i want to go back to our bill weir who's been who's in malibu. uh, bill, talk to us about what you've been seeing. >> uh, this was some of the most unique and valuable real estate in the nation. that iconic strip of homes between pacific coast highway and the sea. but now it holds mile after mile of smoldering ash and twisted metal. the result of tuesday night's blizzard of embers that came howling down the hills to the beach. if i had to guess, i'd say 75% of the mansions along this five mile stretch of coastline look like this utter, utter devastation we've been watching as a crew from kern county in another part of the state, has been spraying water on the hotspots around this former mansion. there's obvious water pressure here, but so many questions about water pressure around l.a. county as multiple crews try to tap in as we speak. there are flames up into panga canyon, where nervous locals are watching and hoping, oh, there's a little drop there. yeah. what's going through your mind? >> uh, it's been a long couple of days until this morning.

i'm here with bill weir and bill. you've been up.you know, we've been up and around those palisades and, you know, you just see this scorched mountainside. the day is so beautiful that it almost is hard to imagine the fight that is going on right over those mountains. >> absolutely. and the sort of the psychological fight that's going on in the minds of so many people who are worried. there's another 80,000 people living in potential evacuation zones. it's a siege, is now a week long fire siege. and where you think you're getting a break and where they deserve a break. when the sun is out is when they're really ramping up the efforts, especially the hotshots trying to cut those lines the more they contain now, the better chance they'll have once those winds start kicking up. those desert winds howling through the canyons. yeah, that's that's knock wood. the worst case. we don't want that. but there's also a lot of fuel that's already been burned. so depending on wind direction, they could catch a break. >> right. and the wind directi

bill weir nick watt are here, of course, in southern california, as they have been every day. and i want to start with, bill, you're live in pacific palisades, not far from where i am. and what is the latest you're learning there, bill? >> well, the crews, of course, bracing. they've enjoyed what has been a rather nice 36, 48 hour respite from the winds as they shifted some of the most extreme warnings back. but it's not over yet. and to keep the the public vigilant more than a week into this fire siege is is a huge challenge. as you can imagine when it comes to evacuations and all sorts of things. but things are much better than they could be. we are standing on a street here in the palisades that is remarkably clean, thanks to the really fervent work of crews. we've watched construction crews cleaning up the streets. that is possible. flammable fuel. they're cleaning up the leaves there and whatnot, but it is also part of what is going to be the most monumental cleanup task, maybe in american history. certainly in california history. the eaton fire palisades fire number one a

um, bill weir is in malibu. bill, what are you seeing? you. >> know, anderson, the devastation along the strip of pacific coast highway is is really hard to describe. we're watching what is a really lovely sunset. otherwise, through the through the haze of this smoke here. but these are the multi-million dollar views that has this as some of the most valuable real estate in the country. but this five mile stretch between topanga and carbon canyon, i'd estimate 75% of the homes have been turned to ash. this this pushes the price tag. obviously, these are people's lives. um, these are families that lived on this little strip of land and loved this place so much. there's also restaurants that are iconic on the west side of los angeles. moonshadows reel in the funky, beautiful little seafood place where people got engaged and celebrated. those are jobs. so it is devastating. i was up in the palisades yesterday and thought that was something like i had never seen. this reminds me of lahaina and paradise combined and expanded. it's it is really

i want to go back to our bill weir who's been who's in malibu. uh, bill, talk to us about what you've been seeing. >> i this was some of the most unique and valuable real estate in the nation. that iconic strip of homes between pacific coast highway and the sea. but now it holds mile after mile of smoldering ash and twisted metal. the result of tuesday night's blizzard of embers that came howling down the hills to the beach. if i had to guess, i'd say 75% of the mansions along this five mile stretch of coastline look like this utter, utter devastation we've been watching as a crew from kern county in another part of the state, has been spraying water on the hotspots around this former mansion. there's obvious water pressure here, but so many questions about water pressure around l.a. county as multiple crews try to tap in as we speak. there are flames up into panga canyon, where nervous locals are watching and hoping, oh, there's a little drop there. yeah. what's going through your mind? >> uh, it's been a long couple of days until this morning. i

i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta alongside my colleague bill weir in pacific palisades, california. we'll get right to you, bill, in a moment. this is the breaking news that we're covering. firefighters racing to gain ground as massive wildfires tear through the los angeles county area. wind gusts are picking up, making an already dangerous situation even more treacherous. red flag warnings are in effect as santa ana winds are expected to strengthen later on today, continuing all the way until wednesday. the exhaustive firefight to save homes and communities is now in day six. overnight, favorable weather conditions gave fire crews a bit of a leg up. officials say the eaton fire is now 27% contained, but the largest of the fires, the palisades, remains just 11% contained. the fires are ripping across landscapes and neighborhoods. as you see right there, scorching tens of thousands of acres, killing at least 16. we understand 16 other people remain missing. 105,000 people are under evacuation orders right now. all right, let's get to the palisades area where bill weir is. so that's a

bill weir nick watt are here, of course, in southern california, as they have been every day. and i want to start with, bill, you're live in pacific palisades, not far from where i am. and what is the latest you're learning there, bill? >> well, the crews, of course bracing they've enjoyed what has been a rather nice 36, 48 hour respite from the winds as they shifted some of the most extreme warnings back. >> but it's not over yet. and to keep the the public vigilant more than a week into this fire siege is is a huge challenge. as you can imagine when it comes to evacuations and all sorts of things. but things are much better than they could be. we are standing on a street here in the palisades that is remarkably clean, thanks to the really fervent work of crews. we've watched construction crews cleaning up the streets. that is possible. flammable fuel. they're cleaning up the leaves there and whatnot. but it is also part of what is going to be the most monumental cleanup task, maybe in american history. certainly in california history. the eaton fire palisades fire number one

bill weir is out front with this story. >> in the parched hills northeast of l.a.e eaton fire cut a brutal swath across multiple cities and different kinds of communities. the elliot arts magnet school is in the pasadena school district and draws gifted public school kids from the area, and the area is decimated block after block of altadena turned to ash, broken up by the occasional oasis of survival. >> this house was one of the. this was the last one to burn on the street right here. >> like this end of calaveras street that was saved when a retired fire captain and a tv set designer and son formed a bucket brigade as embers burned holes in their clothes. >> i mean, it was so hot. >> it just. >> i mean, i had to come down off the ladder and just stick my hands in the bucket, put the water on the back of my neck and go back up the ladder. >> john and his neighbor kevin, a music festival producer, are now putting out hot spots as their relief is tempered with worries about the future. this is the kind of neighborhood where a family leaves out all their extra citru

bill weir, cnn, sierra madre. >> thank you bill. joining us now for a look at how the federal government is assisting. cnn's betsy klein is live from the white house. betsy, what has the president said about these fires? >> well, victor, president biden and vice president harris are staying in washington this weekend to continue to receive briefings on the wildfires and stay in close contact with local and state officials. now, of course, president biden had been set to travel to rome, where he was going to meet with the pope at the vatican and also meet ukraine. president zelenskyy canceling that trip a couple of days ago, and vice president harris, for her part, canceling a planned trip to singapore, bahrain and germany. of course, this hits very close to home, literally, for vice president harris, her home in los angeles is within that mandatory evacuation zone as of now. but of course, the federal response at this stage is twofold. number one, help fight those fires and stop them from spreading. and number two, help those who ha

bill weir, thank you very much. and

bill weir is on the ground for cnn in malibu tonight. nd bill, just to hear that story of her, of her father saying, you know, i'll be here tomorrow and then and then having to to find this and to find that he was in his bed. i mean, you're seeing, you know, what you're seeing in real time on the ground. and we're getting drone footage. it shows just how widespread this devastation is, where you are in malibu. i mean, these are oceanfront homes that are just nothing now. nothing. >> exactly, exactly. >> this little strip between pacific coast highway and the ocean, some of the most unique and valuable property anywhere in the country. and just mile after mile, as you go west from topanga canyon, it looks like this. it's just it's ash. it's it's still smoldering metal. in some cases. cars that have been bombed out as well, because those embers just came screaming over these hillsides on tuesday night. and anything that was potential fuel got caught up in that. there are some fickle little spots where they oddly survived, but this is just g

let's bring in now cnn chief climate correspondent bill weir. ill, you've been talking to survivors in this really tight knit community of altadena, and there's still an active fire close by. what are you seeing? >> well, casey, let me give you some perspective. they're doing grid searches in arcadia that direction with cadaver dogs looking and going home by home, checking people, and also now registering the state of those homes on this online database. but i'm struck by this corner of arcadia. pasadena is that way, by the way. and the active fires are that way. i'm struck by, again, the fickle finger of fate when it comes to these fires, this charming bungalow, their garage burned down. but if they will come back and realize their house survived, but will look out of every window in every direction, and all of their neighbors are gone. this is sort of a poignant symbol of california these days. the orange tree scorched. uh, as you can see, is the fruit on the ground. this is a really interesting neighborhood. i've been talking to locals for the

cnn's bill weir is in big rock, a neighborhood just east of malibu. bill and l.a. fire department official said last hour that there are reports of another fire breaking out in the valley. what have you seen from your vantage point? >> well, it's interesting, laura. we spent a lot of time here on pacific coast highway watching a crew from kern county. that's a different part of the state. they were just spending a long time dousing the hotspots of these. what were oceanfront properties? big mansions here on the coast. they're still smoldering now. whether the fear is that these would kick up overnight and blow embers and cause more havoc, we can't be sure how those were deployed. but what we're seeing now is a pitch black pacific coast highway. the power is out. so other than the occasional first responders, a truck that goes by with their flashers on, it's a dark and dreary place tonight, especially when light of day brings so much devastation. this five mile stretch, i would guess 75% of the homes along this coast line, this iconic stretch of real estate, have tu

that's where bill weir is now, bill. i mean, a lot of folks want to get to their homes. they want to see, but it's just simply too dangerous for a host of reasons. right now. >> absolutely. and you get a false sense of security when the blue skies come out and the smoke clears to give you a little bit of a respite there. but these are still active crime scenes. we don't know the cause of these fires. and so they want to preserve those as best they can. they're still hotspots, gas leaks, so many different hazards. but the pull to return home and see what is left of your life is, is unimaginable. for those who haven't experienced this right now, you've got so much uncertainty on where they stay. you know, when the when the smoke clears and they're finally allowed back in to see what's left, that's just sort of the beginning of what will be years long stress and disruption. and so many folks thought they were going to get that first look this morning when the curfew lifted. but the overwhelming demand from community members trying to get back in, the police chief said he ha

cnn's bill weir is there in the pacific palisades neighborhood. the hardest hit thus far. give us an idea, bill, whether people you know are listening to those officials getting out with those mandatory evacuation orders in place, or are we seeing more people who are trying to save their own homes with garden hoses, et cetera.? >> that's always the case, fred. and this is sort of the calm before another firestorm. tonight we're actually set up here on pacific coast highway near will rogers beach. a command center. so we're seeing national guards and ambulances and fire crews from really all over the country as they're fanning out here as you were given the numbers overnight, the palisades fire, thanks to a really fierce fight in mandeville canyon, only grew by a few acres, but still only remains 11% contained. just for perspective, we talk about the acreage. 24,000 acres burned. that is 37mi÷. and for my new york friends, the island of manhattan is only 23mi÷. so this huge area burn, of course, we care the most about those that hold homes and lives and properties right ther

and now, five years since his tragic passing, cnn's bill weir takes us through kobe's life and legacy and who he was both on and off the court. >> reporter. >> ladies and gentlemen, the next man i'm going to introduce has it all youthfulness. talent, got lots of money, about to get married. come on up, kobe. >> long before the five nba title parades, the mvp awards and olympic gold. >> usa was back on top. this is what it's all about. >> los angeles fell in love with this kid at first sight. his dad, jellybean bryant, was an nba first rounder and journeyman pro who played and coached around the world. so on courts from italy to philly, the prodigy dribbled and dreamed of being better than dad and everyone else. >> i was in the airport on my way up here and people would come up to me and say, hey, do you play basketball? and i said, yeah, you know, i play basketball. and they say, well, what team do you play for? i'm used to saying lower merion high school, so i'm there. i'm like, well, i play for lower merion high now. you know, what? i'm a los angeles laker. >> and this sports crazed

i want to go to cnn's bill weir in pacific palisades. bill, as you have surveyed much of the destruction today, you actually came across a kind of an unusual sight. there was a home that seemed to be totally untouched by these fires. why was this home spared? do you think? >> well, that was the question that piqued our interest. >> this home behind me went viral on reddit and other social media channels because it looks like it was just shot for architectural digest and every other house on this street has turned to ash. so i reached out to the architect, a santa monica guy named greg chasen, who says it was a mixture of luck and design. the the other neighboring lot on that side, the windward side is vacant, so they didn't have a burning home on both sides of them. but he also credits the tempered glass windows, the steel roof, the the walls that are designed to burn for an hour. the fire smart landscaping. know you know, combustible plants, a lot of pea gravel instead of grass in the front yard there. and then he has this concrete wall

i want to bring in cnn's bill weir. he's on the scene for us, covering the palisades fire, which is hughes. he's joining us from malibu right now out in california. update our viewers on the very latest you're seeing and hearing. bill. >> well, wolf, this is the first glimpse really we're getting of what the palisades fire did when it brought this blizzard of embers over the hillsides and down to the beach in the east side of malibu. here we're near big rock, las tunas beach. and look at this landscape. this is one of the most iconic. dreamin drives in america, where it's sometimes hard to see the ocean for all the million dollar mansions that are stacked next to each other. but for a five mile stretch here between topanga and carbon canyons into eastern malibu, i would guess maybe 75% of the homes have been turned to ash and twisted metal. you've got cars that are melted, the aluminum, you know, spilling into these puddles on the ground. this particular home, only the fireplace remains here. and we've been watching cre

. >> i want to go right now to cnn's bill weir, who is in big rock, a neighborhood just east of malibu. bill, this is day three of this excruciating nightmare. and these fires, they are still mostly uncontained. what are you seeing this hour well, we're not seeing much because it is pitch black along the powerless pacific coast highway. >> i don't know if you can tell, but the the pacific is right behind me. and then in a brighter, better day, this would be a row of multimillion dollar oceanfront properties here. but they're just burned to ash with cars sort of marking where different driveways were before. this is the result of of that ember fire, a ember blizzard essentially coming over these hills. as you were saying, i guess 48, 60 hours. i'm losing track of the math now. but basically anything that could have served as fuel caught fire and burned so hot it melted. and you can see sort of the aluminum sculptures that were once car tires melting into these rivulets around us here. this is part of the palisades fire. it's by itself, it would probably rank with the woolsey fire for fi

cnn's bill weir is live in pacific palisades. bill, this six fire, six fire breaking out now in hollywood hills. it's very worrying, as are the others. what can you tell us about this? >> yes, this is laura is just the heart of the hollywood hills. if you've ever been to the walk of fame to see the stars on hollywood boulevard, the handprints just above, just north of that is the area that is now under mandatory evacuation from laurel canyon to the 101 freeway. mulholland up at the top, all the way down to hollywood boulevard. there, those winding streets, home to the bungalows with those million dollar views and now a sign of a nightmare. the sixth fire in los angeles county that has broken out amid all of these epic santa anita winds. they're used to this at this time of year. we're not used to out here, is it being this dry? they haven't gotten any rain really since october to to speak of. and so all the vegetation that grew after a wet winter last year has now turned to fuel. and we've seen that playing out really in a ring of

cnn's bill weir is live in pacific palisades. bill, this six fire, six fire breaking out now in hollywood hills. it's very worrying, as are the others. what can you tell us about this? >> yes, this is laura is just the heart of the hollywood hills. if you've ever been to the walk of fame to see the stars on hollywood boulevard, the handprints just above, just north of that is the area that is now under mandatory evacuation from laurel canyon to the 101 freeway. mulholland up at the top, all the way down to hollywood boulevard. there, those winding streets, home to the bungalows with those million dollar views and now a sign of a nightmare. the sixth fire here in los angeles county that has broken out amid all of these epic santa anita winds. they're used to this at this time of year. what we're not used to out here is it being this dry, they haven't gotten any rain really since october to to to speak of. and so all the vegetation that grew after a wet winter last year has now turned to fuel. and we've seen that playing out really

cnn's bill weir joins me now from sierra madre, where the eaton fire has been burning. and, bill, you've been talking to to people there who are determined and seeing how how thinly stretched these fire departments are saying, you know, i'm going to stay and try to save my own, my own home here. what kind of stories are you hearing from people? >> well, i met a really interesting young man today, caitlin, who lives a couple doors down from here, you can see the beautiful twinkling lights of l.a. downtown. is that way through the ruins of this house up here on this sort of knife ridge line in sierra madre. we're northeast of pasadena. this edge of the eaton fire. but two doors down from here is a guy lives. a guy named miro. he is a former hotshot who knows a lot about fire and fire in these lands. and that turned out to be a good thing, because almost single handedly, he got some help from neighbors. he saved the other homes around us. this one he was unable to save. but through blood, sweat, tears, luck, pleading with passing crews. here's his story. >> i've been like t

bill weir.lier the show was talking about the cadaver dogs that are going now from house to house, because they're trying to figure out the extent of the damage. families, though, are beginning to face unthinkable tragedy as they are not just losing their homes and dealing with the incredible tragedy all around us, but also finding out that those that they love most did not survive. i want to bring in eric nickerson. he, his father, rodney, died. he died in the eaton fire and the altadena home that he had owned. he had lived in for more than 50 years. and eric, it is an unthinkable, unthinkable loss that you are facing. i'm so sorry to even have this conversation with you. days ago, we never would have even crossed paths. and now we are talking about this. i know you spoke with your dad every single day. you were so close. at what point did you realize that something was wrong when you can't get phone communication, which is normally usual, you can't get a text message which is normally usual. >

bill weir is in the palisades. i want to go to him. bill.h, how are things where you are it is unbelievable, anderson. >> i know, i'm sorry. the superlatives have been flying through the air from all of you, but it looks like a war zone here in the central village of pacific palisades. one of the most picturesque neighborhoods in america. this whole block of small businesses, salons and restaurants, cafes, galleries, completely gutted, bombed out, turned to ash. anything that isn't brick is ash right now. across the street behind the camera. another complex of doctors offices, dentists offices gone bombed out. the glow of the flames in the distance is another art gallery, and we've seen these fire trucks just driving on by because they have other, more pressing concerns. and i keep thinking, anderson, about lessons learned. this reminds me so much of covering the paradise fire up in california over five years ago, lahaina and maui over a year ago. now those lessons, painful lessons in how to defend mountain communities and paradise alarm sys

bill weir appreciate it. i want to go over to, um, to another homeowner who has who fled from her home, natalie mitchell, who joins us now. natalie, at this point, do you know what has happened to to your house? >> no. at this point, we do not know the status we've tried to get as much intel as we can, and it looks like the fire is slowly starting to come closer to our house. and homes that are up, um, in the highlands area of the of pacific palisades. but we just at this point, we don't know. >> oh my god, we're showing some video. i understand of you getting getting out of your house. can you just talk a little bit about what that experience was like? how at what point did you decide we we got to go. i got to go. oh my god. >> it was one of the most harrowing, craziest experiences i've ever had in my life. um, you know, we just really try to listen to what the firefighters were telling us, and they have been incredible through this incredibly crazy ordeal. and so in the beginning, the there's only one road

let's go now to cnn chief climate correspondent bill weir, who is live among along the pacific coast highway at las tunas beach in malibu. bill, tell us what you're seeing. >> jake, we're getting really our first glimpse at what this fire did to the coastal community as it came roaring down, ripping down the canyons here. and if you've ever driven up pacific coast highway, you know that you have to guess, 75% of them, jake, are gone. >> are gone. >> between topanga canyon and carbon canyon up in malibu. it was about five years ago that the woolsey fire ripped across the other side of malibu, became the most destructive in southern california. but this will surpass that one in spades in so many different measures here. it is so surreal to see this coastline like this. and it's still smoldering in the distance. we had a fire truck just pulled over and is spraying what used to be one of these multi story oceanfront mansions here in malibu. but this is just gobsmacking when you consider the property values here. we knew that the palisades village was something unlike we'd ever seen. but t

i want to go to cnn's bill weir, pacific palisades. bill, as you have surveyed much of the destruction today, you actually came across a kind of an unusual sight. there was a home that seemed to be totally untouched by these fires. why was this home spared? do you think? >> well, that was the question that piqued our interest. this home behind me went viral on reddit and other social media channels because it looks like it was just shot for architectural digest and every other house on the street has turned to ash. so i reached out to the architect, a santa monica guy named greg chasen, who says it was a mixture of luck and design. the the other neighboring lot on that side, the windward side is vacant, so they didn't have a burning home on both sides of them. but he also credits the tempered glass windows, the steel roof, the the walls that are designed to burn for an hour. the fire smart landscaping. no, you know, combustible plants, a lot of pea gravel instead of grass in the front yard there. and then he has this concrete wall inste

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it's crazy. >> and bill weir joins us now. bill. uh, it's just remarkable the efforts people have been able to, i mean, have gone through and some of them very successfully. >> yeah. you're hearing these stories where it's literally blood, sweat, tears, luck that determines the fate of an entire neighborhood. here's mira's house over here. he, by the way, has left the hot shot. he's going to go into private business helping people defend their homes against wildfires, he tells me. and he's actually got some help. now. we've got a cal fire crew down in the brush. look at this work. the sun is going down and these folks, men and women down here clearing this just to make doubly sure that they're in the clear up here in this part of sierra madre. but for every house that burned, what is 10,000 structures? anderson, there are so many stories of people who tried to save their places to varying success. but now the psychological toll of what comes next when the other half of your neighborhood is gone. >> yeah, yeah. bill, it's you've seen

i want to go to bill weir, who has spent the day in another community.m, let's take a look at what he found. >> this tree, like the fire, came right up to the property. yeah, like that tree torched out for the last five years. >> miralax carroll freed was a hotshot putting out wildland blazes around southern california. and all the while, he knew his own home atop a sierra madre ridge was a ripe fire target. >> i've been doing, like, fuel reduction and defensible space. so i've been, like, lifting all the trees and, like, cutting everything back. so in case a fire does happen, it can't get up into the trees and like, torch out the building. >> um, and that paid off. >> paid off. if i didn't do that, this would have all this would have gone right. >> but he never imagined he'd have to defend his own neighborhood from a moving hellscape with a garden hose and a chainsaw. he says that during repeated trips over multiple days, he had to beg for help from passing fire crews and even evade a police barricade. >> told me i looked tired and i should go find some

cnn's bill weir spoke to a former firefighter who did whatever he could to save his home. as the flames inched closer. >> this tree, like the fire, came right up to the property. yeah, like that tree torched out for the last five years. >> mishra cyril freed was a hotshot putting out wildland blazes around southern california. and all the while, he knew his own home atop a sierra madre ridge was a ripe fire target. >> i've been doing, like, fuel reduction and defensible space. so i've been, like, lifting all the trees and, like, cutting everything back. so in case a fire does happen, it can't get up into the trees and like, torch out the building. >> um, and that paid off. >> paid off. if i didn't do that, this would have all this would have gone right. >> but he never imagined he'd have to defend his own neighborhood from a moving hellscape with a garden hose and a chainsaw. he says that during repeated trips over multiple days, he had to beg for help from passing fire crews and even evade a police barricade. >> told me i looked tired and i should go find somewhere to sle

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you know that was our bill weir reporting there with those incredible images. >> all right. president biden announced that the federal government will cover 100% of all recovery costs from the fires for six months. let's discuss with congresswoman judy chu of california. first, i know that you got to see the entirety of the damage in altadena, which is part of your district. can you first describe to us just what it is that you saw and what it did to you, seeing these apocalyptic scenes? >> i visited and toured the entire destroyed sites of pasadena and altadena yesterday. >> i did it with the fema administrator, and i was. >> i was stunned by the devastation that i saw, especially since so many of the areas were so familiar to me. >> but to see it all burned to the ground, i just could not believe it. uh, in altadena i saw utter destruction. blocks of homes that were burned to the ground. >> uh, in pasadena, i saw, uh, homes that were selectively burned to the ground. >> for instance, in hastings ranch in pasadena. it was just astounding where you saw one home burned to the

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cnn's bill weir is joining us now from pacific palisades. bill, i know you were just on with caitlin. this hollywood hills story that is unfolding and it's moving fast. what do we know about the situation there this is a brand new fire, abby, that this one has just kicked up in the runyon canyon area. >> that's right above the iconic hollywood walk of fame. grauman's chinese theater. the handprints there, if you've ever been to that strip just in the hills just above the flames, have now entered those neighborhoods. and that is the iconic winding streets with the million dollar views from downtown to the pacific. and that would provide a whole new set of challenges for firefighters. given these winds, given the tinder fuel that's been drying out since october with very little rain since then, and you'd hope it doesn't reach down into, you know, franklin boulevard, which is a major east west thoroughfare into the heart of hollywood right now. but this is just one of five different fires blazing around here in the palisades. we've been watching

bill weir is on the ground for cnn in malibu tonight. nd bill, just to to hear that story of her, of her father saying, you know, i'll be here tomorrow and then and then having to to find this and to find that he was in his bed. i mean, you're seeing, you know, what you're seeing in real time on the ground. and we're getting drone footage. it shows just how widespread this devastating devastation is, where you are in malibu. i mean, these are oceanfront homes that are just nothing now. nothing. >> exactly, exactly. >> this little strip between pacific coast highway and the ocean, some of the most unique and valuable property anywhere in the country. and just mile after mile, as you go west from topanga canyon, it looks like this. it's just it's ash. it's it's still smoldering metal. in some cases, cars that have been bombed out as well, because those embers just came screaming over these hillsides on tuesday night. and anything that was potential fuel got caught up in that. there are some fickle little spots where they oddly survived, but

but first though, bill weir, nick watt and veronica miracle are all here with me across southern california. in the midst of these warnings on all sides of these fires, i want to start with you, bill in malibu. what are you seeing and hearing there now? >> well, erin, we started the day really on fire lookout. >> we drove around topanga. >> we went all the way, actually, to oxnard to see that that auto fire that broke out overnight, but it was quickly contained. it was quenched, and it was really quiet. even the wind gusts we were expecting to see didn't didn't produce. but it looks like they basically shifted this particularly dangerous situation to tomorrow, some 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow. so they got a little more time to work on those fire lines to try to get these hotspots. we saw some smoldering up here in the hills above malibu. but let me look. you give you a before and after perspective of this home here on pacific coast highway. we're right by rambla pacifica. duke's famous restaurant is just just east of us here. but that's the before photo. and then this is the after. and this w

. >> yeah, bill weir, thanks so much. appreciate all your coverage. i want to show you, um, if you want to, if there's want to contribute to to to the efforts here to figure out a way to, to help people here, go to cnn.com/vote slash impact. well, there's a list of organizations that are that are doing work on the ground here that cnn.com/impact, uh, i want to show you just a live picture also of the kenneth fire again, which we are are following closely. as i said, it's gone from 50 acres. it's now at 1000 acres. so that's an update that i just got. it had been 800 the last i heard. it's now up to 1000 acres. and that is something they are going to be working on probably all night long. the news continues here on cnn. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> and good evening. i'm erin burnett with the breaking news. we are live tonight from pacific palisades, california. one of the hardest hit and most devastated neighborhoods right now in california as the fires are raging so far uncontained at this hour. the pacific palisades fire 0% contained, we understa

cnn's chief climate correspondent bill weir is in pacific palisades. bill, obviously, you know, we were just checking in with the palisades and looking at what this looks like. now to hear that that this area in hollywood hills near runyon canyon, which i mean, anyone who's been over there and hiked knows this. i was just there last week. i mean, they were already having trouble with the firefighters that were there. now there is a sixth one that has started. >> yes. >> if you've ever been to the hollywood walk of fame, the stars in front of the kodak theater, where the academy awards all of that looks directly above where you are there into the hills beyond franklin boulevard, there is runyon canyon, and that is that neighborhood. >> those are the iconic, curvy streets that have amazing views of downtown all the way to the pacific. that is one of the most popular dog parks. you're talking about that hiking trail there. young actors work on their lines doing that loop up there, reward at the top as you get towards mulholland drive is this amazing view.

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bill weir. >> i'm going to thug it out in your underwear so your clothes don't catch on fire. >> i know it's dangerous. listen, the people this fire was incredibly dangerous. and i've been in the palisades. i've seen it. you can't even get your head around it. it is so bad, so sad. it literally looks like the area's been carpet bombed. yeah, but, see? and that fire came through so quickly, and. >> but in the palisades, your area did not burn. well, the mall. >> well, my daughter lost her house, right. our my daughter lost her. how do you do differently there? we built it differently. that whole village that we built is built without any combustible materials. we knew we're building in a fire area, so we designed it to the highest levels to withstand it. >> and then we had we do that with earthquakes. why can't we do it with fire? we could do it. oh, we did it right. >> right. and there's nothing wrong with being prepared. you should be prepared. and then we have this rapid response team and that rapid response team. the minute that high wind advisory went out. we've got companies with r

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of course, malibu also now, in the midst of this and our bill weir is obviously nearby on the beach in malibu, as you hear all the phones going off. bill, i'm sure you're hearing the same things. these evacuation alerts. >> it is the soundtrack of our times out here in southern california. and this scene here along pacific coast highway. i had been where you were yesterday. this is just as bad, uh, this iconic strip of real estate between the pacific ocean and pacific coast highway, some of the most unique real estate in the world. we have some drone pictures of you now on a five mile stretch between topanga and carbon canyon. i estimate 75% of the oceanfront homes are turned to ash and rubble. it is absolutely devastating. and it's not just the homes here. some of the most iconic restaurants in southern california, gladstone's, uh moonshadows real in these places that where people were proposed to and, and brought their families to and employed folks along the coast who love these waters here in malibu, devastating. gone. it was about five years ago. the woolsey fire lit up the other

cnn's chief climate correspondent bill weir is in pacific palisades. and bill, obviously, you know, we were just checking in with the palisades and looking at what this looks like. now to hear that that this area in hollywood hills near runyon canyon, which i mean, anyone who's been over there in height knows this. i was just there last week. i mean, they were already having trouble with the firefighters that were there. now, there is a sixth one that has started. >> yes. >> if you've ever been to the hollywood walk of fame, the stars in front of the kodak theater, where the academy awards all of that looks directly above where you are there into the hills beyond franklin boulevard. there is runyon canyon, and that is that neighborhood. those are the iconic, curvy streets that have amazing views of downtown all the way to the pacific. that is one of the most popular dog parks. you're talking about that hiking trail there. young actors work on their lines doing that loop up there, reward at the top as you get towards mulholland drive is this amazing view