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rises. >> hour by hour, the numbers increase. >> today, new views of the devastation. >> the skies over southern california, where we're able to give you an aerial perspective on what the people of l.a. are dealing with. >> entire neighborhoods torched. >> i'm elise preston in altadena, california, where some displaced residents are returning to see what's left of their homes. >> the two biggest wildfires still raging and destroying this c-130 from the california national guard, one of eight in the fire fight. also tonight, president-elect donald trump passed new criticism at california leaders. >> just to be clear, mayor bass, have you actually had a conversation with the president-elect since this disaster has happened? >> i have not had a conversation with the incoming president. >> california leaders are managing a natural and political crisis, as they prepare for a new fire threat. confirmation battles. >> i'm natalie brand on capitol

hill, where lawmakers this week will begin consideration of president-elect donald trump's key cabinet picks. plus elon's world. after embracing u.s. politics, the world's richest man turns his attention to europe. and later to the rescue, helping pets and animals impacted by california wildfires. >> the pets in need and injured, we're going to take care of them. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thank you for joining us on this sunday. we begin with those historic wildfires. tonight, firefighters are racing to make progress against wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 16 people. this, as forecasters warn of new fire danger with the return of powerful winds this week. fierce santa ana winds turned flames last week into infernos that levelled entire

neighborhoods, as you see there, where there has been no significant rainfall for more than eight months. right now there are three active wildfires, the biggest being the palisades fire, at more than 23,000 acres. the eaton fire has scorched more than 14,000 acres. let's go straight to maurice dubois in los angeles who leads us off tonight. maurice, good evening. >> reporter: jericka, good evening to you. california's governor gavin newsom said he thinks these wildfires will be the worst natural disaster in u.s. history, quote, in just the costs associated with it. some 10,000 structures destroyed, more than 60 square miles scorched. today the fbi reported air drops have been disrupted multiple times by people flying drones. the bureau called that number in the double digits. and one of the two canadian

superscoopers grounded after being damaged by a drone. tonight the governor has ordered the deployment of an additional 1,000 california national guard troops. authorities say at least 29 people have been arrested for breaking curfew or suspected looting, including one person allegedly dressed as a firefighter. and of the 16 deaths across the region, 11 were in altadena and near pasadena. elise preston is there for us tonight. elise, good evening to you. >> reporter: maurice, good evening to you. there are 12 people missing in the eaton fire, at least 7,000 structures damaged or destroyed. one of those structures was the beloved home of michael and felita kealing. the eaton fire has devoured parts of altadena and pasadena, historic communities that generations of black families called homes. those homes are now gone. >> nice to meet you. >> i'm so sorry. >> reporter: michael kealing and his family are my distant relatives. >> you look like the prestons.

>> reporter: michael's great grandparents first settled in this r part of the country more than a century ago, during the great migration, when millions of black americans moved across the country hoping for better opportunities. >> it actually is worse than i thought. >> reporter: we are all meeting for the first time, as the family sees what's left of the house where they created 25 years worth of memories. >> it was really, really, really hard watching on tv, as the things you're familiar with were burning down. that really you are the had. >> yeah. >> this is the only house i've ever known. i still see the house. >> reporter: as the fire approached their home, preston and miles gathered what they could. >> my dad called me, asked him, what do i need to get? what's irreplaceable? get the photo album. >> reporter: that album, an heirloom of family photos spanning four generations. >> reporter: for this family, my family, precious lives and

priceless memories spared. >> if we're fortunate enough to have a -- you can rebuild. you can put your stuff in the new place. but the images and the letters and the faces of the people who are with you or gone before you, those you're not going to be able to replace when they're taken by a fire. >> reporter: the family says they have insurance and plan to rebuild in altadena with hopes of leaving something for future generations. maurice? >> reporter: elise preston, thank you. today president-elect trump called officials handling the california wildfires incompetent, asking why the flames were not yet extinguished. cbs' tom hanson here with new details. >> reporter: that's right. governor newsom says he has yet to hear from president-elect trump over an invite to visit california, tour the damage, meet with the victims, and of course thank the first responders. a county-wide crisis reigniting political hostilities.

>> there is a serious lack of competence governance in california. >> reporter: gavin newsom is now pressing back against president-elect donald trump's claim that there had been no water for some fire hydrants. last week there were allegations of low water levels in at least one reservoir feeding the hydrants. >> the reservoirs are completely full, that mis and disinformation i don't think advantages any of us. >> reporter: karen bass down played rift between the local officials and the incoming administration. >> how troubled are you that there's a lack of communication between the city of los angeles and the incoming trump administration. >> there isn't a lack of communication between the city of los angeles and the incoming trump administration. i have spoken with representatives of the incoming administration. i'll be talking more about that in the coming days. >> reporter: county supervisor katherine barger extended an

invitation of her own to the president-elect and urnled the incoming administration to consider financial assistance to the communities affected. >> i look forward to welcoming president-elect trump to our communities so he can see the desperate need. >> reporter: congresswoman jimmy choo says she thinks federal lawmakers should be prepared to sign off. part of her community was destroyed in the eaton fire. the people impacted here just trying to get by these days, and that includes hundreds living in a beach front mobile home community who lost it all. we got a perspective on all this loss from the sky. >> from up here, you get the scope, the scale, of this disaster. >> reporter: at least two people died and more than 5,000 homes were destroyed when the palisades fire rolled over these hills and roared toward pacific. >> we're getting a closer look at beverly's community, the place she's called home for ten years. and look at it now. >> reporter: there is not much

to see for beverly o'brien. the firestorm took what was her affordable beach front paradise, a mobile home park tucked between ultra luxury megamansions. now she faces what so many do, uncertainty and near total loss. >> you know, whatever i owned is gone. i know it's stuff, but it's things that were really important to me. >> reporter: she walked three miles to where her trailer home once stood searching for any signs of her old life. >> and you found some really valuable stuff. >> yeah. i found -- these are sobriety s coins because i'm in a 12-step program, and it was important for me to find them if i could because some of them are brass and enamel. >> reporter: brian is not alone. married neighbors charlie giannetti and abigail hercules

searched for her wedding ring. >> the rest of everything that's in the house just feels easily replaceable. >> reporter: for now, all many can do is hope and try to heal. >> what are you going to do now? >> there's a lot of distraction right now. i'm just trying to do literally one day at a time. i don't know what's going to happen, where i'm going to be. >> reporter: and most certainly our best for beverly and all those displaced as they try to move forward. thanks to our team at cbs l.a. so we could give you the perspective from the chopper. to the weather now and the threat there. let's check in with cbs meteorologist grant gilmore. >> good evening, maurice. after somewhat of a break from those strong santa ana winds friday into saturday, those wind speeds increase again last night, gusting between 50 to nearly 70 miles per hour earlier today. as those strong wind gusts combine with low humidity and very dry conditions, that will produce another day of critical fire danger tomorrow from

northern san diego county into ventura county, where those fires could start and spread very quickly. as a result, we've got red flag warnings and high wind watches in effect as we go into tomorrow, with those wind speeds briefly dying down tonight before increasing again through the day tomorrow, with gusts up to 70 miles per hour possible through at least early tuesday. meanwhile, across the rest of the country, we're keeping an eye on the system bringing periods of heavy rain to the eastern gulf states as we go into tomorrow where a clipper system brings snow to the great lakes with another plunge of arctic air. maurice, back to you. let's take you back to the cbs broadcast center and jericka duncan. jericka, focus now on the weather. confirmation hearings for president-elect donald trump's cabinet begin this week. cbs' natalie brand is on capitol hill, where senators will have their first chance to publicly

question the nominee. natalie? >> reporter: jericka, good evening. senators have held a number of private meetings with various cabinet pick. but now they're preparing to scrutinize them in public. more than a dozen of president-elect trump's selections to run the nation's top agencies will take the hot seat on wind chill with a flurry of confirmation hearings starting tuesday. that includes trump's controversial choice to lead the department of defense, pete hegseth, who's come under al gags for sexual misconduct, excessive drinking, and financial mismanagement. hegseth denies the accusations. >> we need a qualified individual in that job, and he just does not seem to have the qualifications. >> reporter: democratic senator mark kelly, who sits on the armed services committee, says he wants hegseth's fbi background check to be made available beyond just the committee's leaders. >> i think it's in the nominee,

hegseth's best interest if he wants to be confirmed for this job for us to have all the information. >> he certainly has all the qualities we need to lead the pentagon. >> reporter: with republicans holding 53 seats, john barrasso was asked on fais the nation whether hegseth has the votes. >> every senator gets to speak for themselves, and they will do that. the meetings are going very well. things are heading in the right direction. >> senator tommy tuberville of alabama is planning to hold a rally monday afternoon with a group of navy seals and veterans to try to rally support around hegseth ahead of his confirmation hearing. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," how tech billionaire elon musk is extending his political reach. then football history made off the field. and later we get a look at the race to rescue pets and wildfire impacted by those california wildfires.

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>> when the pet is in need and injured, we're going to take it. >> reporter: over the last week, firefighters have called on her team to catch and care for animals. they've gone to great lengths to reach them, even digging up tortoises in hibernation. >> my heart goes out to all the families that have lost their houses. so, i'm trying to do the best i can do reunite them. >> reporter: watts has brought the animals to the pasadena humane society, including goats and a pig that suffered burns on its belly. the shelter says it's now over five times capacity as vets care for animals with burns to the paws and skin, their whiskers singed. most are pets that now homeless residents can't care for at the moment. >> we're also very aware that thousands of people's homes are no longer there, and that's got to impact a lot of the pet who in our care right now. >> reporter: jose hermoso hopes someone will find his family's

two cats, monty and sky. they evacuated without them, not realizing the intensity of the fire. and now their home is gone. >> we're going around shelters trying to see if we can find them around here. but no luck. >> mr. hermoso or whoever else is here looking for their pets, we post any animal we know of as quickly as possible on our website for that exact reason. >> reporter: residents forced to flee the flames now hoping to be reunited with the rest of their family. cbs news, altadena. >> while there is no shortage of fear and uncertainty, there seems also to be an outpouring of hope. and as lilia said, animals are important members of so many of our families. hope everyone is reunited. and if you would like to help the fire victims wherever you may be, head to red cross.org/cbs. we couldn't help but notice how gorgeous a day this is. it gives you a glimmer of hope,

even though we know the forecast is tough coming up and the fight fight is not over. >> maurice, thank you and thank you to the team. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. i'm jericka duncan in new york. we thank you for watching. have a good night. now at 6:00, eight million face critical fire risk. more than 800,000 under evacuation orders tonight. katie nielsen is live from los angeles with

the latest. plus the bay area is coming together for those impacted by the fires. later, john ramos has more on how you can help. and crime in jack london square takes out another long-time business for good. >> i'm very surprised that it happened, you know. we just found out today. >> da lin gets to the bottom of why businesses are suffering and what was the crown jewel of oakland. live from the cbs studios up in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. it is a race against time as fire crews work to contain the fire storm before weather conditions get worse. low humidity and high winds could cause more devastation. in the past 30 minutes, we have learned the death toll has risen to 24 people. 105,000 people have been evacuated. and the fire fight has been going on for six days now. crews are actively battling two major wildfires. the palisades and eaton.