deal! amid the uncertainty, preparations are under way for the hostages release. 33 in the first phase starting with all women, children, elderly and the sick and injured. it's not clear how many are still alive. among those set to be freed two of the seven americans kidnapped and believed to still be alive. a father of three and keith sigel, a north carolina native taken along with his wife from their home. his wife was released in november 2023. the hostages will be released over a six week period. they will be transferred to the military then taken to one of six designated hospitals with specifically designed private wings to undergo medical evaluations and psychological assessments. family members of hostages like

gal and his brother guy was taken by hamas at the music festival have mixed emotions. >> i still can't be so hopeful and get my expectations high until i really see them starting to come back. i also have a hope that i didn't have until now. >> reporter: the biden administration and trump team have been pushing hard for a deal and are confident it will begin this weekend. a war ravaged gaza, a cease fire can't come soon enough. israeli air strikes raining down on the strip since the agreement was announced, killing more than 100 according to the hamas run health authority. we have been following one student since the war began. >> i don't know if we'll see them alive. >> reporter: this morning after 15 long months of death and devastation, now a message of hope. >> it is happening. we are finally living it. we survived. >> reporter: anxious hours ahead not just for the people gathered

here and many israelis but, of course, for the palestinians inside the gaza strip. it has been a horrific period for them. 90% of the population has been forced from their homes. disease, destruction and death all around. they are expressing silent optimism that this could finally be the day the hostages will be released and the guns will fall silent. george? >> george: we understand. thanks very much. now to washington and confirmation of south dakota kristi noem set to get under way. plans for monday's inauguration are taking shape. chief white house correspondent mary bruce is standing by with a preview of the inauguration. first senior congressional correspondent rachel scott is on capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: george, good morning. president-elect trump's pick for secretary of homeland security, south dakota governor kristi noem, will cap off a marathon week of confirmation hearings right here on capitol hill. if confirmed as dhs secretary,

noem would oversee fema, secret service and the coast guard. her key focus will be donald trump's top campaign priority and that is immigration overseeing ice and border patrol. noem will also be tasked with helping implement the president's signature campaign promise of mass deportation. today she will be pressed on her experience, but also her own scandals and controversies. she was once considered a potential running mate for the president-elect but her star ultimately dimmed after writing she had shot and killed a family dog. that same memoir also included false claims like saying she met north korea's leader kim jong un. but republicans do have a razor thin majority in the senate and she could be confirmed as early as next week, george. >> george: let's go to mary bruce. hello, mary. >> reporter: george, good morning. in just three days, donald trump will take the oath of office becoming the 47th president of the united states. festivities here in d.c. start this weekend. donald trump kicking things i off with a fireworks celebration, a cabinet reception

then a rally on sunday to fire up his supporters. washington now gearing up for the change of leadership. the transition team unveiling the official presidential portraits of trump and incoming vice president j.d. vance. all of this as president biden prepares to transfer power back over to the man he once defeated. biden doing what trump refused to do for him four years ago. unlike in 2021, biden will be there monday, participating in the peaceful transfer of power. other leaders and dignitaries will be there, including former president barack obama. but former first lady michelle obama is not attending. neither is nancy pelosi, though neither has explained why. trump's major guests include tech billionaires elon musk, jeff bezos, mark zuckerberg. ceo's of tik tok, apple and google also in attendance. trump had invited chinese president xi to attend. the chinese vice president will be coming instead. that's a first. another milestone here on monday, it is expected to be the coldest inauguration in 40 years. temperatures expected in the teens. washington getting ready to

bundle up. >> george: pretty cold there this morning. okay, thank you very much. rebecca? >> rebecca: we turn to the clock ticking on tik tok. the ban is set to take effect this weekend if the supreme court doesn't step in today and delay it. elizabeth schulze is outside the court with the latest. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: hey, good morning, rebecca. this decision is just in from the supreme court. the court upholding the federal law that bans tik tok in just two days. this is a big loss for tik tok which had argued in court that this ban violates free speech. the supreme court disagreed siding with the federal government which said tik tok must cut ties with its parent company because of international concerns. the app will go dark sunday. the law threatens hefty fines on tech companies like apple, google and oracle if they offer download, software updates or storage to keep tik tok up and running.

the white house tells us it will be up to the trump administration to enforce the law, to enforce those fines. we've seen president make a reversal on tik tok. in 2020 he wanted to ban it but now he is vowing to try to save it. guys? >> george: now the latest space x test launch. it ended in an explosion, raining debris down on the atlantic. trevor ault here with the story. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, george. pretty unique reason for flight delays in florida yesterday. a rocket launch anomaly. we had blazing streaks of burning star ship re-entering the atmosphere after the space x test launch. this morning an explosive launch for space x. mixed results. >> look up, everybody! look up! >> reporter: the seventh flight test of the star ship launch vehicle thursday -- >> the booster is now making its way back down to earth. >> reporter: successfully catching the first stage booster with its so called chop sticks.

>> it has caught the . >> reporter: but not long after space x losing all communications with the star ship itself as it headed into space. >> oh! oh my god! >> preliminary information from space x said there was a propellant leak that caused a fire within star ship and that ultimately caused the explosion. >> that is amazing. >> reporter: debris from that main rocket seen falling over turks and caicos, bright streaks across the sky, as the rocket had broken apart. the faa even slowing flights in and around florida because of the danger. >> similar to what you see with a shooting star or meteor. it's the same sort of reentry burning that you see. it was something coming back into the atmosphere very fast. >> reporter: elon musk posting overnight success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed. space x is now asking anyone who finds some of this debris to report it to them and there will likely be an investigation by the faa, george. >> george: okay, trevor. thank you very much.

coming up the latest on the legal drama between justin baldoni and blake lively. he's suing her and her husband ryan reynolds for $400 million. we'll tell you how lively is responding. >> rebecca: plus robin and michael are in altadena, california, for our socal strong coverage of the wild fires there. it is so powerful. it is great to see both of you there this morning, guys. >> robin: thank you, rebecca. >> michael: great to see you as well, rebecca. coming up, we're going to introduce you to some of the brave firefighters who worked tirelessly to save houses from the raging wild fires. but they ended up losing their own home to the flames. now they're coming together to help each other through this tough time. >> robin: i tell you they are incredible. and i'm gonna take you deeper into this community where we are right now. so much history. one of the first neighborhoods where black and brown families could buy homes in the l.a. area. now so many of those homes are gone, including one that's behind us right here. we're gonna meet the family that owned it. one of nine homes the extended

family lost in the fires. ginger traveled with us here to southern california. let's go to her right now. good morning, ginge. >> ginger: good morning, robin. it was wonderful to be with you all on the way over. here i am at the los angeles regional food bank distribution center. just one of the places. we've shown you a lots of horror over the last week, but we'll be showing you the help as well. i'll get to that, but let's quickly look at the difference what it feels like. when we landed you could feel the moisture in the air. so different from last week and the fires. as anticipated relative humidity levels will help fight fires. look at the palisades. nearly 90% relative humidity as the winds have come on shore. that's gonna stick around through the first part of the weekend. unfortunately, starting sunday night the winds go back off shore thanks to that big deep cold and high pressure system that's gonna bring that chill to the gulf coast. look at some of the wind speeds by tuesday into wednesday looking like really strong winds especially in some of the canyons. so we'll keep an eye on that as we get closer. let's go back to that storm and the cold.

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that is the view from altadena, california. you can see the scope of the destruction from the eaton fire right there. take a look at this church. a sanctuary in the center of the destruction. robin and michael are there. we're going to check back with them in a minute. first the latest on the middle east cease fire and hostage release set to start this sunday. preparations under way for the hostages release. 33 in the first phase starting with all women an children, elderly, the sick and injured. also mortgage rates topped% 7%. >> rebecca: also we are remembering david lynch known for films like "blue velvet" and the result tv series "twin peaks." last year he developed emphysema after years of spoking. he was 78 and a true true legend. we're also remembering another legend, one of the great characters of baseball, bob uecker.

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>> george: we are back. robin and michael are right on the edge of the fire zone. just last night people were coming there for a hot meal from the mercy organization. donations rolling in to help with recovery and rebuilding. robin, you got another big one to announce? >> robin: i sure do, george. we are kicking things off and in a big way. we are thrilled to announce that the waverly street foundation is donating $3 million to the california community foundation's wild fire recovery

fund. $3 million. >> michael: that is amazing. thank you to them. thousands of men and women have been on the front lines working to contain the flames. some of those firefighters have been impacted personally, losing their homes to the wild fires while risking their lives to protect their community. according to the california fire foundation, at least 12 firefighters have lost homes. this morning we are hearing from some of them. amid the scene of destruction, utter devastation and loss everywhere you turn. these firefighters like so many others across southern california, fighting tirelessly to save so many homes. but while they're busy saving others, theirs were lost. >> oh it's gonna explode. >> reporter: charlie hawes from the pasadena fire department was fighting flames only a minute

down the road from his parents home where he lived with his 2-year-old son liam. >> it was kind of like a fever dream where just everything was on fire. >> it's coming in hard. >> michael: he drove us through the neighborhood he fought so hard to save. >> i walked up to street and could see my parents whole roof was on fire. i felt so helpless. we're supposed to be fixers in this job, and that wasn't the case that night. it just takes the breath out of you. this is the front door. walkway that went back to the living room. my grandpa's room was right here. there's just nothing left. i think that's the hard part is losing the sentimental things. we're never gonna lose the memories. >> michael: and chen yu, an 18

year fire engineer for the pasadena fire department, is also searching for what was once of his pasadena home where he lived with his wife and two sons. >> this is what's left of my home. >> michael: yu spent hours fighting in a neighboring town all night long. >> they took me off the rig just to get some relief, get some rest. i said, hey, can we please go look at my house and see if it's still standing? we came up and it was gone. it was burned to the ground, kind of what you see now. i was devastated. lot of, kind of like regrets. maybe like i should have tried to stay, you know? maybe i shouldn't have gone to work, you know? maybe i should have stayed and tried to fight it, grab more stuff. >> michael: amongst the charred remains, one small reminder of what once was. >> i got this little flower vase

with the glass melted onto it. maybe i'll save this. not much else survived. >> michael: it's the bond between these firefighters that's helping them through these difficult times. >> it's hard to put one foot in front of the other when something like this happens. so to have their support and my department's support, it made it a little bit easier to kind of get through this. >> we are all gonna stick and and make through it. at the end of the day, it always works out. >> michael: we are here with four incredible firefighters, chen, charlie, gerry and isaac and some of your families have joined us also this morning. and all of you have lost your homes to these fires but you're still serving the city and battling the flames every day.

we want to just thank you for that. thank you for being with us this morning. charlie, we know you lost the home that you grew up in. and you jumped right back in, went right back in to battle the flames. as a matter of fact, you came here straight from your shift. so what keeps you going? >> unfortunately, i don't think you really have an opportunity to just kind of roll over and give up with this job, you know? we are here to serve the community professionally. you have to keep going. that's something that i came back, the fire was still going. i needed time to be with my family and spend time with my family. that was a priority. i had to also do time in my community an give back to the community, work with my coworkers, get back in it. you don't have time to just give up. i think personally, it's my parents and my kid that really keep me going, my 2-year-old son.

>> robin: i see how lovingly your mother is looking at you. you're so proud. she is so proud of you. and we all are. it means so much that you are all here with your families. chen, we saw you in michael's piece going through your home. and you were able, we saw items that you were able to find. you also were able to find something really, really special as well. what was that? >> yeah. i was able to find my wedding ring. >> robin: all right. >> we had gone back with my crew. i was half joking saying, maybe i could find my ring. i knew where it was at. without even asking, the guys jumped in, started looking through it. sure enough i think this is it. i'm like, what? >> michael: that's some good news. >> robin: that's great news. >> michael: you better have known where it was at. >> robin: exactly. >> michael: just want to let you know that, my friend. one thing you all have stressed to us is that being here, right, with us this morning is not about you, right?

it's about your community. it's about you wanting to represent all your fellow firefighters. i know they're very proud to have you here, too. we're so grateful for the bravery of men and women like you all. we aren't the only ones. this morning planet fitness and its l.a. franchise are donating $100,000 to the firefighters. planet fitness wanted to make sure they chipped in and tried to help this community as much as they could. >> robin: i know that we're in a church, but you can respond. give an applause. i know we're in church and all that. [ applause ] >> michael: in a church, can we get an amen? >> amen! >> robin: there we go. >> michael: that's not it. there's more. yes. ubereats and post mate is donating $500,000 in vouchers to the california firefighter foundation to be used on meals, groceries and other essential items. [ applause ]

we are just so thankful for you all. we're so thankful for your bravery. we're thankful that your families are giving of you so that you can serve your community. and what you're doing is nothing short of amazing, especially in times that are tough for yourself when you've lost your own homes. that is not lost on us, your bravery and your hearts. >> robin: let me get to this little man down here. hey hey hey. what's your name? >> evan. >> robin: who's with you right now? who is this? >> isaac. >> robin: he's a firefighter. are you proud? all right. are you a dodgers fan? all right. >> man of few words. >> michael: for everybody at home, for the viewers at home, you can help. all right? just scan the qr code on the screen, okay. and that will help everybody in this community. we'll be right back.

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million in conjunction -- >> michael: wow. [ applause ] >> reporter: in conjunction with the pasadena tournament of roses to the partnership for children, youth and families. another million. >> michael: that's incredible. another million dollars. we want to go back to our chief national correspondent matt gutman as crews are racing to contain the flames before winds pick up yet again. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning again, michael. we're still trying to wrap our heads around what 13,000 destroyed homes, business, churches, synagogues, look like. on the micro, this was the bailey family house for three

generations here. panning out from that, you can see the neighborhood. house after house, block after block. it goes as far as the eye can see. for us it takes 15 to 20 minutes just to drive through it. that's how big this is. it's one reason authorities in l.a. county have been telling folks they can't come back even if their homes are intact, for at least another week. that as l.a. county facing another moving threat. landslides. this house split in two by a landslide. because the fires burned so hot it cooked the soil turning it into a type of quicksand. that as we are learning about the death toll, rising now to 27 people. there are still over 12 people unaccounted for here in the eaton fire and palisades fire. guys? >> robin: and that is something that we have to keep in mind, matt. thank you so much. let's go down to ginger to the

l.a. regional food bank distribution center. hello there, ginger. >> ginger: i gotta tell you this is not a made for tv line. these volunteers are going hard this early in the morning. one of those volunteers is with me. people come out in force after something like these wild fires. tell us about how the need goes well beyond and how people can help out. >> this is gonna be a really long recovery. and honestly, we are here for it. we will always be here to help. >> ginger: you all do so much work every day. they have 900,000 people they feed. now today they'll put out 600,000 pounds just today. the most they have ever done in 51 years. that's team work. i have a great announcement. here's the announcement. first donation. crate and barrel is donating $100,000 including $25,000 to feeding america for food banks just like this. [ applause ] makes this all worth it.

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solar panels. and nestle usa is giving $50,000 plus five truckloads of essential water. >> sam: this is just the beginning of america coming together to help these folks in california. robin and michael set it all up live in pasadena. hi, guys. welcome back. >> michael: thank you, sam. we appreciate that. >> robin: communities completely levelled by these devastating fires. one of those areas right here in altadena. a very special place. and a historic one, too. altadena was one of the first areas in america where black and brown people were allowed to buy real estate. now the homes and the businesses that have been here for generations, many are gone. i was with some of the families as they returned for the first time to the rubble where their homes once stood. if there's one thing the people of altadena still have after all this time, it is hope.

this morning heartbreak in altadena. >> our whole neighborhood is gone. i don't know how we're gonna come back from this. >> robin: an entire community reeling. >> to see our city burn down to the ground pretty much, it's painful. >> robin: it all started the evening of january 7th as powerful wind gusts 70-90 miles per hour stoking a fire in eaton canyon into an inferno, so strong it couldn't be contained. over 7,000 structures destroyed, at least 14,000 acres burned an 16 lives lost. before the catastrophe, altadena, home to 42,000 people, known for its picturesque landscape, tucked into the foothills of the san gabriel mountain. now forever changed. >> the community of altadena is

the individual heartbeat of everyone that's lived here. this town is the most diverse town in l.a. county. >> robin: a town where generations of black and brown families put down roots. altadena town council chair victoria knapp, says she's committed to ensuring the town's diversity and rich history live on. >> i feel like my role is to ensure that the black families, the legacy families, the generational families, are protected. >> robin: but it won't be easy. this is all that is left of a martial arts studio of 30 years. she watched her beloved business go up in flames on live tv. >> i wasn't sure if i had a studio or not. people from out of state, students that i've had in years past, were calling me 'cause they saw it an they were crying. that just made me realize that that was a building. but the building burned, not the

spirit. >> this was a little shopping center. there was a pizza store right there. >> robin: at 83 years old long time altadena resident walt butler losing everything except his irresistible spirit. >> i'm a guy who worked every day. i worked my whole life helping people. i didn't think it would happen to me, but it did. >> robin: his emotional story shared by big talk, bringing in donations and raising awareness of the historic community. >> this is what's unique about altadena. we liked each other. because we see each other almost every day. >> robin: walt standing in the spot where his home once stood. out front, his car still intact. he remembers the moment he had to escape the flames. >> i sat there looking at it.

i said, if i don't outrun it, it's gonna get me. me getting away from the fire shouldn't have happened. >> robin: just next door the jacobs family. >> washer and dryer. >> this was the garage. >> robin: who lost nine homes in the fire. cousins ed, will and marcus meeting us where multigenerational memories have been built for over 50 years. >> this is my heart. >> she's the youngest sister. youngest sister. all four sister houses. they had party chairs and tables over here for when we would get together, do game night. my aunt paula, that was her thing was game night. >> robin: their aunts, uncles and dozens of cousins who once lived in a two-mile radius are now displaced, spread out across l.a. >> this was my grandfather's grandmother. they came here in 1970.

he used to always tell me one day this will be yours. >> lot of legacy that we want to hold onto. we don't want that to go with the houses. and so we need to be here to make sure the legacy stays here. >> robin: ed, known as the neighborhood plumber, has been on the clock since the fires first broke, committed to building back altadena. even with his own hands. you went right back to work. >> had to. we're rebuilding. we aren't going anywhere. i don't care who it is, my family, we are staying. we have electricians in the family. we got carpenters in the family. we're rebuilding. >> yes. we are strong. beautiful altadena. >> robin: it's okay. it's okay. okay. >> altadena is just love. just love. >> robin: one love. >> one love. one love.

>> robin: and here now with the amazing, beautiful, dynamic jenkins family. aunt paula, you okay? you all right. marcus. ed? thank you. thank you for allowing us to share your story, as you have. as we saw in the piece, carpenters, very skilled, lot of different traits, different talents. you've said you're not going anywhere. can you just convey to the folks at home what is it about this community that makes you want to be here? you've been here 50 plus years. to rebuild and go on with your lives. >> we're family. even friends. i mean, everybody in altadena's

family. we grew up here. we graduated high school here. we're back here. everybody knows everybody. altadena is big, but it's small enough that you can meet people, run into people from other countries, other states that are from pasadena altadena. it's a huge family. >> robin: it's a huge loving family. we sensed that the whole time that we have been here. >> michael: we see that right now. you're all here together. i want to ask you, what do you and your family need the most right now? >> right now probably just air purifier. we just want to make sure our aunts and uncles are okay. soon as we get the okay, boots on the ground. we're going to rebuild everything we lost. >> robin: you heard him. boots on the ground. that's the spirit. >> it is. >> robin: i love how you all are holding each other and holding

each other up. you're all right. >> michael: i love that you are all safe. >> robin: that's it. that's it. >> michael: you have each other. looking at that piece, you truly see what a real family is all about. generations. you are great representatives of that. >> robin: you will have another game night. you will. i know you're gonna have another game night. we want to bring in a friend of ours michael caponi. he is from global empowerment mission, dedicated to help people in disaster zones get back on their feet. michael, thank you so much for being here. i know you have an announcement. >> yeah, thank you. we've been entrenched in disasters for over 40 years throughout the world. we are here to empower you. so our organization, partnership with bethenny frankel be strong and stable foundation, we're going to give each one of your house holds $15,000. that's a total of $135,000. it's a small step.

everyone is doing what they call all throughout the world to support everyone here. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> robin: how's that gonna help you right away, ed? >> housing right now. we've got family scattered from here to orange county. >> arizona. >> arizona. >> robin: thank you. >> michael: thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> robin: this is what it is. thank you. >> thank you. >> robin: we've got a lot more that we want to share here. you are even crying as well. i know it's, how can you not? you're so involved. it's your heart. it's your heart. we're gonna share more. but right now we have ginger. she traveled with us as well. she's at a key distribution center here, the city of

industry. ginger? >> ginger: robin, thank you so much. what a beautiful story. so glad to be helping. you can see the depths of the help there. i can't wait to introduce you to another group very soon. one of the volunteers. moms and sons making difference. i do have to mention, on top of that cold to the gulf coast houston to louisiana talking about snow potential tuesday. we're watching that really carefully. that is going to be incredibly impactful. houston hasn't done that in a

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that saved a voice like me ♪ >> george: high notes of the middle school choir. students from all over the pasadena area are there. hit so hard by the fire. we love hearing their voices this morning. >> rebecca: we do love hearing their voices this morning. and we have another donation to announce. the stable road foundation is donating $100,000 to the global empowerment mission which is helping aid people in need in the l.a. area. guys, it is such a proud moment for us at gma. the amount of work that went into this behind the scenes, incredible. also to see so many people stepping up. michael and robin are now in pasadena. it is wonderful to see you on the ground as well. michael, nice to see you again. >> michael: well, great to see you all again. we're so happy, so proud to be here in altadena. our abc news team, they've been out reporting nonstop for nearly two weeks now on these fires and the destruction they left in

their wake. >> robin: they have been absolutely relentless. matt gutman an kayna whitworth, their producers, their crews. they have been bearing witness to this tragedy both as a journalist and residents here of l.a. with families. my mama used to say, we just want to lay our eyes on your and say thank you for the reporting that you've done. i know, matt, i'll start with you. the palisades fire took her home. how have you been able to just manage everything? >> that first day was crazy because you could tell when we drove in to pacific palisades that this was historic. the fire just moved so quickly. and i knew it was bad. i kept going to check on her house. i also have a cousin who lives there. by 8 p.m. the apartment building across the street was on fire. i knew her house was going to be gone. and then i tried to get everything out that i could from

her house. when we arrived back for "gma" at 3 a.m. the next morning i took videos and the house was on fire. i'm running between preparing "gma" then realizing my aunt's house is on fire, trying to document it, then running back to do our job. i haven't processed any of this yet. you gotta put one foot in front of the other. this is a historic event. you're trying to report on it realtime. you're seeing not just her house, but hundreds and thousands. you realize how big this is in scale. >> michael: i think you can't imagine the scale of this until you actually lay your eyes on it and you see it. how difficult is it to be prepared and telling this story, but yet you have your own family that you have to make sure they're okay. >> kayna's been through this as well. we almost had to evacuate.

but we didn't. we had the dogs, cats, everything packed up because the palisades fire started threatening our home. i just finished "gma" and "20/20" and "world news." i came home, saw this massive fire looming over the neighborhood. the family packed up. i also managed to get all of the stuff out of my aunt's house after it burned. some sculptures and her safe had burned. i just pulled out hot jewelry just to save anything that was a family heirloom. it's a really complicated thing to try to toggle these two, you know, parts of our lives. the family and the work. but you don't really have a choice. so many people are struggling so much more, you just forget about it and do your job. >> robin: i see kayna nodding along. this in your life, too, right now. >> it is. we both feel like we are the lucky ones. we're on day ten under mandatory evacuation order for us. we still have a place to go home to, so we feel like we're really lucky. matt was kind of eluding to

this. it's almost worse to see your friends and loved ones burn. those are my kids as we're going to our third hotel. it's harder to see your friends and loved ones' homes being threatened instead of your own. there's a sense of desperation. i also think as a parent, when you're evacuating, sometimes the things that your kids want are so simple. like my kids wanted a cozy blanket. when you can give that to them in that moment, it's really hard. so my thoughts right now are with the families that have such a long road ahead. my kids will get to go home to their blankets, right? not every family is like that. i just sit here in awe and gratitude of the work the firefighters have done. this will be the second time we've been evacuated in a couple of months. there's a lot of families in the same boat. >> michael: firefighters are just absolutely amazing. you mentioned kids. there are so many kids displaced

from their normalcy of school. >> yeah. >> michael: i know you were here in altadena when the school caught on fire. it >>'s such an unsettling thing to see a school burn especially a school for young children. and in that moment, i'm sure matt can attest, that wednesday morning it was fire behavior like i have never seen before. yeah. so it was throwing embers across the street, big ones. that morning my producer and i just happened to be out there. we saw a big ember land in someone's yard. we ran over, stomped on it. we thought it was futile in the moment. we were stomping on it. we went back. that home is still standing. that row of homes is still standing. we're not heroes in this moment, right? we just reacted. it's important that when we're out there reporting -- you want to say something? >> the size of that ember was like a basketball. >> robin: like this. you can't express to people enough how this fire was.

how historic it was. >> that's the power of the wind to pick up something of that kind of weight to move it. we go back to a home that's still standing. we use the word structures a lot, right? but we are keenly aware it's not structures. these are people's safe places. these are their homes, their gyms, their coffee shops, their churches and their schools. we know there's at least 50 schools impacted. that translates to nearly 30,000 kids across this region being impacted by what's happened in this fire. >> michael: yeah. their community is a safe place for everything. everything. we want to, as robin said, we're glad we can lay our eyes on both of you. you both have been absolutely amazing in the middle of all of this, putting yourself out there. as you said, those big embers. it's dangerous to do what you've been doing. we do not lose sight of that. thankful for both of you. glad you are okay, your families. >> we care deeply about these communities.

>> michael: and it shows. >> robin: it's not one and done. this isn't going to be the only time we're going to be here, as the other places that we've gone to, maui, rolling fork, southeast, after the storms. that's what we do. look at these families. we get to go home. this is their lives now. people all around have gone through so many tragedies. >> in some sense a loss of dignity when you lose your home. it's beautiful that we are seeing people trying to repair that as well. >> michael: thank you both. we're so happy to have you here. because so many schools were impacted by the fires, we are happy to announce this next donation. box tops is donating $100,000 to five l.a. area schools. >> that's beautiful. >> robin: there we go. >> well done. [ applause ] >> robin: i don't want people to hesitate in the church. coming up now the fires have

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>> michael: that is the middle school choir bringing some much needed music to us this morning. they sound incredible. >> robin: angelic. >> michael: angelic is right. music, tv and movies, the entire entertainment industry has been impacted by the fire. it's the latest blow in a string of very tough years for the business. our chris connelly is here with more on that. good morning, chris. >> good morning to you both. the fires that destroyed altadena took dead aim at a vital part of the hollywood community just when it's at its most vulnerable. not the faces you see on screen, but the names you see after the movie. hardworking crew members. this latest blow to their livelihood is the most painful one yet. >> it looked to me like everything is gone. >> reporter: for three decades veteran prop master on features, tv shows and commercials, dutch merrick and his wife sigma moved to altadena four years ago.

>> you're kind of out of the way of everything. it has a magic to it. it's filled with our film people. that spoke to us. it's no more. lot of love. lot of love to the people who made it through this. >> reporter: the couple forced to flee as the eaton fire claimed their beloved neighborhood and dream home. >> i looked out the bathroom window and i could see flames across the street. and it just didn't feel like i was coming back. i just started to say good-bye to the house. >> reporter: the devastation jeopardizing their already precarious livelihood. >> we, in the film business, have just had the wind knocked out of us again and again and again. like, we're already on our back foot. it just feels like another blow. >> reporter: dutch's vital work is one of the many behind the scenes middle class jobs that keep hollywood alive. >> we're talking about people who are camera operators. these are gappers.

these are electricians, hair and makeup artists, caterers. >> reporter: the fire disrupting an industry that's seen years of relentless upheaval, first beginning with covid, then back to back strikes. stay alive til '25. that's a phrase i heard. what did that mean? >> i think people came up with that meme or trope. stay alive until '25 because it's all gonna come back, right? but it hasn't. now this fire, so many people are affected, it was just like the last blow. >> reporter: the union hosting an event for a donation and research center in burbank with a coalition of labor unions. >> it's really a beautiful industry to be a part of, but we do have to be resilient and we have to fight our way through a better time. >> reporter: are you still hopeful that you and people like you can continue to work in los angeles? >> it's a fresh start. we have a clean slate. i'm trying to find hope in that.

i don't want to survive in '25, i want to thrive in '25. >> meanwhile, while award shows continue to find the appropriate tone, the cancellation of premieres and events can take its own toll. the merricks remain undaunted. we care about altadena's history, dutch said, and we care just as much about altadena's future. sigma saying, i know goodness is coming. guys? >> michael: yes, it is. definitely affects so many more people than you imagine. >> robin: how is your family? >> we are blessed. we are counting our blessings like so many here. thank you and thinking of everyone else. >> michael: chris connelly, thank you for that. now to ginger. >> ginger: as the mom of boys i gotta say i have a special connection here. hermosa hermanas. tell me about the group and what you've been able to do in the after math of the fires? >> we were co-founded in 2022. i have my partner.

it is a group of hermosa moms and young men who volunteer four years through high school. we are dedicated to helping our community and civic organizations in the south bay. >> ginger: this last couple of weeks has to be a big push, a big deal for each and every one of you. the small groups are the ones that make it happen. that's for sure. we'll look for you all to support you. be sure to look them up. live performance from aloe blacc.

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>> robin: we are back and we have one more donation that we'd like to announce right now. at&t and their employees are giving $250,000 to organizations helping people in the affected areas here in southern california. they are set up free charging and connectivity centers all across the l.a. area. >> michael: that is much needed. with that donation our grand total so far is up to an incredible $6,485,000. [ applause ] for resource and information on organizations helping in the relief effort, you can go to good morning america.com. >> robin: and thank each and every one of you no matter the amount that you have donated. we thank you. >> michael: every bit helps. >> robin: we have a gift for you because joining us now grammy nominated singer aloe blacc.

before he performs his inspirational 2024 hit "shine" can we go over. >> michael: we can get close to him. >> robin: thank you. what a beautiful, beautiful people behind you. the young choir there as well. aloe, thank you. love you. >> thank you for all the work you guys are doing. >> robin: how has this impacted what has happened here, the fires, impacted you and your family? >> my family is local. school pasadena waldorf is my children's school. we are doing our very best to support the community as much as possible while we are also grieving the loss of this life that we live. >> michael: we're so happy to have you here. you bring so much light whenever you sing. that's what we need right now. gonna let you go. this is aloe blacc performing "shine." the lord's anthem. take it away.

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