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"nbc news daily" starts right now. today, fanning the flames, a new round of life-threatening winds intensify across parts of los angeles. crews worn a could bring explosive fire growth, tracking how long the dangerous conditions are expected to last. president-elect trump's pick to leave the pentagon faces intense questioning in his confirmation hearing today. but how does the confirmation process work exactly, what comes next? a major change could be coming to the labels on some of your favorite foods, how the fda hopes to make it easier for people to make healthier choices. >> bar none, are you one of

those millions of americanans taking part in dry january? how you can keep the spirits high, even when literally, they are running low. >> i'm one of those participating, lots of seltzer water. >> good for you, i'm doing a damp, not fully dry. we begin this hour with an extreme fire warning in effect right now in southern california. >> the los angeles fire chief says life-threatening winds are already here. the strongest could spark new fires in l.a. county, the chief is warning everyone to take this seriously. >> everybody here urges you to remain alert as danger has not yet passed, please follow all evacuation warnings and orders without delay and prioritize your safety. >> it's been one week since the latest firestorm started in l.a., at least 24 people have

died, tens of thousands of acres have burned and it's still not clear what exactly sparked the fires. multiple sources tell nbc news in early focus of the investigation is a possible human source. dana griffin is in altadena and bill joins us in studio, dana, let's start with you, what are firefighters saying about progress in containing these fires especially as the winds are picking up? >> reporter: zinhle , very good news, the eat-in fire, did not gain any additional acreage, it's 35% contained and that's a really good number. it may seem low because one hundred percent is when you have a full line around the fire which prevents it from restarting in any fashion, so they've made significant progress but we have not seen any major flames or smoke in the area, so that is a good sign, we've seen crews going door-to-door, making sure there are no hotspots inside the homes that have already burned down because when the wind comes through, they want to make sure the embers don't fly and catch homes that are still standing. >> we mentioned a search for

the cause of some of these fires, it's appalling to think they might have been human caused by arson. what are investigators looking at? >> reporter: so they are looking at everything, you guys mentioned earlier that this is human caused, that could mean anything from accidental, equipment related and it can be intentional and arson, they say they are not leaving anything on the table, they are looking at every possible option, we actually saw them yesterday for the first time on the ground in pacific palisades, they were around a neighborhood that was roped off and also we saw them there, at a trailhead, they were riding atvs, looking at a grassy area where there was actually a new year's eve fire, six days fire to this one and some are speculating the fire may have reignited, some experts think that could be possible because usually that happens within a day or two and remember this is six days between the new year's eve fire caused by fireworks and the current fire, also the eat-in

fire, still it's undetermined. >> bill, can you take us through the timing of these strong winds heading into tonight and tomorrow, and is that particularly dangerous fire warning going on? >> it still is until tomorrow afternoon. we are in a 48 hour wind event, the first 24 hours, no new big fire starting and the fires we currently have have not gain any ground, the containment has been increasing, so so far, so good. this is our 13 million people in the red flag warnings, ventura southwards but the potentially dangerous situation where we could see the explosive growth, that's more towards ventura county. these areas in the marin. we did have a 72 mile-per-hour wind gust overnight and the relative humidity is bone dry and it hasnsn't ined in eight months. but notice that where the eat- in fire is, only 12 mile-per-

hour winds. we still have high gusts, 57, 50, still seeing hi gus and we will get a low as we go throughout the afternoon. this is at 4:00 p.m., let's fast-forward as we go through the overnight. when we get the pink in here that's 50 to 60 miles, we will watch these closely, if they form, it'll be difficult to fight but so far, so good, fingers crossed, if we can get through the next 24 hours, after that, the wind looks nice and calm. tran 20s cabinet picks are beginning senate confirmation hearings this week. facing questions from senators today, his choice to be secretary of defense, pete hegseth. he was an army national guard veteran and he's been mired in

controversy since he was first elected over accusations of sexual assault and excessive drinking, the accusations he denied again today and he was also asked about his management of veterans affairs organizations and comments about the role of women in the military. >> the questioning started with the republican chair of the arms service committee asked about those charges? >> from the beginning, there was a coordinated smear campaign orchestrated in the media against us. that was clear from moment one. >> what you have to say to the almost 400,000 women who are serving today? >> i would say i would be honored to have the opportunity to serve alongside of you, shoulder to shoulder, men and women, black, white, all backgrounds with a shared purpose. >> you said you don't want politics in the dod, everything you said in these public statements is politics, i don't want women, i don't want mom's, what's wrong with a mom, by the way? >> we support women continuing

to have the opportunity to serve in combat roles? >> yes, women will have access to ground combat roles given the standards remain high. >> the last center questioning mr. hegseth was republican joni ernst, she's a veteran and a survivor of sexual assault herself. julie tsirkin joins us now, the hearing is over now, what are we hearing from senators when they talk to you on the way out about how it went, did he increase his support from the committee members? >> again, we will divide this based on party lines because republicans are saying he did great in fact the senate majority leader, the top republican, said he felt like hegseth acquitted himself and his performance today, meaning that he was able to put those allegations, really disturbing allegations, sexual assault and his heavy drinking and his mismanagement, when he was a top two veterans organization, and he did a good job by putting all of that to bed, now if you ask a democrats, they

have a different story and that's in part because most of them have not met with him yet and that's the point they kept making, most of them have not gotten to see the fbi report and so they have real question still, not only about his past, not getting direct answers to questions, i thought senators tim kane and mark kelly did an effective job at getting him to say yes or no answers about his past and also whether he's qualified for the position. in a place where republicans have the majority, it doesn't really matter. >> this is for the role of secretary of defense, beyond the questioning about the sexual assault allegations and women in the military, i kn he was also questioned about president-elect trump's recent comments around taking control of greenland and what did he say? >> the question was really

asked by democrats, to see how far hegseth would be willing to go, would he ever pushback against trump, for example, they raised how trump's secretary of defense for a while, have said no when trump asked him to do something that he thought was inappropriate and in this case hegseth replied, president trump would be commander in chief and he would follow his command and i think unlike the nominees and the people who worked around trump in the first administration, something that trump tried to do was build a team around him of people who would not say no to him. again i don't think any of that concerned republicans, if anything it concerned democrats and he was able to bolster his support from republicans after today. >> this will be a busy week for you, this is the first of many hearings, what else is on the agenda this week? >> next week started off by one republican senator telling my colleague would be a train wreck of a week just because of

so many hearings they have going on. a couple of those got pushed and it's interesting to point out that they got pushed because the republican chairman of the committee's, his fbi file wasn't ready so they pushed his hearing but tomorrow you will see pam bondi in the hot seat, kristi noem is somebody else am also watching, up for dhs secretary not necessarily that they have problems or can't get confirmed but they will be so pivotal to trump in the next admin. >> julie, thank you. it's time for today's cnbc money minute, starbucks is getting rid of their open-door policy. >> mcdonald's is out already closing some of its spinoff restaurants. hi courtney. >> well if you want to use the bathroom or hang out at starbucks it'll cost you. the chain is reversing its nearly 7-year-old open-door policy that allowed anyone to linger in cafis or use the restroom, even if they didn't take a purchase. the change is a part of a new coat of conduct to try and

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elect trump would have been convicted had he not been reelected. ken, you are able to read through most of the report, what are highlights and how is trump responding? >> probably the most striking line came at the end, the conclusion where jack smith said but for mr. trump's election, and imminent return to the presidency, jack smith and his staff assess the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial, and i think any fair-minded person reading through this report has to acknowledge the evidence that mr. trump lied about election fraud as he tried to stay in office is strong, it comes from many of his own inner circle, and from thousands of documents, another thing that stood out was the introduction by jack smith because we have not heard from him really, where he pushes back against mr. trump's

constant refrain that the investigation was a political exercise, he wrote, to all who know me, the claim for mr. trump that my decisions as a prosecutor were directed by the biden administration or other political actors is in a word, laughable. donald trump responded to report in typical trump fashion, writing on troop social that smith is quote a lamebrain prosecutor who was unable to get his case tried before the election which i won in a landslide. the voters have spoken and on that last point, he is correct. >> i want to ask about another special counsel report that was released by the justice department, this one dealing with the investigation into president biden son, hunter, what should we know here? >> what stood out is the very tough criticism leveled by the special counsel david weiss, and president biden over his explanation for why he parted his son. you will recall that the president in part mean hunter

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>> the important part is where they are putting it. i'm a person who says we need to be readers of the food we eat, look at the packaging label but it's on the back and rather confusing because it gives percentage of daily allowance and milligrams but the new one would be placed on the front so when you're looking at the package you will see it, it will still have the daily value percentage but it'll also have low, medium or high on there, the actual words, and it's looking at three things, saturated fat, sodium and added sugars. some of the biggest health issues that we have, so that it's easy to understand, is that going to have those things in there that i shouldn't be eating. >> we are hoping for this connection for help, the fda is saying that their ultimate goal that americans will make healthier choices but how will that really work by just moving e location of a label?

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here are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily". >> some may find this video disturbing, more than 100 illegal miners are believed to have died in one of south africa's deepest gold mines, this was taken by one of the miners still trapped underground and appears to show bodies wrapped in plastic and emaciated miners calling for help. rescue efforts are underway right now. south african police have been in a standoff with minors for months as the country tries to crackdown on illegal mining. this is kate announced her cancer is in remission. she made the announcement on social media today, saying it is a relief and she remains focused on herecovering. she revealed her cancer diagnosis in march in a video announcement, neither kate nor the royal family have revealed

the details of thdiagnosis. we now know which teams will play in the divisional round of the nfl playoffs on saturday, the kansas city chiefs will host the houston texans followed by the washington commanders facing the detroit lions. sunday the baltimore ravens will play the buffalo bills and the philadelphia eagles will face the los angeles rams. the rams booked their place by beating the minnesota vikings yesterday in a game that had to be moved to arizona due to the ongoing california wildfires. >> the rams victory is giving the community a small dose of good news as firefighters battle the ongoing wildfires. >> a huge camp is set up outside the rose bowl in pasadena. the stadium is being used as a base camp for first responders to rest. they will need the break as strong winds threatened to spark new fires. steve patterson is in altadena, you've been speaking with a lot of volunteers who are trying to

help out this hard-hit community, talk about some of the ories you've been hearing? >> i have, it's really tough here. this is my first time back in altadena since the fires broke out and you can see some of the devastation, it's unbelievable, we won't keep showing this because obviously it's immense and it covers the entire neighborhood. there was just a spot fire up the road, still an active fire zone but this guy, his name is josi, this is his family home, his garage burned down but not his own. he opened his home up to donations and look at this, guys, this is all clothing, food donations, water, toys, you name it, anything that anybody in the neighborhood convened, people opened up their hearts, that's what we've seen all over this community. he has so many donations now that he is canceling people bringing stuff in, he needs people to take the step because there's so much of it. we've been watching people try and organize it. this is just the last few days, people with their own homes who have burned down, all of this,

and people still have the kindness of their hearts to dig in and donate and we've been seeing this really since we've been in this community since day one, people putting fire hoses on other people's homes as the fire was burning, people now trying to get back to the community to folks that may have lost everything, this is one example and it litters the neighborhood but remember again, this is still the national guard, obviously there's been reports of looting and burglary but also this is still an active fire zone with the winds picking up. >> the california governor just signed an executive order to try and help schools and students, you mentioned school, what are the specifics? >> imagine, right, you are gen z, you've gone to school and half of that you missed because

of covid, you are working from home and now this happens again, a lot of students have to work from home, so the governor trying to relax some rules, namely one for the school system itself, relaxing those enrollment rules so you don't have to make their minimum enrollment for the school districts and also if your school did happen to burn down or you don't have a place to go, relaxing the rules that say you can go outside of the district and it also makes it easier for those school systems to provide more temporary schooling for students who want an in person, in class learning situation. obviously the governor helping to relax and study some of the rules to make it easier for kids to go to school and have a normal life despite very abnormal circumstances. guys? >> just showing us the picture of what's happening out there, we really appreciate that. we turn now to new

allegations against sean "diddy" combs. >> a woman has filed a lawsuit in new york against the musician claiming he drugged and sexually assaulted her in 2000, when she was just 16. it is just one of dozens of lawsuits accusing combs of sexual misconduct. chloe, what can you tell us about the latest lawsuit and has there been any response from the legal team? >> there has and i will get to that in a moment. here's where we start. it's filed on behalf of a woman whose only going by jane dough, she's anonymous, it was filed in new york and like she said, she claims in the year 2000 when she was 16 at the time, she was at an apartment building in manhattan's downtown neighborhood, and she claims that a woman, she does it mean the celebrity was but a high profile woman that combs was dating at the time, lived in this building, she says in the filing, that she was a babysitter and as she was leaving she ran into sean combs and two employees that worked for him, and that he kept

asking her if she wanted a ride, saying it wasn't safe for a young woman at night, to be walking by herself and she claims that she lived very close by, and she kept saying that she did not want a ride. she goes on to say that she finally acquiesced and got in the car and became concerned when they did not drop her off at home, which was a short distance away, took her somewhere else and convinced her to have a drink to calm her nerves and that's when she says that when she had a sip of the drink that she became groggy, disoriented and claims that she was sexually assaulted by combs, his team is saying, quote, no matter how many lawsuits are filed, it won't change the fact that mr. combs has never sexually assaulted or six trafficked anyone, man or woman, adult or minor and i want to point out that combs is

behind bars in brooklyn and his next hearing in his criminal trial is set for march seventh back. as we've clearly seen, natural disasters can strike at any moment and impact anyone, no matter where you live. >> emergencies like the california wildfires, things can be lost in a second and that's why support to keep a digital to do list, to go list, i should say, of important documents that is easily accessible, and joining us on the subject, a law enforcement analyst, so you know what you are talking about here. maybe people want to take their phone out, and take pictures of the screen because we will walk you through a to go list. let's start with the basics, what are the personal documents that we all should have handy and ready to go, digital and physical copies, right? >> let's start with this, you will scam us onto a thumb drive and you will store all these

digital copies so you can take this with you and keep it in your emergency bag, so let's talk about personal documents that are important, everybody take a screenshot, birth certificate, passport, visas, social security cards, driver's license, marriage license, you want this on a thumb drive and you want hard copies of this. because you have to think natural disaster, i may not be able to access a device, my phone might be dead, so you want to have these physical copies because you do need them to do things to check in place. >> photocopies or the original? >> photocopies, for you to move them out and in of the go back, a photocopy is just fine. >> you say people should take a video of their home or apartment, all of the different spots, why is that important? >> when you are dealing with insurance companies, when you

take video after the fact, i want to say this first, think about the trauma that people go through in these emergency situations and we are trying to set everybody up to make life easier and smoother after the fact and i dealt with this after 9/11 and even having a home fire, take a video of everything in your house, it'll help you remember everything you have in your house and number 2, you have proof because a lot of insurance companies deal with fraud and they will push back and you have to prove, i did have this big-screen tv, i did have this technology in my home, so when you have this, it's gold. >> should we have financial, home documents, medical documents? >> let's pull that graphic up again. i want people to have at least one statement of each of their credit cards, and this is why, you are not going to remember all of your credit card numbers, you won't remember all of your account so you know to contact them, bank statements, you might have multiple banks, you have your account number on those statements, we want that, home, car insurance, title,

deed, again, you can put some of these in the go back but this stuff, you can definitely keep on the thumb drive. it'll help you track all of your accounts. the other important thing is prescriptions, throw your prescriptions in your go bag. >> we heard a lot of stories of people trying to get back to the house to get their prescriptions. thank you so much. today marks the beginning of senate confirmation hearings as we talked about for president-elect donald trump's cabinet picks. pete hegseth faced questioning today but there are more than one dozen hearings this week alone, so why do we do this in the first place and how do confirmations work? >> with each new president comes a new group of officials taking on positions in government, also known as the presidential cabinet. but the job is not guaranteed, they need to be approved. put simply, a cabinet

confirmation is a process of sending someone the president wants to put in a senior leadership position before the senate for approval. >> the nominee selected by the president and formally sent to the senate to be formally nominated. >> she's a visiting scholar with a specialization in the american presidency. >> the person typically undergoes an fbi background check and they have to release their financial records. >> when that's done, the nominee gets a hearing in front of the senate committee with jurisdiction over the role in question. if the committee approves, by a majority vote, the nomination goes to the full senate floor, where, it again, needs a majority of support. >> i will keep my oath so help me god. >> not everyone in the president's inner circle needs to go through this process. appointments like the white

house chief of staff and vice president are up to the president alone. but any leaders of executive departments like defense or education, they need to be confirmed, as do more than 1000 lower-level positions. quick history lesson. >> in article 2, it says the united states senate should have the advice and consent for presidential appointments. particularly referring to the cabinet. >> a nominee can withdraw if they seem unlikely to get approval but rejections by the senate are rare, since 1900, a cabinet canada as only been rejected by the full senate vote three times, most recently, john tower in 1989 nominated by president george hwb bush. >> not being able to get him confirmed by his former colleagues in the senate was one of my greatest disappointments. >> fred mcclure worked on then senator powers confirmation bid for secretary of defense under the bush administration. >> how would you say the confirmation process has changed since your time on

capitol hill? >> first of all, it's grown substantially. >> overtime the process has gotten longer, the average time for a reagan nominee from a nomination a confirmation was less than 70 days, for the biden cabinet, it was 192. >> you clog up the system with that many nominations having to be considered, it doesn't leave a whole lot of time to get to the other business of the senate of the united states. >> as the new administration get started, there are no major efforts to change or speed up the confirmation process and that is confirmations, simply explained. and of course we want to hear from you, what do you want simply explained? please let us know by connecting with us on

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