((dale miller, father))"i never expected so much love and compassion from our communityand our countryit'sg."a gesture that means the world to dale milleras he watches his two girls pose with santa.he's in the process of adopting layla and jazzylynnand wanted to make this christmas extra special. but with his home destroyed in the fireit's tough.((dale miller, father)) "there's just not anything left. they said, it wasn't a fire. it was an incinerator." still, his family made it out okay((dale miller, father)) "we just pray. and everyday it's getting a little better." with full bellies, presents for his girls and a little hope restoredmiller says he has everything to be thankful for this christmas.((dale miller, father))"all these beautiful things in life we should never take for granted. today is no exception by far." ( will ) that was jessica mensch reporting. the global empowerment mission and the "b strong" initiative say they will continue to help fire victims as long as they are needed. (will) still ahead on the kron four morning news... as many americans begin to head home from the

((dale miller, father))"i never expected so much love and compassion from our communityand our countryit's moving."a gesture that means the world to dale milleras he watches his two girls pose with santa.he's in the process of adopting layla and jazzylynnand wanted to make this christmas extra special. but with his home destroyed in the fireit's tough.((dale miller, father)) "there's just not anything left. they said, it wasn't a fire. it was an incinerator." still, his family made it out okay((dale miller, father)) "we just pray. and everyday it's getting a little better." with full bellies, presents for his girls and a little hope restoredmiller says he has everything to be thankful for this christmas.((dale miller, father))"all these beautiful things in life we should never take for granted. today is no exception by far." (ken) that was jessica mensch reporting. the global empowerment mission and the b strong initiative say they will continue to help fire victims as long as they are needed. (vicki) gofundme has refunded 4-hundred thousand dollars to people who donated to what's being ca

((dale miller, father))"i never expected so much love and compassion from our communityand our countryit'ss two girls pose with santa.he's in the process of adopting layla and jazzylynnand wanted to make this christmas extra special. but with his home destroyed in the fireit's tough.((dale miller, father)) "there's just not anything left. they said, it wasn't a fire. it was an incinerator." still, his family made it out okay((dale miller, father)) "we just pray. and everyday it's getting a little better." with full bellies, presents for his girls and a little hope restoredmiller says he has everything to be thankful for this christmas.((dale miller, father))"all these beautiful things in life we should never take for granted. today is no exception by far." ( darya ) that was jessica mensch reporting. the global empowerment mission and the b strong initiative say they will continue to help fire victims as long as they are ( darya ) an event in the east bay was aimed at helping those less fortunate. on christmas day more than a thousand people received gifts, toys, hot meals and a lot more.

((dale miller, father))"i never expected so much love and compassion from our communityand our countryit'soving."a gesture that means the world to dale milleras he watches his two girls pose with santa.he's in the process of adopting layla and jazzylynnand wanted to make this christmas extra special. but with his home destroyed in the fireit's tough.((dale miller, father)) "there's just not anything left. they said, it wasn't a fire. it was an incinerator." still, his family made it out okay((dale miller, father)) "we just pray. and everyday it's getting a little better." with full bellies, presents for his girls and a little hope restoredmiller says he has everything to be thankful for this christmas.((dale miller, father))"all these beautiful things in life we should never take for granted. today is no exception by far." (ken) that was jessica mensch reporting. the global empowerment mission and the b strong initiative say they will continue to help fire victims as long as they are needed. (vicki) a christmas surprise at a coffee shop in sacramento... despite not having any snow. a snow

. >> reporter: a gesture that means the world to dale miller as he watches his two girls visit with santahe is in the process of adopting them and wanted to make the christmas extra special. with his home destroyed in the fire, it's tough. >> there's not anything left. they said it wasn't a fire. it was an incinerator. >> reporter: still his family made it out okay. >> we just prayed. and pre day it's getting a little better. >> reporter: with full bellies, presents for his girls and a little hope restored, miller says he has everything to be thankful for this christmas. >> you at beautiful things in life we should not take for granted. today is no exception by far. >> reporter: jessica men much of reporting. the fire wiped out the city of paradise as you know in butte county. the city held a tree lighting ceremony on saturday and even opened an ice rink. trying to give folks there a good holiday. >>> tradition going back nearly a quarter century in the south bay continues. abc7 news was at in san jose as skaters celebrated christmas at the downtown ice rink. the rink is located on market

. >> reporter: adjuster that means the world to dale miller as he watches his two girls visit with santa. is in the process of adopting laila and azlan. with his home destroyed it is tough. >> there is nothing left. it was in the fire, it was an incinerator. >> reporter:'s family made it out okay. >> every day it is getting better. >> reporter: with a full belly and presents for his girls and a little hope, he said he has everything to be thankful for. >> all of the beautiful things in life we should not take for granted. today is no exception. >> the campfire wiped out 95% of the town of paradise. many other nearby communities were heavily impacted. many in the galea lost their homes and they knew christmas would be tough. miguel your resident richard talley lost his home. >> it is emotional. at the same time, hter is d about christmas. said abou people today. for many the church meal with a different way to spend christmas but the kindness they say with a sign that everything will be okay. track and several dozen people spent their holiday at the golden gate bridge trying to save lives

. >> i prefer dale miller about the shift and change, but he has watched and he's worked with them, his own party. as reagan said, the party left him, that's what reagan said about the democrats. >> you were involved in a revolution. when president reagan and, when you are vice president and you proposed your economic plan and you were going to cut taxes, a lot of people predicted that depression would ensue. you had the longest period of peacetime economic growth, and what president reagan called the gap of vulnerability, and confront the evil empire. but we know what happened, the wall came tumbling down. there was a lot of criticism. is it similar? >> i think there is some similarity. my friend friend ted, we have y personal relationship, i don't want, act like it one bit. and he knows that. and i admit to a living in somewhat of a cocoon as a former president. when i go out of my way to say high to these policemen and firemen, i tell you, the ones that i talked to were fearsome. one flipped up the top of his lapel like that. >> they tell me that they watch fox news every night. >> i

. >> i refer to dale miller about the shift and change because he was one and now he's not.e has watch watching he's worked with him, his own party. as reagan said, the party left him, that's what reagan said about the democrats. >> sean: you were involved in a revolution. when president reagan and, when you were vice president and youu proposed your economic plan and you were going to cut taxes, a lot of people predicted that a depression would ensue. you had the longest period of peacetime economic growth, 20 bus million new jobs were created. when you decided to build up our military and end what president reagan called the gap of vulnerability and confront the evild empire. there were those that predicted world war iii would ensue. but we know what happened, the wall came tumbling down. there was a lot of criticism. is it similar? h if you look in the prism of history? >> i think there is t some similarity. some of the same critics. >> sean: your friend ted kennedy. >> my friend ted, we have a very personal relationship, but with he goes after the president and a persona

daniel dale joins us now along with matt miller, former chief spokesman for the justice department, former democratic congresswoman donna edwards and "l.a. times" white house reporter eli stokols. first off, we should talk about how this came to be. i completely sprung this on you when you were on our show and we're so glad it worked out because i think if there's a theme for 2018, it's not just that the president lies about everything big and small. it's that his lies may be his undoing. >> yeah, i think we have a sense of fatalism about his dishonesty, like he's this master manipulator putting one over on the entire country and there's nothing can anyone do about it. what we've seen this year is they do matter. and there are consequences. and so it doesn't work for him in selling legislation. it doesn't work for him in convincing republican legislators to do what he wants to convince voters to vote for his party. and it certainly doesn't convince the special counsel or federal prosecutors. >> i thought about this at the end of the year when they passed criminal justice reform. and you di