l.a. county, and we're standing by for a press conference in los angeles. and we're expected to start momentarily with mayor karen bass other top officials from the city and county. we'll bring that to you live. now, the palisades fire only a fraction of which is contained, has already destroyed thousands of structures in a matter of days. now moving closer to densely populated areas in the country's second most populous city. with the wind expected to pick up. cnn's julia vargas jones is in los angeles. so, julia, you're on the ground. tell us what's happening and what are you hearing from residents on the ground? >> hey. thank you. yeah. manu, a lot of frustration this morning. we just got approached by a resident who had to evacuate the palisades fire area asking, you know, have you seen my house? this is something that we've been getting from resident after resident. as people start to try to come home and and get a real sense of the extent of this damage, we're still at around 11% con

l.a. mayor karen bass on the devastating wildfires in southern california 'em i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." but first, judge juan merchan gave the president-elect an unconditional damager, but he didn't stop there and neither did donald trump. >> never happened in our country before. and i'd just like to explain that i was treated very, very unfairly. >> despite the extraordinary breadth of those protections, one power they do not provide is the power to erase a jury verdict verdict. howard: joining us now to analyze the coverage, mary katharine ham, co-host of "getting hammered," and meghan hays, former official of the biden campaign and the if white house. mary katherine, why did the judge not just say, case closed, he's not going to impose a jail sentence on the guy who's being inaugurated in a week? >> well, i think he felt like he had to finish this job even though, in my opinion and many american voters' opinions, it was kind of a sham from the beginning and quite a reach

l.a.y fire department they say that all of their air assets are deployed here their fire fighting aircraft so they're bringing in other helicopters from surrounding agencies. i want to show you what's been going on here, though, we have seen some flare-ups on this hillside here. and this is really indicative of how steep and rugged this terrain is and how fluid the situation is as well and firefighters can't get into this area just because of the steepness and that's why they are using these fire fighting helicopters. dropping waters, going to nearby reservoirs where they're picking up loads of water and then flying over to the flames, dropping them there. but you know, we have seen an improvement here. luckily where we are here, you know, the fire has essentially moved over the ridge and it is backing right now. you know, with a situation like this again very fluid but we have a press conference starting right now toipght toss it back to that. >> okay max we're going to listen in county o

the altadena area of l.a. county, and pasadena. l.a. county is in unified command, with both the angeles national forest and the pasadena fire department. we have over 2000 acres burning at this time, and the fire continues to grow with 0% containment. we have over 500 personnel assigned, and unfortunately, we have two reported fatalities, two civilians. unknown cause at this time. and we do have a number of significant injuries. we have over 100 structures destroyed. and the cause of the fire is unknown and under investigation. i will ask that l.a. city fire chief kristin crowley update you on the hurst fire after i am finished with my remarks. the l.a. county fire department operational area consists of 29 separate fire departments in l.a. county, and all of those fire departments are at drawdown with no fire apparatus or additional personnel to spare. as the region one coordinator, i have requested mutual aid from the five counties of orange, los angeles, ventura, santa barbara, and san luis obispo counties. additionally, last night

[laughter] into l.a. firms including possibly l.a.ter supply needing to battle these wildfires still torching through los angeles. two reservoirs were empty, no water. the l.a. fire chief now says democrat leadership failed the fire department. -- department. now you have hundreds of thousands now homeless and base : an -- basically an area that's torched twice the size of manhattan. >> it's the the hunger games in real life in politics. and what they're all obsessed with right now is saying it's someone else's fault. no one's taking accountability for what has happened. the governor's saying we're going to investigate you, the fire chief's saying it's your fault, the mayor saying i didn't really mean to cut that money. we don't know where the water comes from, we don't know how the reservoirs work. everyone's pointing at everyone else, and this is the warning to liberals out there. when you vote for incompetency, you get it. when you vote for dei initiatives, this is what it looks like. and if when you don't have people in office tha

l.a. county fire chief anthony merony, to give you an update on what is going on. but i want to thank chief merony, as well as chief crawly, for the work they are doing to make sure our first responders have all the resources that are necessary. chief meroni. >> good morning. thank you, supervisor barger. my name is anthony marony.. i am the coordinator for fire and rescue. i'm going to give an update to the palisades fire, as well as the eaton fire, although i am aware there are four fires burning in l.a. count at this time. we are in command with the city of los angeles fire department, in addition to cal fire. we have well over 5,000 acres that have burned, and the fire is growing. we have no percentage of containment. we have an estimated 1,000 structures destroyed. and also no reported fatalities and a high number of significant injuries to residents who did not evacuate, in addition to first responders, who are on the fire line. we have over 1,000 personnel assigned, and the cause of

as these winds approach l.a. city, firefighters and firefighters from across the county, state and nation and even overseas are in a proactive and strategic posture to save lives. firefighting resources from lafd and fire departments from all over are positioned in strategic holding locations. dwp is deploying water tankers to augment water supply for firefighters. the emergency operations centers remain activated at the highest level to rapidly coordinate emergency response. as we prepare for more wind. we're also urgently working to provide people with much needed resources. this week, as chair, barger said, our city and county will launch in person local assistance centers that are tailored to those affected by specific fires. these local assistance centers is for angelenos impacted by the palisades and hearst fires, and they will open at the ucla research park, which was formerly known as the westside pavilion. it will operate from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week. these centers will help people who have l

. >>> meantime, the l.a. fire department is strategically positioning strike teams around the palisades and eaton fires to protect containment lines as they get wind gusts of up to 70 miles an hour. staffing up in areas where any new fires might ignite. it comes after nearly a week of battling the devastating wildfires, including the two most destructive in l.a. county history. the palisades fire is now 14% contained. the eaton fire, 33% contained. at least 24 people have died in the fires. two dozen people are still missing. just under 100,000 people in l.a. county are still under evacuation orders. half of the number last week. the sheriff asked for patience as they search for more victims. >> people are saying i just want to look at my house and see what is left. we know that. but we have people literally looking for the remains of your neighbors.. >> l.a. county da announced criminal charges against 10 people. nine for looting and one for arson not related to the major fires, dozens of people arrested for

l.a.'s mayor cut her fire department budget as well. l.a.ld not even get a simple evacuation alert right. last night the whole county panicked. >> we are mapping out here, are under mandatory evacuations. obviously you can hear the phones going off. some type of alert. and evacuation warning, it looks like. >> my alert reads, this is an emergency message from the l.a. county fire department and an evacuation warning has been issued in your area. >> this is what it looks like. >> remain vigilant of any threats and be ready to evacuate and gather loved ones, pets and supplies. continue to monitor local weather, news and a web page alert l.a..org for more information. >> these alerts come based on where you are. and here we are in west l.a. and we're getting on alert. we have to look into why. >> jesse: guess what? false alarm. no need to evacuate. the city said sorry, it was an accident. they're going to give people heart attacks. people are leaking smac leaping into their ev's and speeding out of town. oops, never mind. nothing, and i mean no

if l.a. had gotten the amount of rain we've gotten, it wouldn't matter how strong these winds were. >> they've only gotten 0.16 of an inch since july? >> yeah. it's record setting in many places and if you factor in the two winters before this for l.a., those two winters combined were the two rainiest years in a row on record for them, classic example of weather whiplash. that's really what is behind this story, but the wind obviously is an important issue to discuss. we talked about their wind. now i want to talk about us tomorrow because we've already got offshore winds that have started for us. we're looking at the nighttime satellite. a little bit of the marine layer is trying to creep in through the city and this is updating to the minute, pretty cool. it's not going to get too far inland because the offshore winds will push it away, the same thing that happened a couple nights ago. this pattern allows the marine layer to first develop and get pulled into the bay and very quickly in the

the l.a. wildfires, an unprecedented disaster, with one local official comparing the devastation to the aftermath of an atomic bomb while evacuees return to ruins. city leaders face tough questions. >>> and a historic day in court. donald trump set to become the first former or future president to be sentenced for a crime. >>> good morning. i'm michael george. well, as wildfires around los angeles rage for a fourth day, some evacuees are returning home to find nothing but smoldering ash, while others are mourning lost loved ones. the death toll has risen to ten. among the victims a 67 -year-old amputee and his son. a 66-year-old man and 82-year-old man. and a new fast-moving fire erupted yesterday. the kenneth fire in the san fernando valley exploded in size spreading into neighboring ventura county. l.a. county officials say more than 10,000 homes, businesses, and other structures have been damaged or destroyed in the two biggest fires. just take a look at these before and after satellite ima

l.a. officials on the status of the many fires still burning in l.a. county. >> ktvu sally rasmus was listening into that and brings us new information. ali. >> yes. sal garcia and dave, that news conference is actually still going on as we speak. as emergency responders and leaders in los angeles are addressing questions about all the details and specifics of these fires. now, the worst of these two fires, the two largest ones, the palisades and eden fires, continue to burn with no containment. the only glimmer of good news is that officials say at least forward progress of the eden fire has been attained. but officials expressed some cautious optimism about the fact that, at least now, unlike at this time yesterday, they are able to launch an aerial attack on these fires. aircraft are dropping water on the fires and that is helping with this firefight. but the numbers in the video and the pictures are just unbelievable. 17,000 acres burned so far in the palisades fire. 10,000 acres burne

that is what l.a.mayor karen bass said today about the relationship between her and the city's fire chief, christine crowley, after crowley made critical comments about city hall. the fire chief and i are focused on fighting these fires and saving lives, and any differences that we might have will be worked out in private. but right now, our first and most important obligation to angelenos is to get through this crisis. the mayor's comments come one day after she had a closed meeting with chief crowley. this right here is exclusive video from our nbc station in l.a. showing the chief walking into that meeting. it is unclear what they talked about, but chief crowley sat down with our sister station in l.a. to talk about the challenges her department has faced.d. this was yesterday. she says her department has been hit with nearly $18 million in budget cuts, which has had a significant impact on their response to the fires. so $17 million cut did not allow us to do what we needed to do and where that imp

l.a. and county are working hard and working hand in hand to bring every resource available to the table. last night the county opened an additional shelter for those evacuating and suffered losses. the fairplex will to take in large animals in need of a home. the county is working to harness and utilize the incredible outpouring of generosity from individuals, nonprofits and companies that want to help. we have heard that many companies like airbnb, uber and lyft are offering free or subs subsidized services for those impacted. the county will share these resources through our website. in addition, the state has activated cal fire management team three and they will be joining federal management team five in theron going efforts. we hope as early as tomorrow. cal fire team 3 will be tasked with overseeing victim search operations an damage inspections to facilitate debris removal operations and setting up disaster recovery assistance center allowing federal management team 5 to focus on f

l.a. county. the main concern this morning is the strong santa ana winds that have already played a major role in the disaster. all week, they are expected to pick up once again. >> that red flag warning in the region has now been extended until at least wednesday night. ktvu meteorologist rosemary oroczo joins us now to talk about the challenges firefighters will face the next few days. and rosemary, it was a windy night down there overnight. a little bit of a break now. but then they come back picking back up again. >> yes. and now you said the extended until wednesday. the red flag warning. so we're just seeing one advisory rollover into another into another. and long story short it's not going to get better anytime soon. we will see lulls and in temporary breaks and that's really going to be about it. giving you a live look here over the mostly clear sky here in the bay area. because the pattern in southern california, also the pattern here at home where we do have the offshore wind, l

earlier today the new l.a. district attorney nathan hochman announced nine people charged with a felony counts of looting since these fires thousands more have been arrested. so stay tuned for even more charges. the altadena area i took a picture earlier today not far from where i am standing of a homeowner warning that they have guns and their house, be aware. warning looters to stay off their property. i talked to a gentleman named billy he is within the fire zone he is not leaving he says he is acting like neighborhood watch. here is billy. >> i mean just knowing somebody is there watching you. neighborhood watch where they see they know somebody is watching them. less likely to do things. >> and trace the fire here in the altadena area is the deadliest 16 people confirmed dead here alone. >> trace: matt finn live for us in altadena. thank you that spring in pacific palisades rusty and -- resident and altadena resident thank you both for coming on. do you first because he when your brother went to your home

but downtown l.a.eived just over a quarter of an inch of rain since may, the second-driest stretch in nearly 150 years. >> our wildfires are definitely getting worse. we have had a very large increase in the size and the intensity of wildfire, and that is driven in part by a warming climate. >> reporter: the drought drying out vegetation, on top of the seasonal santa anas, has made for a combustible mix. the santa ana winds created by this cold high pressure plaguing so much of a country, pushing dry air down over the mountains, compressing it through the canyons, and accelerating it all into a cataclysmic firestorm. the winds turning iconic palm trees into whipping flamethrowers, sending smoke and fire in every direction. >> tony: and rob marciano is with me now. rob, you just reported on the lack of moisture in the atmosphere. how bad is it? >> reporter: yeah, these winds were obviously supercharged, but we had so much dry vegetation, that was a disaster. this is the amount of rain we have seen the p

the death toll in the l.a. county fires rising to six as officials are warning that number could keep climbing and climbing. let's bring in cal fire battalion chief brent pascua brant, thanks for joining us once again. we spoke yesterday. i want you to update us. do you have any sense of how many people, first of all, are unaccounted for? >> i do not have an exact number. >> i've been speaking to homeowners and people that live in the area, and i have not heard or they've not asked me about where to report missing persons. >> so i'm hoping it's not a high number, if any at all. >> we know winds have made it very, very difficult, if not impossible, to contain the flames. specifically yesterday that was the case. what have conditions been like today? how much progress. and we hope there's progress is being made. >> yeah wolf today was great. >> we were actually able to catch our breath. we didn't have smoke and ash and the sand off the beach blowing in our face. >> the winds have been relatively calm today, which

the l.a. times is reporting fire agencies are investigating whether a downed power line may have caused that fire. southern california edison said friday a downed conductor was found near the fire, but added that it's unclear if it happened before or after the fire started. >> governor newsom has signed an executive order to help rebuild homes and businesses destroyed by the fires in southern california. this executive order suspends permitting and review requirements under the state's environmental quality act and the california coastal act. the goal here is to get these rebuilding projects underway a lot quicker. his order also aims to curb price gouging on building materials and other construction services. the governor says more will be done to help those affected by the fires. >> part of that is prepping the site, getting all the debris removal done, dealing with the hazardous waste. getting that done as quickly as possible. getting those contracts in order. at the same time, simultaneous

last month, l.a. city's fire chief sent a letter to the board of fire commissioners writing that the cut, get: has severely limited the department's capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large scale emergencies. including wildfires. mayor bass responding to today. >> there were no reductions that were made that would have impacted the situation that we were dealing with. >> bass also denies claims she was an absent mayor while on the trip to guana. >> we have to save lives and we have to save homes. rest assured that when. >> but that did not happen. >> this afternoon, it was confirmed that human remains were found in a malibu home as a result of the palisades fire and unfortunately the l.a. county sheriff thinks the death toll is going to rise. bret? >> bret: matt finn, thanks. as we mentioned, monitoring all the fires across southern california, the lidia fire broke out yesterday afternoon and expanded to about 300 acres. it is now about 60% contained, according to authorities. the suns

if the people of l.a.y want to have the type of lifestyle that demanded by the middle class, strock police forces, first rate schools, reasonable housing, safe streets, common sense government that actually listens to normal people, then they must change course. and it can't be just an executive order. because the progressives cannot and will not deliver the type of pragmatic government that we all need. and that's the angle. now, as i just mentioned, dodds bees have been arrested in the l.a. area for stealing from homes after residents evacuated. in malibu, one suspect was even dressed, get, this as a firefighter. and in mandeville canyon two thugs caught on the homeowner's ring camera. >> two of these individuals did is on the night of both january 8th and the early morning hours of january 9th, they went ahead and committed residential first degree residential burglary and looting. they stole over $200,000 as been alleged by the charging documents. >> laura: joining me now is alex villanueva former sher

>> yes, but the l.a.nty board of supervisors pushed the mmunlast agenda, which eggs exat opposite what the community once and they never voted for that. so vs. now impact of ideology vs reality. >> l >> laura: common sense, sheriff, we have talked about that a lot over thd coamere year commone sense in america, you a seeing it play out. a lot of people are trying to. stop the madness and we wish them the best.bi sheriff, thank you. ahead after he said he could beat trump, biden is back with another slightly wild claim. dave's been very excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change. it's back. but only for a limited time. high five. five years? -nope. comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering five years of savings. powering possibilities. comcast business. pete g. writes, "my tween

annita: the l.a.ief says there has been nothing like this before as far as he was concerned with the winds. why are they so strong and sustained? >> the winds themselves are particularly extreme but this is the time of year when you would expect to see strong, dry wind in the l.a. area. i would agree that the combination of extraordinarily, record dry conditions with wind at this magnitude is getting close to being unprecedented in this region at this time of year, and we are seeing the results of what may be the costliest wildfire on record, resulting from that confluence. it is often the case that the southern portion of california does see these land to see winds blowing and typically not associated with precipitation. so these are dry windstorms theis the time of year. the magnitude of this event is particularly high and the dryness leading up to the event is what stands out as being essentially record-breaking in this context. annita: flooding in california last winter, then that hot, dry summer.

the palisades fire is located in both l.a. city and l.a. county. we're in unified command with the city of los angeles fire department in addition to cal fire. we have well over 5 thousand acres that have burned and the fire is growing. we have no percentage of containment. we have an estimated 1000 structures destroyed and also no reported fatalities and a high number of significant injuries to residents who did not evacuate, in addition to first responders who are on the fire line. we have over 1000 personnel assigned and the cause of the fire is unknown. however, it is under investigation. for the eaton fire, it is located in both the angeles national forest, altadina and pasadena. l.a. county is in command of the national forest and pasadena fire department. we have over 2000 acres burning at this time and the fire continues to grow with zero percent containment. we have over 500 personnel assigned and two reported casualties to civilians. unknown cause at this time and we do have a number of significant injuries. we have over 100 structures de

. >> the l.a.imes reports that fire investigators are focusing on a hiking trail as the possible starting point for the palisades fire. a smaller wildfire there was ignited by fireworks on new year's eve. >> now, you can see on this map where the fires are still burning and where the mandatory evacuation zones remain. the areas in yellow are the zones where evacuation warnings are underway. now to reporter josh einiger from our sister station in new york, who is in altadena today. >> there isn't a lens wide enough to capture the extent of what happened in altadena, california. thousands of homes have all but vanished. now there are row after row of ash, very established homes and established communities, generational family homes that have been passed down. >> and it's extremely sad to see the devastation that has happened here. >> jake rodriguez works for the u.s. forest service, which owns the land where the fire started, in the mountains that ring this city and from which the firestorm raged. >>

l.a. city fire chief says they were prepared for wildfires, but not for simultaneously. she's blasting officials after her department's budget was hit with major cuts. >> we have over 100 fire apparatus out of service, and having these apparatus in the proper amount of mechanics would have helped. and so it did absolutely negatively impact. i want to also be clear that i have, over the last three years, been been clear that the fire department needs help. we can no longer sustain where we are. we do not have enough firefighters. >> that was the l.a. city fire chief. it was the l.a. county fire chief who said they were prepared for wildfires, but not for simultaneously. all right. we are expecting to get another update from l.a. county officials next hour. but for now, let's get a live update on the ground. cnn's julia vargas jones is near the palisades fire. julia, what's happening? >> well, fred, we're seeing the expansion of this fire eastward first hand. step out of the shot here so you

law enforcement agencies, l.a. sheriff, the l.a. department, long beach, all these agencies have been crystal clear that you will be arrested if you are outside the curfew hour in one of these impacted zones. we unfortunately, there are some, some, some folks out there that are that think this is some kind of joke or a game and, and those folks are going to be arrested. and the full extent of the law is going to be implemented in those cases. so please stay home. if you can do what you can from home. >> all right. the death toll rises as wildfires rage in los angeles. our breaking news coverage continues after the break, and we'll take a closer look at the essential work of aerial firefighters when we return kobe believed in himself at the youngest possible age. >> it's one of the most remarkable stories in sports history. >> i don't want to be remembered as just a basketball player. >> kobe premieres january 25th on cbs. >> subway's got a new meal of the day with chips and a drink for just 6.99. or if you're big, hungry, make it a

l.a., firefighters are laying thousands and thousands of hose line like this in anticipation of fires coming back when those winds come back. firefighters like these go around putting out any hot spots to make sure this hillside which already burned won't reignite when the winds return. more than 8 million people now facing critical fire risk. >> every available lafd firefighter is on hand and will remain in place through this wind event. >> reporter: overnight, an all out aerial assault on the palisades fire. helicopters making water drop after water drop. ground crews armed with tools and reels of fire hoses navigating steep terrain, head lamps lighting their path to face the flames head on. smoke and embers billowing into the air, and tonight, the toll this fire and others have taken across los angeles county since tuesday is staggering. at least 16 dead, at least 16 are also missing. more than 12,000 structures believed damaged or destroyed. more than 60 square miles burned. and more t

we will continue to follow this. >>> so this weekend's l.a. rams playoff game against the minnesota vikings has been moved to glendale, arizona, because of the fires in l.a. county. the nfl will also donate $5 million to help relief efforts in los angeles and that is thanks in part to contributions from the l.a. chargers, l.a. rams, minnesota vikings, and houston texans. >>> thanks so much for watching! the news continues at 8:00 on pix+ or 44 cable plus. have a wonderful and safe weekend! are you 50 or older? well, this news is for you. the cdc now recommends you get vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia. why? if you're 50 or older even if you're healthy... you're 6 times more likely to be hospitalized. so, schedule at vaxassist.com. announcer: it's time to play "family feud"! give it up for steve harvey! steve: [indistinct] [cheering and applause] i appreciate that. how y'all? thank u

the pechanga firefighters, what l.a. firefighters, cal fire, what they're doing and what these incarcerated firefighters are doing. is it the same work? >> yes it is, but. thanks for having me, victor. but first and foremost, i would like to share my some of my thoughts and prayers out to the families that have been impacted by l.a. fires. and a big thank you to all our first responders and volunteers who are serving the l.a. community. but yeah, pretty much it is the same work. um, you know, you go on out there and because i, you know, i pretty much learned to be a firefighter when i was in prison, i was part of california fire camp program, which they train and employ, um, people who are incarcerated to fight wildfires. and, um, you know, we out there, we in the front lines, we, you know, utilizing tools, we going out and, um, you know, just yeah, we out there cutting line and doing our thing. yeah. >> and so what i've learned from, from reading about this project is that after a fitness test in this, uh, fire camp pro

but the hero firefighters on scene from l.a. san francisco were battling the flames with everything they had. still, i figured i only had a few minutes to grab some photos and other valuables . and then a second miracle happened. two of my coworkers happened to be driving by in the news van and saw me . they jumped into action, helping me grab whatever valuables we could. lapd officers on patrol also came upon us and help us grab whatever we could. we loaded up my car . firefighters stayed. they were relentless. they would get the upper hand. my aunt's house was saved. at least for now. our families so lucky but it's hard to feel joy when you look around and realize how many other people lost everything. >> shout out to san francisco fire. the men and women of that department should feel very proud of themselves. if you like to help the victims of the wildfires go to red cross.org/cbs. also call one 800 red cross to make a $10 donation. that was such a powerful perspective from tom and i've got to say, i can tell you that knowin

. >> jesse: massive wildfires in l.a. county raging out of control. at least five are dead, thousands evacuated. an estimated $50 billion in damage. we are on the ground the latest. matt? >> this started burning at about 10:30 a.m. yesterday. here we are a day and a half later and we're still looking at structures burning to the ground here on the famed sunset boulevard in downtown pacific palisades. to our left, to our right we see plumes of smoke. all day long, fox news has seen structures and homes continuing to burn and catching fire and burning here in the pacific palisades area. this neighborhood and surrounding region is absolutely not out of danger yet. and over towards pasadena, the fire there continues to burn tonight. at least five people are dead. this is considered one of the worst fires or the worst fire in the history of los angeles and it will likely end up being one of the worst fires in the history of the state at this country. >> jesse: thank you so much. >>> apocalyptic. this is los angeles county. and tire neighborhoods are burnin

the l.a.partment public information officer has been giving us an update on the current situation. captain, thank you for joining us on bbc news. you are the l.a. fire department public information officer. can you tell us what is the latest situation regarding the fires? what is the area that is currently burning or at risk? >> the palisades fire is a very dynamic brush fire. i'm looking out the window and the wind gusts are still 50 to 70 miles per hour heading right into the ocean and turning back around, up the canyon. our last fire perimeter we are looking at, roughly 2000 acres, that number is growing rapidly and it will continue to increase as the wind drives this fire up the canyons and pushing into the various areas. that is a very dynamic number we are looking at. roughly 12,000 acres right now. >> that is a large space to say the least. how many people are impacted by that, in terms of who has been evacuated and what have they been urged to do? >> we have approximately 30,000 househ

overnight, l.a. mayor karen bass issued an executive order to clear the way for people to quickly rebuild their homes. the order cuts red tape to make the process easier and faster. governor newsom signed a similar order last week. those orders come as the state braces for another hit to its already complicated insurance crisis. it's something seven on your side has been investigating. it stems from the state's fair plan, which provides basic fire insurance for high risk properties when other companies will not. the fair plan caps insurance payments for natural disasters at $3 million for residential property holders. that price tag is important. many of the homes that burned in southern california would exceed that price, and there are now at least 33 bay area cities where the average home value now exceeds $2 million, according to zillow. >> with the cap being at $3 million, you're talking about a high percentage of homes not being able to get coverage up to a certain amount. that's going to drasti

overnight a few fire broke out in l.a. and ventura county, forcing evacuations. crews managed to stop its growth for now. >> i don't want people to start thinking everything is okay now. everything is not okay yet. the winds are blowing and it will continue to blow. >> reporter: but because city officials know just how quickly these fires can spread and how much devastation they can cause, they are warning residents to be prepared to evacuate at a moment's notice and to have a plan for their pets. >> if you're asked to evacuate, please listen to all evacuation orders as they are meant as a life saving measure. >> reporter: just a week ago, hundreds of residents from pasadena had area nursing homes and assisted living facilities were forced to flee as the eaton fire would threaten the region. >> this is our home. >> reporter: staff in pasadena would race to help seniors, carrying some on their backs. >> the elevators were out of order, so we had emergency stair chairs that the staff was able to use. we have had staff also had to carry our residents down. >> report

also on the other side of l.a. and the foothill communities, the eaton fire, right now, people are evacuating out of their house. you may have just heard an explosion. that's because of the fire. it's exploding things inside of buildings that are burning down right now. but all of this school's closed. they've also asked more firefighters. if you're off, please report to work because this is a dire situation. never seen anything like this, jim. i've never felt winds like this while covering a wildfire, let alone in january. it's just all very bizarre. >> yeah. stephanie, i mean, that was the thing i was going to ask you because i know you've covered so many wildfires, and folks in other parts of the country might say, okay, well, they have these all the time, but this this is very different. and it just seems like something that is going to be extremely difficult to get under control. >> yeah, the difference is a lot of times we cover these wildfires. a lot of them are in the the wildland interface, right, where a

how dry has it been in the l.a. area? >> you know, we should have four inches of rainfall right now. by the time we're talking about the water year starting last year, going to the middle of when it stops raining. so there should be four inches on the ground. there's been less than 100th of an inch in most spots, less than a 10th in every spot. so it rained a lot, right where stephanie elam was within five miles of that location. i was standing in a flash flood ten months ago. flash flooding right there, water coming down the canyons. that was the end of the rain. it never rained again. the things died, the grasses dried out, and now those grasses are on fire. because we had so much rain. we had everything growing. and then it stopped raining and it all died. >> and then we have the issue of the air quality, which is not only impacting those directly in the line of the fire, but really throughout the entire area. >> right. and with the wind shifting directions, here's what the smoke is going to look like. it actually is g

l.a. fire captain who violated in erratic wind happening all around us right now and how difficult the wind is making yet for fire crews to battle these fires and he described what we witnessed which was the fire moving in all different directions rapidly from one direction to another causing embers to move in the direction of the wind we have seen that move north and south in all different ways and were where in santa monica they've issued a mandatory evacuation proportions a santa monica. for israel and we seen in stores that direction and temperatures from this fire and i've covered hurricanes is coming around the ocean here and it's coming closer to the storm and coupled likely with a historic fire again the palisades area and with it for miles and miles in southern california no matter where you are in and around the l.a. area you could see the fire and you can only wonder the devastation. right now we are in area as a command post not just for l.a. fire but for los angeles police. ro

however, the l.a. times is reporting that there's an electrical transmission tower in eaton canyon that is currently blocked off, that is being investigated as the possible source of the origin of the fire. now, socal edison did put out a statement yesterday saying that all of their electrical equipment in eaton canyon was working fine and is not the cause of the fire. but again, there is a reportedly an electrical transmission tower that is cordoned off right now as the possible source of this fire. there are many people who are waiting to come back in, but officials are saying the worst is not over yet. you can see the winds are picking up just a little bit here. there's another wind event that ends on wednesday, and authorities are saying people from ventura all the way to san diego, essentially all of southern california, need to be prepared to evacuate omar. >> and of course, keeping an eye on the on those conditions is critical for for those firefighting efforts. veronica miracle in altadena, cal

but since that date, l.a.pecifically has only had 3/100 of an inch of rain they would normally have at least 4.5in by now. so it's very important to understand that this is the wet time of year. january is the second wettest month of the year for these areas, and they have had nothing yet this month. now, when we look at the forecast going ahead these last couple of days, we've been talking about there's no rain in sight. i do want to point something out. you can now see a little bit of green, very small, very, very, very small for portions of southern california. and we're now talking day six and day seven. so it is still very far out. but there is the potential now that we may start to see those humidity levels build. we may start to see those rain chances, perhaps possibly start to go up by next weekend. the concern is, before we get to that point, we've got those winds that are expected to go back up again. so something to keep a close eye on certainly, but also focusing on those winds not only going up in

where where what what are you seeing for l.a. county? >> for l.a. county, which is our jurisdiction for the l.a. county sheriff's? unfortunately, as of this morning, we're at 21 deaths. and that's at the combination of both the palisades fire and the eaton location. but currently we have search and rescue recovery operations that are being conducted. basically, what that is, is you have a combination of l.a. county search and rescue, l.a. county fire, and the l.a. county coroner's office with cadaver dogs doing grid searches in the last two days, they've searched over 900 residences, and unfortunately, they've come up with remains. so then the coroner's office processes them, and then the coroner's office has to identify and then notify the next of kin. very tragic. >> so you're essentially you divide up neighborhoods by grid and you're doing systematic grid searches block by block, house by house. uh, some of these areas. >> yes. that's exactly what we're doing. and by the way, that correlates to the frustration from some of the residents who want

l.a.'s seen anything like this before. >> david: tonight, the california national guard has been called in to help fire departments across l.a. county. who are overwhelmed. from the air tonight, a fuller scope of the devastation. a united airlines passenger capturing this view out his window. that flight diverted. thousands of firefighters spanning out, racing to contain the flames. the new fires jumping from home to home. >> i don't -- >> david: and residents here doing whatever they can. this young man trying to use a fire hose to beat back the flames in his own backyard. >> we got to go. >> david: you can hear the intense fire crackling. >> oh. >> david: the fire alarm going off. >> yeah, let's get out of here. we tried. >> david: his friend there, tanner, wearing a mask, trying to help him, trying to save the home. >> we tried our best. >> david: they both escape, running to safety. the homes, the trees all around them on fire. >> there's nothing we can do now, bro. >> david: and then

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i'm here with l.a.ounty fire fire captain sheila kelliher, who we've been talking to pretty much every night that we've been here. appreciate you being back with us again. um, a couple of things to get to. let's talk about the winds. first, anticipated winds tomorrow. kicking up tomorrow morning. obviously, that's a big concern all across this area. putting up on screen sort of where the winds may be worse. what are your what are your concerns? >> just know this. if this is an incident wasn't going on, we'd be all preparing for a red flag warning right now. >> so the rest of the county that hasn't been impacted by these fires, that's what they're up against. so not only can that flare up what we have going here, we've got a lot of people in place. they're ready. they've got their their game plan and their mission. on how to keep that from exacerbating. but the rest of the county really is ready for red flags, not even just the areas where the fire has already been that it might kick up. >> that's correc

l.a. d.a. will hold a news conference this afternoon about exactly that and the arrests of some looters who came here to the palisades to try to prey on the misfortune of so many. there are many, many dangers. i will pick up a cable here. i don't want brian as he goes backwards to get caught. there you go, brian. there are so many dangers and so much tragedy and we don't want more tragedy upon tragedy and that's the great fear now. 4:00 a.m. tomorrow we move into that pds situation. particularly dangerous situation as the national weather service calls it when the winds pick up again. we're not out of the woods by any means yet right across the l.a. area. we're facing another very dangerous week, bill and dana. >> dana: jonathan hunt, thank you so much. we'll be with you through the day. appreciate that. >> bill: thousands of thousands. east of jonathan's location our next guest is a resident of altadena, california. he lost everything. his mother and uncle had their homes burned to the ground.

l.a. county with 1000 personnel. we also are using our compacts with other states like arizona, nevada, oregon, and washington. firefighters from those regions are on their way down to los angeles county right now to assist us. thank you for your interest, thank you for your attention. >> folks, the fact is that i'm working with dod to rapidly supply the firefighters, the california national guard with firefighting systems and two morbid dates of national guard. four more are coming from northern command, 10 navy helicopters with water deliveries. we are prepared with anything and everything, as long as it takes to take these fires and hope reconstruct and make sure we get back to normal. it's going to be a long way. it will take time. we will provide everything you need. >> mr. president, first of all, that major disaster declaration, next level appreciation on behalf of all the residents in southern california. as the chief said, we have pre- positioned assets this weekend in anticipatio

and the warning from l.a.es as well is to continue to be vigilant, because there could be more to come. caitriona: we can see the firefighters behind you there, they are hosing something inside that property. although the fire has passed through there, very much still areas that are on fire. helena: a great deal. 0% containment and all of those main areas right now. there is a thick smoke which really is clogging the air right now. the haze that you can see. they are having to battle the elements. the good news for now is that the wind has been dumbing down over the course of the afternoon. and that means that folks like this one can work out a ground level. but also, you can have aircraft back in the air taking water from swimming pools, from the pacific ocean, and dumping it on areas like this. when it comes to that firefighting effort, they are by no means out of the woods yet. caitriona: helena humphrey there for us in altadena. we can go to olivia victoria, a palisades santa monica resident who has had to

. >> a relentless and deadly firestorm continues to ravage l.a. county, destroying or damaging thousands of structures. at least 180,000 people under evacuation orders. the two largest blazes, the eaton fire in pasadena and altadena, and the palisades fire, which continues to scorch areas between santa monica and malibu. >> it is safe to say that the palisades fire is one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of los angeles. >> firefighters have been able to stop significant growth of the eaton fire. authorities are not certain of the death toll. they initially said five lives were lost. the la sheriff expects that number to grow. >> at one point, we'll be able to do a more thorough search of these impacted areas. some of them look like a bomb was dropped in them, where we will be able to bring in canines and other things to help us. >> the aerial attack resumed, dropping much needed water and retardant on the flames. fire crews from around the country getting a break from the extreme winds of the last few days, but gusts are ex