patterson has advocated in the past. the international community should do more to provide sanctions relief going forward for syria so that this country can get up off of the so that it can start to rebuild the economy can recover. now another interesting point that came up is the issue of easily all because as we all know, israel is occupied parts of that buffers on close to the goal on heights that happened after the fall of the review. and they still maintain the presence there. now in the past week, you had a high level visit from the company, prime minister and foreign minister here he met with, i'm going to shut off. at that point, the company prime minister had said that he's real needs to withdraw immediately. you also heard from the shut out after that press conference, who had stated that she would welcome the presence of you in forces in the buffer zone going forward. now i asked mr. patterson, specifically about that point about the engagement when it came to be the issue of israel, mr. patterson says, but he

a new year marked by tragedy. >> steve patterson, thank you. back at home the stage is set for a major test of republican unity with a possible showdown over who will serve as house speaker and how long an endorsement from president-elect trump will go. >> reporter: tonight mike johnson is hangnging on after president-elect trump's complete and total endorsement. >> i am humbled and honored to have president trump's endorsement for speaker again. >> reporter: hoping to avoid a repeat of the 22-day fight to replace kevin mccarthy last year. after barely avoiding a guest shutdown johnson's speaker ship is in jeopardy. that means johnson can only afford to lose one other republican vote. >> mobile he has the votes on friday. >> reporter: the president elect will need a funifiyed party to deliver on an ambitious agenda. >> reporter: there are other riffs in the gop. over the weekend trump sided with elon musk supporting visas to allowed skilled foreign workers to am come to the u.s. others are blasting the program saying it amounts to cheaper labor

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steve patterson has the latest on what companies are doing to get their items back to them quickly and your refunds back to you faster. >> reporter: it might look like something out of a sci-fi film set in the future. but these real-life things are sending them back. inside this facility owned by u.p.s., tim fair says they're using new technology to tackle an old, but growing problem. some $890 billion a year in merchandise is returned. but on top of that expense is the costly process of getting all that stuff back. easily returns a expensive. some re using a.i. to analyze giant piles of returned clothes like this to determine if and how they can be put on shelves. and here at happy returns it's all about robots. how much more efficient is this than a human doing it? >> yeah, so we doubled our productivity. >> reporter: wow. >> when we implemented this. so that's a radical advancement. >> reporter: here's how it works. what do i do? >> you start your return online. >> reporter: you take your unwanted gift and drop it off unboxed at a happy returns site which could be at an ulta store f

steve patterson, nbc news. >> living her dream and having fun along the way.ed as a gunner and radio operator with the air force. he was thanked for his service with cake and a convoy of vintage vehicles. >> i can't express enough how i feel, because this is amazing. i'm glad that i had a chance to support it. >> cochran's family says even at 102, he's still very active and mentally sharp. doesn't look like a day over 80. >>> coming up on "today." the battle brewing over the most famous painting, and why some officials in milan say it officials in milan say it belongs in (♪♪) years of hard work. decades of dedication. committed to giving back. you've been there, done that. and you're still here for more. so now that you're 50 or older, and at increased risk for pneumococcal pneumonia and ipd be proactive with capvaxive- a vaccine specifically designed for adults to help protect against pneumonia and invasive disease caused by certain types of pneumococcal bacteria. capvaxive is the only vaccine that helps protect against the strains that cause 8 of ipd in adul

thanks, steve patterson. our colleagues at our nbc station in los angeles knbc have been working nonstop for more than 24 hours covering this disaster. their deep connection to those communities reflected in so much of their coverage, including this moment when reporter michelle valles was on the air as neighbors battled flames consuming the home next door. >> this home next to it was on fire. they were making gains here. they were making gains. and then all of a sudden the winds picked up. and you can just see how it's fueling the these neighbors s desperately try to keep their home from catching fire. so you're just helpless as you watch these people doing probably -- you know, you put yourself in their situation and it's really dark and it's really fiery here. there's a lot of explosions. and there's just no help in sight. and you're just wondering when this is all going to end. >> riverside county. please stop. thank you so much. oh, my goodness. praise the lord. i mean, they're going to really douse this

patterson believes trump's policies will benefit californians he hopes newsom is sincere in his statement about working with trump partnership and things like that. and it's much more important than just constant fighting it lawsuits all that kind of stuff. do they want to work together or did they just want to sue the president all day long? >> and so we will get our first taste of the california trump relationship to point know when the president visits the southern california fires owns this friday. newsom says he's looking forward to that visit with trump reporting at the state capitol. eytan wallace kron. 4 news. >> as of this hour has not announced any lawsuits against the trump administration. if he does, we will, of course, let you know. lunar new year celebrations are underway in san francisco last night. folks gathered in the richmond district for a parade and festival celebrating the year of the snake local vendors and performers packed on street. san francisco's new mayor daniel lurie was also there. >> it's fresh new fresh start. so i'm excited. this is the first of many cele

steve patterson zoins us. what more do we know?rter: the sheriff tonight saying there have been more reports of burglary, more reports of looting in fire zones like this. to combat that, more resources, more boots on the grou, including, we're hearing, the national guard expected to be active at both the eaton and pacific fire zones and yes, a curfew, if not implemented tonight, then tomorrow night starting at 6:00 p.m. every night to 6:00 a.m. with the goal being avoid further victimization of people offer suffering so much. lester. >> steve patterson, thank you. >>> former president jimmy carter was remembered for his kindness, compassion, and character as four of his successors were among those who gathered for his funeral at the national cathedral. here's kelly o'donnell. >> reporter: the passing of a president offers a rare moment of national reflection. stirring traditions played out today to honor the life of jimmy carter. ♪ amazing grace ♪ >> reporter: the 39th president brought together decades of his successors. their int

steve patterson, nbc news. >> and that is "nightly news" for this monday. thank you for watching.ease take care of yourself and each other. good night. in the bay area and beyond. president trump's promise of deportations gets underway, with ice agents spotted in san jos

steve patterson, nbc news. >> and that is "nightly news" for this monday. thank you for watching.ease take care of yourself and each other. good night. bay area news tonight. new ice activity is confirmed in the south bay. we are talking about the immediate impact it's having in our community, and about the team of volunteers working to get the word out fast. plus, drivers beware san francisco is about to get speed cameras. we're

>> steve patterson live for us in southern california. thank u. >>> to the surge now in flu cases across the country and the fear that some hospitals may not be able to handle the influx of patients. if there is silver lining, it's that covid cases are down. marissa parra explains why. >> reporter: tonight, a rising number of americans are feeling the fury of the flu. >> me and my husband have had a 101 fever for three days. >> reporter: cdc data this month reports over 6,600 flu deaths and 160,000 hospitalizations. while the flu is surging, covid cases are down. here's why. doctors say covid strains for the most part have become less severe over time and this year covid peaked most recently in august. >> covid is milder this year, with about half the rate of hospitalizations now than exactly a year ago. >> reporter: but the flu always peaks in the winter, spreading more easily this season with a combination of lower flu vaccination rates, record travel, a bitter cold winter season driving people indoors together with little competition t

steve patterson is also in the front lines for us. steve, just pick up the baton from jacob soboroff and tell us what you are seeing and hearing. the first question i have and i do not mean to mother hen but how are you safe that is something on fire with the wind gusting. >> well, number one is the and 95. the worst danger for people that are not going to experience at home burning down, you can see the fire alarm still beeping. it is an eerie and haunting sound as this home burns down. we've been watching us all day and it started on the roof and the spread. the firefighters essentially as if they thought they put it out but it was still engulfed. i think we are seeing that because firefighters are spread so thin. this is still a triage operation so there is a much larger fire. perhaps you cannot see it but there is huge black smoke billowing behind even on the next street. these fires are street to street. i mentioned the n95 masks. they will suffer the long-term consequences of the smoke. what we are hearing is 191, that is the eq

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steve patterson, nbc news. >> i love it and i love that she wrote that letter to herself.is. >> her future self. i just love the example that she's setting, the inspiration that she is. think about all the young girls out there watching her play. so, so good. steve patterson, thanks for bringing us that. >>> up next, the obstacles facing so ma in nyam (vo) with fargo, your virtual assistant from wells fargo, you can pick up the tab, even when you forget your wallet. (kaz) i got this. (ben) fargo, send kaz $145 dollars with zelle. (kaz) smooth. (vo) learn more at wellsfargo.com/getfargo. (vo) with fargo, your virtual assistant from wells fargo, you can pick up the tab, even when you forget your wallet. (kaz) i got this. (ben) fargo, send kaz $145 dollars with zelle. (kaz) smooth. (vo) learn more at wellsfargo.com/getfargo. >> in today's daily health, we are going to talk about the roadblocks that many americans face when it comes to their healthcare. for a lot of people, just adding to a doctor's office can be a challenge. >> so we wanted to dig into what all the experts ca

president pro tem, speaker patterson, members of the general assembly, state and federal elected officials, former governors, judges, friends, family and fellow missourians. we stand this morning honoring a group of brave men and women who represent the best of those who serve and protect our communities. would you please welcome the salute to hero honorees that we honor this morning in the states rotunda seated behind me. [applause] i would like to take a moment to now thank governor parson for his service to our state, his humble, steady leadership that benefited all missourians. we was she on the first lady well in this next chapter. [applause] i stand before you today, mindful of the honorable history of this occasion, humbled by the trust missourians have placed in me and determined to meet the challenges ahead. i will always remember and honor the solemn oath i just took. growing up, no one would've looked at me and said, one day that kid is going to be sworn in by senator roy blunt as the 50th governor of the state of missouri. and i will never forget where i came from, the sixth ch

a little louis patterson. louis patterson. louis pat-- what's wrong with you? -oh, i was just watching. -all right. and chris dale! -oh! -whoa! -come back here, brady! nice try. come back. give me 20. give me 20 right now! -while doing the move. while doing the move. -- captions by vitac -- >> the indictment itself is chalk full all the allegations, but it not shot full of evidence. >> now at 10 recalled oakland mayor sheng thao facing federal bribery charges. details of the indictment released today 7 months after the fbi raided her home. plus, hundreds of people finally able to return home in monterey county tonight following a massive fire at a battery storage plant. the next concern now for lingering health a lot of people are going lose their income this way. >> and bay area influencers just time runs out for tiktok in america. thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 10. i'm noelle bellow and i'm dan thorn. it's the possible and of tiktok in the u.s.. >> the very popular social media platform set to go dark on sunday after the u.s. supreme court unan

tim seymour, steve grasso and former bridgewater chief strategist rebecca patterson. welcome, rebecca. we start off with a presidential pop for the markets, the s&p 500 hitting another record early in today's session and notching its best first week of a new presidential term since ronald reagan in 1985. that's when the musical stylings of wham! were topping the charts. marty mcfly was going back to the future and the doc's delorean. and speaking of the future, megacap tech is setting its sights on just that. the group fueling this week's rally as investors bet on continued ai spending this year. meta hitting a new high today after announcing a plan to spend $60 billion to grow that business. let's get to julia boorstin with more on that company's capex plans julia. well meta ceo mark zuckerberg announcing. its ai roadmap. and spending. >> plan for the year, saying. >> meta will invest between 60 and. >> $65. >> billion in capex. >> this year. >> to drive growth of their ai offerings. now that 60 to 65 number is up from the 38 to 40 billion in capex last year and far

that was steve patterson reporting. meantime, investigators say they may be zeroing in on the cause of the palisades fire. the fire broke out january 7th, killing at least 11 people and destroying thousands of structures. investigators say they've amassed more than 230 leads. they are looking closely at a suspicious fire that started days earlier on the same mountainside, but are divided on whether the palisades fire could have been caused by rekindling. they're also looking into other possible human causes like arson, fireworks and unauthorized camping activity. an update now from the grapevine. caltrans has closed i-5 because of what you see right here. that is snow coming down. northbound and southbound lanes are closed at fort tejon. no word on when the road might reopen. snow mixed with rain expected to fall throughout the night. happening this week a turf war over artificial turf. santa clara county will decide if it wants to ban the fake grass on county land. here's investigative reporter candice nguyen. we recen

traveled to our nation's capital for trump's inauguration. >> patterson believes trump's policies will benefit californians he hopes newsom is sincere in his statement about working with trump partnership and things like that. and it's much more important than just constant fighting. >> lawsuit said all that kind of stuff. do they want to work together or did they just want to sue the president all day long? and so we will get our first taste of the california trump relationship to point know when the president visits the southern california fires owns this friday. >> newsom says he's looking forward to that visit with trump reporting at the state capitol. eytan wallace kron. 4 news. >> as of this are up onto has not announced any lawsuits against the trump administration. if that happens, of course, we will let you know. the price of bitcoin is surging to a record high of $109,000 ahead of today's inauguration. >> the rise in the stock coincides with the launch over the weekend of the official trump and melania mean coin bitcoin's value has increased since president trump's election w

let's get out to nbc steve patterson in los angeles with the latest on the fire. steve?> reporter: good afternoon. the fire is still raging and this will not stop until this wind event that we are currently in ends, which will not be for quite some time. you can see the damage behind me. this is multiple homes that have been exposed to the fire and have gone up. we have watched some of these homes burned to the ground and we have seen the full structure and finally reduced to rubble. we are hoping this doesn't happen. firefighters putting water on this home and just a few maybe 20 or 30 minutes ago or so had just started to catch fire and the entire roof has been burned off. firefighters are doing the best they can to put as much water to doused this, so that they can put protection on the next home and you might see behind that home. that home is starting to catch and the results of this are all over the neighborhood like thi . we are right next to pasadena with the fire affecting pretty much all of these neighborhoods in this area and its block by block. you can see mu

jessica patterson, thank you all.rs he assignable put a show and to censorship. live in our los angeles newsroom with that story, good evening. >> president trump sending all sorts of's exhibit orders today, one of them is aimed at ending what he calls as the federal censorship. see what this next item is a directive to the federal government ordering the restoration of freedom of speech and preventing government censorship for free-speech. >> eq to the applause, president trump and his supporters have long accused the biden administration of clamping down on free speech especially when it comes to social media for -- sites like facebook. trump himself based restrictions surely after the january 6 capital rights. the biden a demonstration encouraged social media companies to filter all nine misinformation especially when it came to things like covid-19 and a 2020 election. the executive order stating in part whoamak under the guise of combating good misinformation, this information and mall information at the federal

authors for young people, famous authors that we all know, doris kearns goodwin, james mcbride, james pattersonbe there, you will be there. and we've just talked about illiteracy and when you see all of these booklovers that are gathered, thousands and thousands of people. david: the president of the united states ever come up and borrow a book or are they too busy to do that? >> we've had some good relations with the white house in terms of putting book and display we had met recently. at david: what kind of books do you like to read? >> i'm into mysteries, big mystery fan some sense of satisfaction. someone usually gets killed, nobody cares. and then it gets solved. so is very reassuring. david: it's talk about the future. 10, 20, 30 years from now. do you expect libraries to be more relevant, less relevant? more technologically savvy, about the same as now? >> more technologically savvy, but even though there are some challenges in terms of what public libraries and school libraries offer, they are going to be even more relevant because they are still trusted sources of information. and in t

steve patterson, we will come back to you. if you get any more of those great interviews, i think it is important to hear from those folks. >>> one of them is actor and pacific palisades of president steve guttenberg, who jumped in to help crews battling the fire. steve, first of all, how are you? where are you? >> i am okay. right now i am in pacific palisades. i came in to see what i could do to help out. the fire was, yesterday morning everything was fine and now we have this raging fire, the hardest i have ever seen in my life. people are really panicking and really scared right now. most people have evacuated their homes. the fire is really raging, the winds are so hot. last night, i was on the road and i saw a little dog. somebody lost their dog and i couldn't grab it. then i went down toward the temple that i go to, the chabad and there was a tree on fire. there was another temple i go to, i went to see if that was okay. i couldn't get there and somebody said the grocery store was on fire and i went down and found, it w

patterson mentioned including historian and bloomfield.he 1982 survey was officially adopted by the board of supervisors in 1999 and about the same time ms. bloomfield began an update and expansion of her work with funding from s.f. heritage and s.f. beautiful. her work was completed. >> although delayed, these efforts were renewed in 2004 by the organization i represent which is the northeast san francisco conservancy. as a five on 1c3 we were able to raise funds from foundations, nonprofits and individuals from $25 $200 to $500 or more to engage michael corbett to update and expand on all of the earlier work and to complete the revised north beach context statement that was adopted by this commission in 2002 2022. that context statement as you know is the source material for the nomination before you today and if anyone would like to have a copy of that i'd be happy to email it to you. the context statement that is so complete. >> i thank you commissioners for your consideration today of this worthy nomination. i also want to thank the m

patterson said that he is urging everybody, he's speaking with members of you in members of the international community to consider more sanctions relief. you know, we are aware of the fact that at the end of january, there is going to be a european union meeting and which member states are going to be discussing the possibility of lifting the sanctions on syria. now some e u. member states have said that while they are ok potentially will live thing. some sanctions on syria. they want the sanctions to remain on people who are involved with that said, reviewed and committed crimes during the war. there are other member states, of course that have said that all sanctions should be lifted going forward because that's the only way that syria can start rebuilding the economy. you heard mr and shaped bonnie and dabble is also state the fact that they want to make sure that refugees who left syria can start returning because those refugees for work in other countries got valuable work experience there. they can come back here and help develop the economy as well for and he made the point that syria

patterson also said he was encouraged by the clear assurance as he was given, that there would be a move for the new phase in syria. and that that phase would be inclusive. how much improvement does it a semester? a while to file weary crews in the southern california and the us are dealing with a new that use nick a stick. while the hues 5 the gun on wednesday morning, was there all evacuating orders in effect for the air? for a desktop most ski resorts, 5 to 10, has risen to 79. investigation is on the way into safety standards of the hotel in the cutoff kaya area. 11 people have been detained, including a hotel odor. in the fire department direct to the city of bowden plains in gulf, the 12 story hotel which would would, in cutting a mess. funeral has been held in the countries observing a day of mooning blank or as glaring off the reports of negligence. and the hotels failure to meet the safety standards. so then custodial has the latest on this now the investigation into the 5. they don't have any sort of evidence about what caused the fire. they're mentioning about the alexis, the

. >> pacific palisades is where we find our steve patterson and steve. where exactly are you?ugh the lens of a camera that's pointing through a car. and we've seen so many of these these are included, by the way, in the structure count. right. so you have so many of these cars that were just abandoned and often obviously seeing the mementos and the people's pieces of people's lives in their homes is awful. and that is literally in every direction you can see. but one of the most haunting things is, is the cars that are left behind. some of these obviously left next to their homes, but others we've seen on roads on the way here that were just abandoned in the middle of the roadway, people had to pick up, leave everything in a flash, in a in an immediate need to get out of the area. and that's what we've seen. meanwhile, i mean, this neighborhood. i said it before, i'll say it again. it's gone. there's nothing where i'm standing in this entire subdivision that has survived. there are no birds chirping. there is no life. it is just gray and blacked out and burned out. and as we k

nbc news correspondent dave patterson joins us now from pacific palisades, one of the worst hit areas. talk about the new threats we mentioned and what is being done to prevent even more harm. >> thankfully the threat has already passed, the rain is over, the sun has been beating down now for about an hour. i think we are mostly out of the warnings. some watches left for flooding. the ground is still saturated, that is truly the danger. the danger comes when you look at something like this, a burn scar next to a home. next to all of that scarring, it is overtop of this home, this is one of many homes that are still -- neighbors another houses burned down to get into his own like this to find what was left to residents that have homes that know they are still intact and could be in danger. the landslide, the mudslide risk, that will not end anytime soon. until the ground is back to being dry. that saturation is good for putting up the flames. good for something like this, also bad when you have a scene like this. this toxic debris. i guarantee when you have paint cans, batteries, all o

doris kearns goodwin, james mcbride, james patterson will be there, you will be there.is heartening, we just talked about illiteracy. when you see all of these booklovers that are gathered, thousands and thousands of people. david: do presidents of the united states ever borrow a book or are they too busy? they don't call you and say, do you have this book, or something like that? dr. hayden: we've had some good relations with the white house in terms of putting books on display for certain things. we've been doing more of that recently. david: what kind of books do you like to read? nonfiction? dr. hayden: i am into mysteries. i am a big mystery fan. you feel some sense of satisfaction. someone usually gets killed, nobody cares, but then it is solved. it's very reassuring. david: let's talk about the library of congress in the future. let's say 10, 20, 30 years from now, do you expect libraries like the library of congress to be more relevant, less relevant, more technologically savvy or about the same as now? dr. hayden: they are going to be more technologically savvy

meteorologist bill karins and steve patterson, thank you both. >>> let's dig in more now.is the santa monica mayor. thank you so much for being here, mayor, especially right now. first off, what is the latest situation in your city? >> the latest in santa monica, we still have no active fires in santa monica. however, we are providing regional support. our evacuation zones remain. mandatory evacuation zones remaining and a warning evacuation zones. an emergency order is providing our law enforcement pro officials officials the ability to put a curfew to protect those vacant properties right now. >> i wanted to ask you, mayor, about that curfew because we know at least 20 people have been arrested on suspicion of looting during these wildfires, already a devastating time. santa monica imposing that curfew. i understand from sunset to sunrise, at least for part of the city that's currently under evacuation orders. how big of a concern is looting in santa monica right now? >> we are feeling the concerns from the residents. i think they are feeling reassured because there are

. >> nbc news correspondent steve patterson is in pacific palisades and meteorologist bill karins ise, let's start with you. what are you seeing? give us a sense where things stand right now. >> reporter: i wanted to show you this. you're seeing a fire hydrant gushing out water. this is one of the problems fireghters are dealing with. we don't know how this happened. as you know, firefighters need all the water pressure they can get. one of the things they'll do is try to seal this up. meanwhile, the fire fighting effort continues. hot spots is all over. this is the pacific palisades. it's been wrecked, destroyed. this neighborhood completed bombed out. it appears as if a bomb has gone off as officials have said. major fire fighting efforts continue. we see smoldering in every direction we look. there's another fire burning in the hills. fires are burning in los angeles. i have a fire captain here. your name so. >> adam. >> nice to meet you, sir. how is the fire fighting effort going? >> right now it's still red flag conditions. we have active firefighters throughout the pacific pali

so that's yeah, so we'll see when will be ne, a decade has patterson what happened and you quinn is not in nato. and therefore it was designed us towards the ukraine and ukrainians. and was also these on us from our leaders rush when some of our leaders said not we were promised that we would be native city resource. also, it is honest. and i believe the german in the united states had a weak position because they headed that was the rush. great, you need to clean the u. s. and germany which is also kind well not telling you repeating the dis, but they need to spend 5 percent of the g d p on defense. if they going to keep you are safe, that's a line that's a trunk spoke. and it really does feel as if he is uh, you know, feeling quite so over what's happened over the last few years. but yes. so let's keep very much changing his tune right now. 5 percent will be quite a rise when that's archie correspond to try to be sure to thank you as always well as high the mid week news roundup is looking for now. we will have all the big developments this wednesday again and 30 to join me the the ga

. >> cbs of nbc steve patterson is on the ground for us. he is in altadena.teve, what's it like there? >> we're in pacific palisades now, chris. we've moved. and it looks as everyone has described it, like a war zone. this is a perfect example of what we've heard from jacob and katy, who grew up here. that these neighborhoods are gone. this neighborhood is gone. there is nothing left here. i don't know if you can see, you know, the level of destruction. we can't show it all to you. because it's all just wreckage. we can't walk through this. can't possibly hope to. but it's in every direction, as far as the eye can see. and you may be able to see just the images in the hills. i don't know how far deep you can see. but there are homes that are also fine. it's incredible to see. in fact, i walked this entire neighborhood. there is one home that survived, somehow, surrounded by dry brush. seemingly at random, it survives. meanwhile, the mementos, the pieces of people's lives, just laying the wreckage. we're pointing toward the sun. not sure how easy you can see t

steve patterson is reporting from altadena, california. and steve, what is the situation looking like at this hour? >> reporter: i mean, the word is apocalyptic. we try not to use that word to describe fires that are all too common in this state. but i can't think of anything else when you see a scene like this. this is not one home, not two homes, this is multiple homes, deep in, going back. you can see the ruins spread out. watch out there. debris is everywhere. this plot of this home, and then the home next to it. we've seen these homes, as they've had frames, as they were standing, and then fully engulfed, then on fire, then reduced to ruins. all of that happening within minutes. we were talking to andrea mitchell. i showed her, there's a home across the street that had burned to the ground. this home had started to catch -- watch your footing there -- this home had just started to catch. you saw the attic? that is a sign that a home is going to go. firefighters are putting this here. you were trying to put protection on this home, rig

nbc's steve patterson reports.nother round of heartache for fire worn residents waiting to get back to their lives and what's left of their homes. obviously, an information gap. and, you know, everybody wants answers, but it's going to take time. it's just outrageous. it makes me completely lose faith in the political hacks. they're trying to all cya at the top, rather than actually facing it and trying to solve it. that agonizing wait in recovery, the source of a heated exchange between l.a. mayor karen bass and president trump friday. you have a very powerful emergency power, and you can do everything within 24 hours. yes. and if individuals want to clear out their property, they can. but we can't even we can't even get into our homes. get in here without trump. yes, but you know that you will be able to go back on when, mr. president, we think within a week. the most important a week is a long time to be safe. they're safe. part of that safety plan, a comprehensive sweep from the epa, cleaning hazardous waste fr

. >> steve patterson is with some of them in pasadena. people have been on the frontlines risking their lives since the fires started earlier this month. tell us about this and what are you hearing from them. >> reporter: i'm hearing the same thing we hear from so-called regular firefighters from cal firefighters. there's no place they would rather be. they feel a duty, an oath, a calling to protect lives, protect property, protect pets, to do as much as they can with as little as they have to battle back against not only the flames, but what's left over, the brush. we were with them as they were working today cutting some of this dry brush they've gathered. clearing out what we call doing fuel reduction which is a crucial part of the overall fire fighting operation. it helps clear those fuels so if a stray ember lands in a field it doesn't spark a new fire. it's vital to the operation. these guys know that and understand that. a lot of them are from southern california. i met some from pasadena, another from los angeles. they grew up her

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steve patterson, nbc news. >> an understandable debate.ern california, wrestling with new threat as crews battle ongoing wildfires. this as president trump is set to visit the disaster zones. details on how he's expected to meet. plus, a big step to help move the bay area forward. the new shelter is set to open in the south bay, and the assistance it's providing to the community. also working to offer free parking in

patterson mcdowell. and they are doing a great job. add is son. thank you mark harris. brad knot. greg murphy. my friend for a long time now, right? and michael whatley brought us to a great victory with laura, i took michael whatley from north carolina and put him in charge of everything and the job they did together was incredible. last september, hurricane helene was one of the deadliest. rainfall rose to far more than 30 inches which is lethal unleashing devastation throughout north carolina and many other states but you got hit the hardest. the deepest obligation of the american government is to protect its people and never truer than in times of emergency. unfortunately our government failed you, but it wasn't the trump government but government run by biden, what a terrible situation. but our government failed. the people of north carolina and this horrible crisis for two months they lacked running water and today they can't take a hot water schauer, can't drink water. it's delivered to them by where they go out and find some. four months since the storm made landfill and 1