rachel: is that before ghana or in ghana? griff: she was in ghana on the sixth and fire breaks out on the seventh and knew she was looking at national weather service and her staff is presumed to give to her and this particularly situation and red flag warning ands pbs. that's the highest level of national weather service's warning that you are about to have a hof riff ick fire. rachel: those warnings were coming out days before she left to ghana? griff: yes. because, rachel, you had all of the perfect storm conditions and known 80+ miles an hour winds and low humidity, high wind and dry vegetation. remember, it had not rained for months on end in these areas. to say she didn't know is like saying did governor desantis know a cat 5 storm was coming to florida. you see it out in the gulf. this was -- this is remarkable and really almost unthinkable that her line of defense in all this and i didn't have the warning and coming for gaza. rachel: she knew the fire hydrants weren't working and part of the reason so many lost insura

she went to ghana and thought she could get away but that. >> lawrence: i don't think it will happen.e honored with marine corps for action on new york subway and it will be a service and sacrifice award. tell us about it. >> daniel penny did what most people would not have the nerve to do. he stood up and when prosecuted, i think the joe illegally, by ada who has political operative and at the cafe hopeless thinking about taking anyone out, it should be the d.a. when he did was he not only saved the lives of people on the train, he stood up and was prosecuted for two years. thank goodness and by the way, his two attorneys penny and razor honored at this event in massachusetts. he change the culture of the city and not only changed a lot in terms of people standing up and say, "we can't defend each other and we can be good samaritans." i did something called subway justice where i talk about daniel penny and what he did and we compared it to bernie katz years ago. both tried in the same courthouse some 40 years later. god bless daniel penny for what he did and he should be a hero and

meanwhile she's trying to defend yourself when the fires broke out she was on a trip to ghana now shego it didn't reach that level to say something terrible can happen and maybe you shouldn't go on a trip. i don't know i think that's one of the things that we need to look at. investigations are taking place. one internal to the city that's a fire commission and the governor contracted with the fire safety research institute. >> she said she's trying to work on regaining the confidence of residents of los angeles but i'm not sure how you gain the confidence whenever caruso whose foundation is getting people new homes fully funded three homes will have a place to live she's not doing that. >> what kind of an explanation is that i was not told and never got to me. i spoke with rick caruso he was on the program last week and he said the warnings were loud and often it was a clear commentary saying the fires are coming and we will have a bad situation before she left for ghana now she said were investigating that she is investigating why nobody told her not to go to ghana. >> this is a fai

why were you in ghana in the first place. what business does the la mayor have in ghana?py with what doge is doing because they're uncovering waste, fraud and abuse, and i would say that the mayor of la going to a celebration during fire season is a good example of waste, fraud and abuse. california is a poster child for it. good luck with your image, la mayor karen bass, when you've got democrats and celebrities coming out against you, boy, that's when you know it's bad. stuart: tomi lahren, you're all right, we'll leave it at that. i've got to get to this. the epa recently discovered the biden administration awarded $2 billion to a climate group with ties to the former georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams. lauren: and she was a staunch supporter of president biden the entire time. in the name of climate group is power forward communities. annual revenue, $100. they got a $2 billion money from the epa. the current epa administrator lee zeldin says it's part of biden epa $20 billion gold bar scheme, which rushed billions in green funding out the door in biden's f

. >> reporter: mayor bass tried to reflect criticism of why she was on a trip to ghana during the firenings of life-threatening winds and extreme fire danger days before it ignited. >> whenever there was a fire emergency, a weather emergency, or a hint of a problem, i am contacted directly. >> reporter: did you see any forecast before you went to ghana? >> no. >> reporter: it marks a stunning turn for the first filed joint and female fire chief terminated by l.a.'s first elected female mirror. carter evans, cbs news los angeles. >> john: now here are three things to know, the measles outbreak in northwest texas is now the largest in the state in three decades, 90 cases have now been reported. most in children and teenagers. 16 people have been treated at hospitals. state health records show the epicenter of the outbreak gains county has seen a dramatic jump in the number of vaccine negations and schools. you could have seen this one coming or not, new study says just one hour per day, can significantly increase the risk of nearsightedness and it goes way up with one to four hours of sc

we need to research institute to tell us why she should not have gone to ghana? the decision to go to ghana because the biden administration wanted her to go to the inauguration of the president there. investigation closed. 16,000 homes have been burnt, 57,000 acres, and that pch is still closed. investigation about her trip. we should be for u.s. over that -- furious -- you've seen the come apart over those d.o.g.e. cuts. now jfk -- a new complaint. >> d.o.g.e. in the white house shot down the jfk library. you would never know that we sent a man to the moon if the library was not open. it's time to speak out and resist what's happening. >> laura: why does he talk like this? werenski cap and everyone will think i'm smart or cool. have we not retired the dirty ski cap look? is that still something? i thought that in a man bond were out. >> apparently in some sectors they are still in but here's the kicker. the library is back open. it was closed for one day because you would never note jfk sentiment to the moon, forget the published books about the kennedys but it

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find it remarkable mayor bass is saying get she didn't get appropriate warnings to know not to go to ghanad back at karen bass's tweets, january 6th, tweets out a warning, expected life-threatening windstorm starting tuesday morning, wednesday afternoon, red flag, no parking restrictions going to affect in certain areas tomorrow morning on this day save, retweeting the national weather service, particularly dangerous situation, highest warning you can get, didn't get enough warning, are you buying it? >> nobody is buying it. karen bass is a total disaster and every time it gets as bad as it could, starts off by saying rebuilding and getting back into your homes could take five years after she promised donald trump to his face she would clear away the obstacles, launches an investigation into herself about why she went to ghana and tries to shift the blame by getting rid of her fire chief. this person is a classic machine politician clinging to power, not taking responsibility. let's not have a lot of sympathy to the fire chief. it is true those firefighters should have been on duty. rick c

. >> she went to ghana on this trip and had to come back from that trip.s like this until now, one month after the fires, so clearly she is changing her communication strategy and hopefully she starts talking more because she has been quiet. >> trace: final thoughts on this caroline? >> i completely forgot about the fact that she went to ghana not only that, she came home and reporters were doing their job asking her if she had a message to the people and not one word. >> trace: big mistakes all around, thank you both. meantime in hannity's interview with trump and elon musk, elon musk mentioned the way to save taxpayer monies through competence. what do you think? has he been true to these values so far? let us know! we are back with a nightcap crew including you! next. (♪) i had the worst dream last night. you were in a car crash and the kids and i were on our own. that's awful, hon. my brother was saying he got life insurance from ethos. and he got $2 million in coverage, all online. life insurance made easy. check your price today at ethos.com. enjoy y

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. >> what was the thought process behind going to ghana? >> me tell you a couple of things.use called and asked me if i would represent the president, i said yes, it was going to be a short trip. over a weekend, two business days. we need to look at everything about the preparation and all that for the fires, because i think when we evaluate that, we will find that although there were warnings that i frankly wasn't aware of, although there were warnings, i think our preparation wasn't what it typically is. >> what do you mean there were warnings you weren't aware of? i know we were talking about it on the news. a lot of people were talking about the problems, warning this would be huge. >> when i talk about it with the fire chief, what she said it is we have warnings of santa ana windows a lot, but predicting this -- and you saw, it was from the city, the county. that level of preparation really didn't happen. it didn't reach that level to me to say something terrible could happen, and maybe you shouldn't have gone on the trip. i don't know. i think it's one of the things we

and earlier this week, mayor bass, who was overseas in ghana when the fires broke out, blamed the fire department for failing to warn her of the potentially deadly weather conditions that were headed to l.a. >> every time there was a weather emergency or even a hint of a weather emergency, the chief has called me directly. that did not happen this time. >> the fire department says it followed its standard preparation procedures and issued public and media advisories. these warning posts on x, dating back a week before the fires. >> did you see the forecast before you went to ghana? >> no. >> we reached out to crowley for comment on her dismissal, but haven't heard back. in the meantime, retired lafd firefighter ronnie villanueva will take the helm as interim fire chief. >> the los angeles city fire department will be prepared. the los angeles los angeles city fire department will respond, and the los angeles city fire department will keep you safe. >> now, we are also learning that crowley is choosing to stay on with the fire department at a lower rank. la's civil service rules give he

they know that there is no value for them in a $100,000 de i survey in ghana.y know that there is not value for them spending $520 million to pay esg consultant to teach people in africa about diamond change. also, what is extremely telling to all of us is the amount of grant recipients who are not asking for waivers. they know that the gig is up and do not even want to try and justify what it is that they have been doing. the way that they were grafting off of americans who are going to work in each and every day. what is not surprising is that my colleagues have tried to lie to american people saying that people are dying. we have for that argument before again and again. my colleagues have said about 10 times at least in this hearing that there is an elderly lady in thailand who died because they could not get her the oxygen she needed because america cut off aid. let's tell the truth about what really happened. the ngl who was providing oxygen international rescue known as irc, their ceo has a salary of about $1.2 million a year. that iso the theft, the lar

she ended up in ghana? nope. she booked the trip. and as mayor, she lives in la where fires are a part of life. blaming her absence on someone else is kind of like blaming your hangover on the bartender. it's all on you, mayor bass, which means you'll probably be governor in no time. >> curious guy. >> you got to give her credit. this is an audacious play. you know, it's like oj saying, like, we need to find the killer. >> yeah, it's like, good luck, nancy drew with this mystery. how did you end up on another continent on a trip that you chose to go on? she's like, we don't know the details, but we're looking into it. yeah. she also promised as a candidate not to leave the country, ever. as mayor. she loved to go to africa, she said. but not anymore. once i'm mayor, she listed like five cities she would ever go to, and that's it. and then here she is for the fourth or fifth time overseas. and this happens. and she's, i guess so out of any other excuse or idea that she said, we're investigating ourselves about how this could have been

the mayor has been on the receiving end of a fair share of criticism herself for being on a trip to ghana when the fires broke out as well as for her management of the disaster. crowley will stay on at a lower rank and an interim fire chief will take over her position. >>> a blunt message for san mateo county's embattled sheriff. sheriff christina corpuz is not welcome at their upcoming event. the letter reads in part, "do the right thing for once. respect the contributions of these women. stay home on march 5th and work on your resume." ouch. an independent report released last year accused corpuz and her office of abuse, retaliation, homophobia, and racism. corpuz rejected calls to resign and denies the accusations, calling them politically motivated. in a special election next month, voters will decide whether to grant the board of supervisors the power to remove her from office. we reached out to the sheriff about that letter and have not heard back. >>> new fallout from the latest round of federal job cuts, the irs is the latest agency being targeted. about 6,000 workers were sacked

mayor bass has been criticized for being overseas on a trip to ghana when the fires broke out.ayor admitted it was a mistake, but blamed crowley for not alerting her to the high risk fire conditions. now to hawaii, where seven people were hurt in a maui resort explosion. i want to show you this webcam footage of the moment debris shoots from the condominiums on kaanapali beach around sunset last night. the video shows the explosion, and shortly after you can see people running to help. the victims ranged in age from 17 to 74. three suffered critical injuries. one had to be flown to an emergency room. an initial investigation shows the explosion may have involved liquefied petroleum gas, which is commonly found in barbecues. body camera video shows how a rescue team in colorado jumped into action this week. >> to shovel. on the end of iceland's red pack. >> a rescue team in summit county, colorado, used a shovel tuesday to dig out a person buried under snow. the skier got trapped for more than an hour after an avalanche at vail pass. rescue teams say the skier was freed with onl

now, when the fire started on january 7th, mayor bass was on an overseas trip to ghana. she claims crowley did not warn her in advance about the expected extreme weather conditions coming to the city. the mayor also says that 1000 firefighters, who could have been on duty the morning the fire broke out, were instead sent home. the l.a. fire department has issued a statement saying the department followed all standard preparation procedures. an interim fire chief is now in place on the central coast. a cleanup begins this weekend on the site of last month's fire at a battery plant at moss landing. tomorrow, crews will begin disconnecting lithium ion batteries at the gutted vistra energy storage facility. that will be followed by demolition and then removal of toxic metals and debris, including asbestos. local community raised concerns over where all that debris is going to be dumped. monterey county leaders say the epa is working with vistra to identify a proper disposal site. parts of the south bay are much darker than they should be tonight, and copper wire theft is to

patients in africa and school girls in of ghana, stan and security partners and ukraine are all immediately losing the u. s. assistance that they have grown to depend upon a democratic members of congress who joined the congress, told me that this is harmful, not only to those people around the world, but to american interest as well. and what people in america have to understand it's doing damage to us. here it's our health. a bowl is breaking out again. that's a threat to us here we start with cold. how much more do we have to know about a pin demick and the threats of the how much, what do we have to know? people are worried about immigration migration. how much this goes to solve those problems. and just basic. sure humanity, people are starving right now. now, as far as what can be done about it, this has never happened before. so there is no resistance playbook. democrats in congress are vowing a court battle, and they say they may use upcoming votes on the budget as the leverage. meanwhile, the aid workers and their supporters say there is no time to waste as more damage is being inf

mayor bass, who was also criticized for being on a trip to ghana when the fires broke out, blamed chief crowley for not warning her about the extreme fire danger. >> every time there was a weather emergency or even a hint of a weather emergency, the chief has called me directly. she has my cell phone. she knows she can call me 24/7. that did not happen this time. >> reporter: but in the aftermath of the fires, it was crowley who criticized the city's funding of the fire department. >> did they fail you? >> yes. >> reporter: and david, crowley has decided to exercise her right to stay at the department but at a lower rank. we have reached out to her for comment but haven't heard back yet. david? >> david: kayna whitworth in los angeles. >>> tonight, one month into president trump's term, tonight the heated moments in states across this country. voters packing town halls face-to-face with republican members of congress. what americans are saying about the president and about elon musk. and the new "washington post" poll late this week on the key issue of this election, prices and the econ

in the 19 ninety's and to war ravaged countries including sudan, bosnia and jeff ghana state, as well as natural disasters owns among the most significant and successful humanitarian programs administered in large part by u. s. a. d. is the president's emergency plan for aids, really, or pep? far the brainchild of president george w bush. it manages prevention treatment and health care system strengthening with a major focus on sub saharan africa. since 2003, the program is estimated to save 25000000 people from dying of h i. v. aids. on friday, a worker was seen covering up the us a the emblem at its headquarters in washington, with black plastic tape, rob reynolds, l. g 0 of donald trump assigned that executive or cutting or aid and assistance to south africa. and you, this week he threatened to cut off funding and response to a land reform at which he claims constitutes discrimination against the nations white minority, south africa, boston new last month designed to address racial inequality is in the land ownership. the date back to the apartheid era president serve on post says

we know that there were lives told about of ghana. stan, i'm on a rack and i ran and as an american citizen, i can tell you for a long time, there's been just trust about the military industrial complex. it isn't just ukraine, but this proxy war against russia. ukraine was actually started, i think as far back as obama. so i think when you follow the money, you want to go all the way back to the obama administration and equipment foundation. you want to start there and then move forward because you're going to see a lot um as you recall victoria newland but her cookies. she didn't just have cookies . she had millions of dollars in her suitcases. i'm sure. and allegedly, she was quite involved with the regime change in 2014, one of donald trump's big pledges was he was going to end the war in 24 hours. obviously that's not happening. we now hearing that it's likely to be 100 days. this is coming out from keith kellogg. do you think that don't move from is really aiming to bring peace to ukraine and if so, how do you think that's going to go down without military industrial complex is hugely

actually i felt a spiritual calling to come to ghana. i wasn't has any at the time. and i had a friend who was here and i was like, i'm coming to new poetry and photography book and i need a partner. can you connect me with a reliable man who can assist me? and that reliable man became as soon to be has been reliable. we have a daughter together, i gave birth here and got it. and that's also a thing like when i gave birth here, people were like, why didn't you go back to the us to give birth? and i'm like, this is an ancestral moment for me and my lineage. i'm the 1st and my family to come back of the 1st and my whole when even when i went back home, they were asking me questions about africa. none of them have ever come have a we have even decided to live and now i have my, my brother and my sister are come in. i got my auntie and cousin company. now their minds are also opening up as well. when you think about going to the us, you don't realize if you go that you give birth, who was helping you. everybody is working, you won't get your auntie to come and help you w

mayor karen bass is investigating the decision she made to head to ghana days before the l.a.also wants people to open her brain to find out why she is so. [ bleeps ] stupid. >>> delta is reporting offering passengers on the toronto flight that flipped outside down during landing, $30,000. your is the first passenger accepting the money. >>> researcher say flushing a public toilet releases a cloud of airborne bacteria that can reach deep into your lungs. crazy. who has ever actually flushed a public toilet. >>> and finally, would be goldberg says they should cut funding to space ask because the government already has nasa. by that logic we should cut the view because we already have animal planet. let's do some stuff. we all know the story of robin hood. stole from the rich and gave to the pour. him and his band of merry men hung out in the woods wearing tights and eating apples. like the summer i spent with rfk. but another gave a funny accent wants to do the whole robin hood thing in america. musk is considering a dividend. refund checks funded by the money they are saving u

mayor karen bass decided to fire the la chief for not warning her about the risks before her trip to ghana continues to be called out for pointing fingers at everyone but herself. >> we all know that a thousand fire fighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke were instead sent home on chief crowley's watch. these actions required her removal. rachel: the city is moving forward with a full investigation of the fire storm and those are your headlines. griff: busy morning. more "fox & friends" ahead. be ready to fight back with emergen-c and for on-the-go immune support try emergen-c crystals. no water needed. 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 busine

have a bucket list of travel and absolutely want to go to africa i want to go to africa and go to ghana through the don't ever no return it is important for spiral kind of way to know that my ancestors went through that door and literally turned i wanted to go through the door of no return. and who made it and we survive. >> i guess mine is simpler i want to see the northern light and want a grandchild that is far away i'm already seven 7 my daughter has no interest at all that but i'm interested in my grandkids i was 50 before had we adopted our daughter from an older parent and we have friends with grandchildren and great grandchildren at the end of the day, if if i go to bed happy and consent and have a connection with friends and family and joy know i've done the best i could that's my milestone. >> jimmy you mentioned wanting to go to guatemalan in a - i came back in 2020 and 6 weeks later we were in lock down and thank god i went to guatemalan in a and discovered so many things the feeling of seeing people that look like me and have been to beautify music and clothing and just the

found tom hoover who played 3 years in the nba back in the 1960's de anza high school in richmond, ghanaot to pitch a computer game to these players. that's the nba's in >> and all-stars. see, and they will never get a chance to get to a game. so we decided to come to them and bring them program that we've been doing. we've insist this program. esports is everybody plays the game, but they don't know how to put the game together. goes on to the hood and that's what we have to intend on doing. it really gets them to work as a team which you play basketball. you don't play so it's a team and it kind of thinking outside the box a little bit, which i love that allows them to go on tap into their imagination. >> do all kind of different things. so we actually love this program. >> very, very cool with the game in camp was also put on by game heads, which is a nonprofit out of oakland kron four's. sara stinson is going to be highlighting their work in our black history. special. >> on top of all-star weekend, this weekend to make a getting to the parade a little bit easier. you should take adv

karen bass demanding an investigation of her trip to ghana as the l.a. fires erupted.t! >> although there were warnings that i frankly was not aware of although there were warnings i think our preparation it wasn't what it typically is. >> what you mean there were warnings you weren't aware of? >> when i talked about it with the fire chief what she said is that we have warnings of santa ana wind but predicting this? and you saw from the city it from the county that level of preparation really did not happen. so it did not reach that level to me to say something terrible can happen and maybe you should not have gone on the trip. with me i don't know. i think that is one of the things we need to look at. >> greg: she wants to know how she ended up thousands of miles away in africa. seems to me like it is pretty simple. she hopped on a plane and flew there. what? did somebody blindfold her, throw her in the back of the truck and bang-bang boom she ended up and gone out? she booked the trip as mayor she lives in l.a. where fires are a part of life. blaming her absence on s

and went to ghana even though there were many warnings about fires coming to los angeles. >> it was goingess days. although there were warnings that i wasn't aware of, although there were warnings i think our preparation it wasn't what it typically is. >> what you mean there were warnings you weren't aware of. >> it didn't reach that level to me to say something terrible can happen and maybe you shouldn't have gone on the trip. i think that's one of the things we need to look at. >> she had to have known that this is the question that was going to be the question. there's the timeline that shows all of the warnings. >> if the new york giants can get out quarterback neck and pass the ball as well as she can pass the buck... you knew this was coming, he left anyway. when they launch an investigation it's an effort to avoid accountability, it's embarrassing. >> can she survived his? >> it will be very difficult. there are lots of liberals out there who are having remorse about this whole thing and wanted the apology and the empathy from the get-go. people will look at that interview on the t

mayor bass is admitting it was a mistake for her to go to ghana. you're a californian.ship changes in california, or are voters finally waking up to the fact that democrats cannot lead? >> well, look, i've been running an organization called fix california for the haas four years registering conservatives that have been sitting on the sidelines, people frustrated and ap a nettic. and over the last four years because of donald trump we've seen a lot of people in california get really excited. so i think the fires, the crisis, the constantly pockily city from gavin newsom and the one-party control in sacramento, people are getting really angry with it. i think there's a real chance to do something different. remember, los angeles county is not only the largest county california expect largest city in california -- and the largest city in california, but it's the large county in america. if you flip los angeles county, you not only flip california, you could change the whole presidential map just by flipping los angeles county. that's what we've been concentrating on for t

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she was in ghana and she's telling the chief you did not do enough for the fires while you were here.s kind of baffling. >> absolutely baffling and i think it's really disturbing to see the fact that the mayor was gone. it is simply the captain of the ship being on the shore watching the ship go down and blaming the ship for going down and all of the crew on the ship. the mayor continues with the gaslighting. she knows the fire hydrants were empty, she knows the reservoir was empty and in fact the captain was indicating to her that we need more fire staff and she cut the budget by 18 million. >> trace: it seems to me that california has this just kind of i don't know what it is, they just passed a balk all the time. they have a propensity to pass the buck. >> and until she is held accountable, this is going to continue happening. >> trace: meantime for your lawyer hat if you could put it back on, i want to put this on the screen, these are d.o.g.e. legal wins. legal domination really. the judge denied request to block d.o.g.e. from education department, denied request to stop federal

mayor bass was in ghana when the flames broke out, and criticized the department for failing to warn her of the dangerous fire weather conditions. she also says crowley sent firefighters home when they could have been on the front lines. crowley, meanwhile, criticized the city for underfunding the department. >> we took a $17 million budget cut. the fire department needs help. we do not have enough firefighters. >> we all know that a thousand firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke were instead sent home on chief crowley's watch. these actions required her removal. >> retired fire chief deputy ronnie villanueva will take the role of interim fire chief for the time being. >> los angeles's new district attorney is asking the court to deny a new trial for convicted killers. eric menendez. the decision closes one potential path to a release from prison for the brothers. d.a. nathan hochman spoke today about the evidence the brothers may have been sexually abused by their father. >> sexual abuse in this situation. while it may have been a motivation for er

she was asked by the white house to attend an inauguration for ghana's president. >> the white houseyes. it was going to be a very, very short trip. >> what do you mean? there were warnings you weren't aware of? because i know we were talking about it on the news. a lot of people were talking about the problems. >> it didn't reach that level to me to say something terrible could happen. and maybe you shouldn't have gone on the trip. >> mayor bass returned to los angeles the day after the palisades fire started. she says the l.a. fire chief did not warn her in advance of dangerous fire conditions. she plans to find out why those normal preparations weren't made. >> all right, back here at home, let's turn things over to steve paulson here at 8.39 in the weather center tracking your local forecast. >> i am indeed, this tenuous rope of a system is making its move. i think it's already gone through mendocino county. it's in lake napa county. also sonoma down into marin and south of that, there probably won't be much, but a 10th of an inch might cover it for some. but i know casadero russ

the mayor has also been under scrutiny for traveling to ghana the weekend before the firestorm broke have taken the trip if she was properly warned about the danger. she also blames crowley for improperly staffing the palisades and eaton fires. >> we all know that a thousand firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke were instead sent home on chief crowley's watch. >> we are outraged at the termination of fire chief crowley. period. and our opinion. chief crowley is being made a scapegoat, and she's being terminated for telling the truth. >> mayor bass announced she has appointed former chief deputy ronnie villanueva, a 41 year veteran, as interim fire chief. >> happening on the saturday, a group of volunteers will distribute 1000 air purifiers to people who were affected by that recent martinez refinery fire. community members and volunteers from healthy martinez and 350 martinez. they are all handing out air purifiers to those who live in the mountain view and vine hill neighborhoods. the neighborhoods surrounding the refinery. organizers are handing t

. >> sarah, it is cold here in ghana sierra. but i'll tell you, it is a chilly night.e get the frost advisories freeze warnings, all of that's in effect overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. but you know what? all the recent snow has really improved the snow pack across the sierra. now we're actually above average in the northern sierra still work at some deficits for the central and southern sierra. but we're getting there right. and we have more snow in the forecast. ski report, some heavenly. they're very happy. the skiers are delighted as we have not only 57 inches at the summit, but 7 inches of new snow. and so it goes resort after resort palisades reporting. lots trails lifts open and 17 inches of new snow. so it's fabulous. daytime temperatures across across lake tahoe. chilly enough to keep that snow from melting. so in the 30's to low 40's and yes, what the sierra forecast shows a lot of sunshine for tomorrow and the next and the next day. and then things will start to change even as a change here in the bay area. bay bridge on this side. well, again, it's

she next to africa and is in ghana is the first first lady to speak to a foreign which no one really knows and does a number of other global ambassador trips. then to your other point, china in 1972, this is a huge deal. president nixon with the help henry kissinger, they kind of help reestablish relations between communist china and our country. pat, by the way, has to fight to go on this trip, she says, i'm putting my name on the list because haldeman, the chief of staff, who i'm sure we'll talk about, did not really want pat to go or anywhere in to go on this trip. and pat as she does forcefully with haldeman now and then says, i will be going on this trip. and she goes and she is a huge hit with her panda diplomacy. so we talked about this earlier. so in one of the many dinners, the 12 course dinners they have with sal and ly, the chinese premier, she sees a tin of a cylindrical painted tin cigarets that has pandas on it. and she says, oh, i love meaning the pandas. and he says the premier says, well give you some. and she thought he meant just cigarets, but he means a pair of pa

apparently started an investigation into why she claims no one told her not to go on that infamous trip to ghanaad of the deadly firestorm. watch. >> it was going to be very, very short trip. over a weekend and two business days. although there were warnings that i frankly wasn't aware of, although there were warnings, i think our preparation it wasn't what it typical is. >> what dliewm are warnings you weren't aware of. i know we were talking about it on the news. >> it didn't reach that level to me to say something terrible could happen and maybe you shouldn't have gone on the trip. >> why did it happen? >> i don't know. that's one of the things we need to look at. >> the fire department is responding sternly to the mayor's claims she was not warned say the department fumbled all standard operating procedures quote prior to the palisades fire the lafd eghild separate media advisories, conducted multiple live and recorded media interviews about the predicted extreme fire weather and notified city officials about the upcoming weather event. the historic fires burned down entire neighborhoods for

mayor bass has been criticized for being overseas on a trip to ghana when the fires broke out. the mayor admitted it was a mistake, but blamed crowley for not alerting her to the high risk fire conditions. well, turning now to bay area weather and a live look across the oakland estuary. you can see it's a beautiful, clear day. you see the san francisco skyline over there in the background. and meteorologist mary rosemary oroczo is joining us now with a look at what the conditions are like. it was really a beautiful day today. >> and we're just getting started. gianna. yes, it feels a little bit like spring and going to feel a whole lot like spring moving forward just in time for your weekend. here is a look at a beautiful sky. we've got just some high, wispy clouds out there. may have a little bit of fog joining us tomorrow morning, but the nice thing about these afternoon highs will many nice things. but that means our overnight lows will be coming up as well. and i'll show you that in the extended forecast. let's focus on the here and now where we do have a lot of blue sky ou

bass herself under scrutiny for traveling to ghana the weekend before the firestorm broke out. bass, saying she would not have taken that trip if she was properly warned about the danger. fox's christina christina gonzalez reports on today's shakeup. >> was the president of the fire commission telling chief crowley to do an after action report on the fires? the fire chief refused. we all know that a thousand firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke were instead sent home on chief crowley's watch. >> angry criticism coming in from the city's firefighter union. >> we are outraged at the termination of fire chief crowley. period. and our opinion. chief crowley is being made a scapegoat, and she's being terminated for telling the truth. >> as in speaking publicly about budget cuts affecting deployment during the devastating palisades fire to our own. >> fire department needs to be properly funded. >> and it's not. >> it's not at this point. >> the fire department was not cut. i have done two budgets in my time here, in both budgets. the budget was in

bass also faced criticism for being in ghana when the fire started. she's defending herself, saying that she stayed in contact and required to return as quickly as possible. a federal judge has now cleared the way for the trump administration to complete its dismantling of usaid. usaid. in a ruling friday, the judge determined the trump team could continue placing thousands of foreign aid workers on leave and said that the unions representing the workers failed to demonstrate how the sweeping personnel changes would cause the agency irreparable harm. with me now is michael moore, cnn legal analyst and partner at moore hall here in atlanta. good to have you in. glad to be with you. is this a surprise? >> i don't really think it's a. >> surprise that much, frankly. i mean. >> these cases. >> if you see this sort of fast pace and they're getting in front of judges fairly quickly. and so these are injunctions. and so there are certain things that the parties have to show for an injunction. you've got to show you're the right people to complain. you have t

mayor bass was in ghana when the flames broke out, and criticized the department for failing to warneather conditions. she also says crowley sent firefighters home when they could have been on the front lines. crowley, meanwhile, criticized the city for underfunding the department. >> we took a $17 million budget cut. the fire department needs help. we do not have enough firefighters. >> we all know that a thousand firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke were instead sent home on chief crowley's watch. these actions required her removal. >> retired lafd chief deputy ronnie villanueva will take the role of interim fire chief for the time being. and back here in the bay area, some good news about the environmental impacts of the moss landing battery plant. fire. soil, sediment and water testing in santa cruz county show there are no elevated metal levels related to fire. the county says there is also no sign of any public health or food safety concerns. those results are consistent with similar tests taken more than a week ago in the east bay. a two yea

mayor bass was in ghana when the flames broke out, and criticized the department for failing to warner of the dangerous fire weather conditions. she also says crowley sent firefighters home when they could have been on the front lines. crowley, meanwhile, criticized the city for underfunding the department. >> we took a $17 million budget cut. the fire department needs help. we do not have enough firefighters. >> we all know that a thousand firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke were instead sent home on chief crowley's watch. these actions required her removal. >> retired lafd chief deputy ronnie villanueva will take the role of interim fire chief for the time being. back here in the bay area, some good news about the environmental impacts of the moss landing battery plant. fire. soil, sediment and water testing in santa cruz county show there are no elevated metal levels related to the fire. the county says there is also no sign of any public health or food safety concerns. the results are consistent with similar tests that were taken more than a w