ali rogin has more on what it is, and how to avoid it.butchering investment scams have exploded over the last few years. named for the practice of farmers fattening hogs before slaughter, the scheme often starts with a simple "hi" or a seemingly innocent wrong number text on messaging platforms like whatsapp. before they catch on, victims can lose hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars. in 2023 alone, americans reported losing $4.6 billion to investment schemes. and it's not just the targets that are being harmed. the imposters on the other end of the line are often human trafficking victims forced to run the scheme by large crime syndicates in asia. erin west is a former deputy district attorney in santa clara county, california. erin, thank you so much for being here. how did these schemes play out and what sort of psychological tactics do these scammers use to trick people? erin: the way victims are usually contacted is they receive what appears to be a wrong number text. and those have gotten increasingly clever. they're d

go, ali."t really is just a fun night for all those really who know ali and love her and, of course, people just within the comedy community here in san francisco, like you said, not a lot of shout outs, but punchline do shows six nights a week and they have comedians locally and from across the country. they're a cool and historic venue in the city. >> a favorite spot of dave chappelle. >> very true. >> thank you. >>> vern. >> well, no comedy with the 9ers. straight ahead in sports, changes started tonight on the 49er coaching staff and what the players were saying today after an abrupt end to the season. >>> after five decades and so much history in oakland, the a's are getting ready to play ball in west sacramento, but tonight it was all about getting to know their temporary home. a's players were hanging out courtside at the sacramento kings game and say they're ready to embrace change. >> i think we're looking forward to building on our existing fan base to establishing a new fan base in a

go, ali."t really is just a fun night for all those really who know ali and love her and, of course, people just within the comedy community here in san francisco, like you said, not a lot of shout outs, but punchline do shows six nights a week and they have comedians locally and from across the country. they're a cool and historic venue in the city. >> a favorite spot of dave chappelle. >> very true. >> thank you. >>> vern. >> well, no comedy with the 9ers. straight ahead in sports, changes started tonight on the 49er coaching staff and what the players were saying today after an abrupt end to the season. touches of black. they say a lot without having to say much. they stand for elegance. refinement. and prestige. even a little can go a long way. and though they're darker than the darkest night. they make you see everything in a new light. the kia x-line nightfall collection. ♪♪ (wife) saving for retirement was tough enough. (husband) and navigating markets can be challenging at times. (fishe

couple of other things i would mention, ali. a hint of scandal around jimmy carter for his entire life. he was screw pew louse making sure that his peanut farm wouldn't intrude on whatever he was doing as president. something that unfortunately we're seeing move to the opposite end as we approach the presidency of donald trump. which is basically a grifting operation. the second is that he really pioneered a role for the vice president that was a much more robust and significant one. the contrast with how lbj treated hue bert humphry and how jimmy carter dealt with and had a partnership with walter mondale began a different era and it's something that we saw carried out ahead with vice presidents under, you know, other presidents that followed jimmy carter. this was a man who really did an awful lot of good things as president that somehow got lost in part because of the caricature, the rabid bunny-chasing after him in the canoe, the unfortunate failure in the desert and trying to rescue the hostages in iran. the sweater he wore

ali? >> nbc news correspondent dana griffin, thank you for that great reporting. >>> and turning now back to washington, where former president jimmy carter has been laid to rest at his home in plains, georgia. it comes after yesterday's service at washington national cathedral where the 39th president was honored for his life of public service. nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell has more. ♪♪ >> reporter: the passing of a president offers a rare moment of national reflection. stirring traditions played out to honor the life of jimmy carter. ♪♪ ♪ amazing grace ♪ >> reporter: the 39th president brought together decades of his successors. their interactions setting aside conflicts and personalities. one handshake ended nearly four years of no contact between former vice president pence and the president he served. and mr. obama and mr. trump engaged in conversation. in his eulogy, president biden praised carter's example of leadership. >> strength of character is more t

i'm ali velshi.just watched as the motorcade carrying late president jimmy carter travel from americus, georgia, through his hometown of plains to nearby boyhood home of archery. the motorcade is making its journey to atlanta where carter will lie in repose at the carter presidential center until tuesday morning before his body makes its way to washington, d.c. next week. and we will follow these movements throughout the day. but we begin this hour with the latest from capitol hill where republicans have now officially taken control of both the house and the senate as the 119th congress gavelled into session yesterday. republicans got off to a much smoother start this time around than they did two years ago when the house was brought to a standstill for days because of a bitter and protracted battle for the speakership. kevin mccarthy ultimately won that election after 15 rounds of voting, but he would be booted from the chair just 269 days later. the third shortest tenure in speakership history. his

ali? i'm glad we're discussing it. >> it's giving papa smurf and ia2 hour show just like yours. >> so now i just got to. i got to face off with michael. i feel like i've done many times, but i. there you go. you're looking good, my friend. you're looking good. >> you know. it's 420. ali happy 420. >> to all that celebrate. totally. is that changes the whole game. very interesting. there's perogi. hey, pierogi. who is pierogi? pierogi is kyle's dog. kyle's dog. he came in to visit. >> he was in the control room. >> i just wanted to reinforce. i like puppies, too. >> that show was brat. wait. he said that show was black? no, he said brat. oh, brat. >> well, it was brat and black. good morning. ali. >> wait, i didn't. that was too fast. i wasn't in frame yet, am i? yeah, this is good watching. >> i want to see him saunter into frame. >> ali, we don't have any champs for you. oh. >> byob. this is a much larger bottle than the one you had, so let's just see himself on national television. >> oh

what's going on here. >> ali: oh, my! why would you do that to me! oh, my god! bollywood movie. >> kelly: singing in different languages is harder to get the dialect, the tone, how they speak it. >> ali: it was v very specific and bollywood danances abouthe show and the color and the jingling. >> kelly: you are well-rounded. you are serious actor. what! jon, he was recently the start of a video. it wasn't so much jon himself as it was a cutout of him and it was a song called "i saw jan -- i saw jon hamm at the beach" from a band called loose bun. i can't say your name. i love that you are that inspiring on a beach. >> jon: the story goes that guy walked by me on the beach and two days later somebody texted me and said have you heard of this? it was this song. he put it on spotify or youtube. i was like, no and i looked at it. wait a minute. is that the dude that walked by me on the beach? >> kelly: that's a powerful news. living your life. >> jon: any time music cardboard cutout of me i get paid. >> kelly: exactly. let's do a few commercials. >> hi, kelly. hi, e

way too early with ali. vitali is coming up next. >> in june of 2020, then-president trump directed former secretary of defense mark esper to shoot protesters in the legs in downtown d.c, an order. secretary esper refused to comply with. would you carry out such an order from president trump? >> senator, i was in the washington, dc national guard unit that was in lafayette square during those. >> would you carry out an order to shoot protesters in the legs? i saw 50 secret service agents to get injured by rioters trying to jump over the fence, set a church on fire and destroy. that sounds to me that you will comply with such an order. you will shoot protesters in the in the leg. >> that was defense secretary nominee pete hegseth getting grilled by senator mazie hirono of hawaii yesterday, one of several big moments from the four hours he spent before the senate armed services committee. >> the question is, did he do enough to convince republican lawmakers that he's qualified for the job? ahead, winds across

where's ali, where's ali? ali said there's no wind here. ever. ever. ali is out there and other locations up in the oakland hills. it's been rocking and rolling. no doubt there are some significant differences. palo alto with no breeze is 41 yet. san jose airport is 56. so i mean, san francisco is 58. still pretty good little breeze. and it's no doubt for most offshore for most. i mean, travis been up to 35mph sfo, east wind, hayward. east wind livermore. east wind, san jose and sea. north to 23. that's holding their temp up for sure. wind advisory till ten, i think. after early afternoon we'll start to see wind speeds come down. some they already have, but it's all about southern california. my goodness. i mean it's just even on the beach 40mph in the hills. still 65 to 90 clear. breezy for us. not as bad as yesterday. it will be mild to warm. we get that east northeast breeze. so temperatures well above average here with 60s mid 60s to upper 60s. all right. sal is here. 531 we begin with we begin with oakland. >> we have a problem in oakland, steve.

i'm ali vitali.esterday talking to a woman in california who just found out that she lost her home because of the raging wild fires going across l.a. county. more than 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate because of the fast-moving flames there. so far officials say more than 2,000 homes, businesses and other buildings have been damaged or destroyed and at least five people are dead. we'll have more on that just ahead. >>> but first, here in washington, former president jimmy carter will be laid to rest today following a week of state funeral events both here in d.c. and in his home state of georgia. president biden has declared today as a national day of mourning. the 39th president has been honored by lying in state in the u.s. capital rotunda which is expected to end at 7:00 a.m. today. then at 9:00 a.m. a.m.:00 a.m., pekt will depart for washington cathedral. president bide listen deliver a eulogy in honor of carter, something he asked of biden before his death. in attendance will be first

i'm ali vitali.eet with senate republicans tomorrow as he repairs to take office later this month. according to the hill trump will be on capitol hill with the invitation of senate republican leadership and comes as trump pushes the party to his republican agenda with one single reconciliation package instead of breaking it up into two smaller bills. joining us now politics reporter for the online news site reese norman. you've done some reporting around the chatter of is it one bill, is it two bills. talk about how it coalesced around one bill and all the stuff they're going to try to shove into it. >> basically, the house just doesn't have the ability it seems like to pass two bills at the moment. and there's also some confusion -- i mean trump realized that, mike johnson's really been pushing they want one bill. so sunday and monday morning it seemed like this is going to be one bill. trump then kind of threw some confusion at it saying he's open to two bills now. now there's people who don't know

i'm ali vitali.ly seen me on the campaign trail or chasing elected officials and breaking down whatever craziness is going on. it has been a dream realized getting to be a political reporter these last nearly ten years and now i'm thrilled to take over here on "way too early," where we'll keep doing what i've always done, take over the big stories in washington, take you behind the scenes with deeply sourced reporting and bring policy and politics to life. help you figure out why it matters to you. so you're ready to head out the door or log into your laptop with everything you need to know to hit the ground running. with that, we'll start with the news. >>> today marks a somber and historic day in the nation's capitol. first, it was four years ago today since the january 6, 2021 attack on the u.s. capitol led by a mob of donald trump supporters who tried to violently stop the congressional certification of president biden's 2020 election win. in response, election officials in washington and on capi

i'm ali vitali.ident-elect trump's pick for secretary of state and congresswoman elyce stefanik, trump's choice for u.n. ambassador will both have their senate confirmation hearings next week. the process is heating up as hearings for some of trump's other picks are also on the calender including controversial choice pete hegseth next tuesday and sean duffy on january 15th. robert f. kennedy jr. for hhs secretary and tulsi gabbard who's been tapped to lead america's intelligence agencies have not yet had their confirmation hearing dates announced. committees can't really set a hearing date, though, until lawmakers have reviewed all necessary materials. attorney general pick pam bondi's hearing will be delayed for exactly that reason. the senate judiciary committee said they're still waiting for her background information. senator chuck grassly said the snag will likely push her hearing back for a week. and president-elect trump will be here today to pay respects to jimmy carter. and trump expected to

ali. >> i hope you got some r&r plan for this weekend, because this has been one week of news. >> ali, i have a five and seven year old and so, so, so for several years you will not actually have any r&r in the weekend. >> sorry i brought that up. we'll talk about a 2030. yes, exactly. well have have a good few hours at least ahead of you now. and a good weekend, friend. >> have a great show. >> we do have breaking news tonight. firefighters are still racing to fight those wildfires burning across the greater l.a. area at this hour. our affiliate, wnbc is reporting that the palisades fire is showing new signs that it is growing due to shifting winds. aerial firefighting teams are dropping water on the flames. the calmer winds tonight are not forcing those crews to land, which is a good thing. the santa ana winds are forecast, however, to pick up again on sunday or monday. officials are confirming that the wildfires have killed at least 11 people, but admit that the real death toll is unkno

. >> okay, ali, i'm going to be the outlier between these two planners here. i've had a long policy. i've thought about this over the years. you know, instead of tying a new year's resolution to a certain time of year, i've always said, if you want to do something, just do i. don't wait till the start of the year to do it, because in my mind, then once it's no longer the new year anymore, i feel a little less committed to it. if it's tied to a time of year. sure. so that's just my thing. >> me yes. going to ask? i don't make resolutions, okay? >> i don't do it. i don't know if i'll ever change that. i just don't do it. >> you get a lot done though anyway, so i try to, i try to, but i'm going to try to do better. >> well, here's something else to new year's. does it mean you clean out the house? i mean, just physically you're home, clean out the house, make some change. it, greg. >> you don't i did. you already know. you already do. you're perfect. that's great. dave. yeah, i'm a no. >> i'm a no on that. >> i mean, he's been our house. i sort of feel this way.

i'm ali vitali. elect donald trump's pick to head the department of defense, pete hegseth, will appear before the senate armed services committee. the former fox news host and veteran is among the most controversial of trump's picks, with multiple allegations and scandals coming to light since he was announced for the position late last year. members of the committee huddled for a briefing on the fbi background check into hegseth yesterday. after the briefing, senator jack reed, the committee's ranking member, says he looks forward to hearing directly from hegseth himself. >> well, it raises significant questions, and that's the purpose of our hearing tomorrow to ask thoughtful questions and to give him the opportunity to respond. and we've very well, i hope, prepared to be balanced and objective as possible and to get answers that will bear on his ability to be the secretary of defense. >> but then there's this. nbc news reports that the contents of the report may be lacking. the fbi's security chec

james. >> ali. good morning.than 20 firefighters from oakland are now down in southern california this morning. they are on the front lines of the eaton fire, trying to do what they can to help those crews in la who have been at this for several days now. they've been there since about wednesday evening. and they say with the idea of santa ana winds picking back up again today, tonight and tomorrow, there's still no telling how soon until they all get to go home, but that not really the top of mind for them. not really the priority at this time. they're kind of giving us an idea now of what they've been going through since being there. they say they are in 24 hour shifts each day. they make plans on how to either evacuate people, prepare homes that are still standing, or how to clear out some of those hotspots before winds pick back up again. so far, they say, what they're seeing is awful, truly devastating. >> just to drive city blocks and see nothing standing, nothing remaining. and that is incredibly hard and

i'm ali vitali.d the department of defense, will face senators at a confirmation hearing tomorrow, kicking off a week of action on confirmations on capitol hill. senators roger wicker of mississippi and jack reed of rhode island. the two head lawmakers on the senate armed services committee received texas fbi background check on friday. two sources tell nbc news the 25 member committee does not necessarily need to review his background check to proceed with the nomination hearing, but two committee sources familiar with the process said it was unprecedented that the report took this long to get to the panel's members. democrats on the panel have been frustrated by the delay and suggest the report may not be thorough, but they say they'd prefer to see it before this hearing tomorrow regardless. a spokesperson for the fbi declined to comment. hegseth, a veteran and former fox news host, has faced multiple controversies and allegations since he was announced as trump's defense secretary pick. he's met w

oakland congresswoman barbara lee registered ali for oakland. mayor 2025 campaign finance committee with the secretary of state's office. now, a spokesman for lee says she'll announce later this week if she's actually going to run for mayor of

. >> i'm ali bauman in new york city, where a first in the nation plan to decrease traffic while raisingillions starts sunday over fierce objections. >>> medals of freedom. 19 recipients honored today in the president's final ceremony. >>> and later, from peanuts to power. cbs' nikole killion on the trailblazer from plains. >> you didn't know who he was. >> nobody had any idea. people would say the guy who farms or the peanut guy, and there's a conversation about who he is and what he stands for. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka duncan. >>> good evening and thank you so much for joining us this saturday. the little town of plains, georgia, led the nation today as we began six days of mourning, honoring, and celebrating jimmy carter, the 39th president of the united states. carter, who died last sunday at the age of 100 is lying in repose tonight at the carter center in atlanta. the public will be paying respects until tuesday. a state funeral will be held thursday in washington, and then he'll be buried later that day in plains. mark strassman rep

this ali was 6.55. make a joke.number mills on wheels is putting its diablo region headquarters building in walnut creek, up for sale. now. >> they have outgrown that building. they can no longer accommodate their staff in it. so they're going to be selling it. they have been operating up a temporary office space since the building was damaged in a fire back in 2022. and they finally reached a settlement with their insurance company. they decided to sell the headquarters. meals on wheels will continue to operate from its temporary space until it gets a permanent new location. it's 6.56. and coming up next, teams hit 3 oakland businesses overnight and some of the store owners are not even surprised about what happened. >> and there's a new scam targeting the hispanic community. and we're going to tell you what it is and how they get you to turn over a very sensitive information. don't be fooled. and a dense fog advisory is in effect this morning. you can see what we're under here from the shot the clouds and fog. and

ali. it's just so important. i will just say manhattan, the number of acres that have burned is comparable to all of manhattan to have burned down, plus some and much of it in urban areas where people live, where people think it's not going to come to me, and then they get these calls in the middle of the night, they have to evacuate. >> so we're our hearts are with them. but so is our reporting. thanks, guys. you have a good day. we'll see you tomorrow morning. and velshi starts now. good morning. saturday, january the 11th. it's a tough morning. we're going to continue with the catastrophic wildfires in california. they've incinerated now about 58mi!s of the greater los angeles area. officials say, based on infrared imaging, at least 12,000 structures have been destroyed. and when i say destroyed, you have to see some of these images. these are not partially destroyed. this looks like a war zone. more than 180,000 people have been displaced from their homes through mandatory evacuations. many are voluntarily ev

ali the owner. thank you. >> hello. how are you? are we just asking questions or are we -- have you prepared anything to say or should we go into questions here >> whatever questions you have. >> okay. >> who wants to start. i will be interested in hearing what went on during our inspector's visit this left time and why they were denied entry and one was denied after that? >> because was new years special we had a private family event was not open to the public or anything and i did mention only family nobody from the public is allowed go inside. so here is had i'm restling with, ali, we have two duties here 21 promote night life and make sure it fleurishes in san francisco the other to make sure this operators do have the responsibility of having live [♪music♪], which, might seem like a small thing but brings issues we see every day. right. crowds. noise issues. public safety issues, et cetera . it is our job to make sure the people that we grant permits to will take that permit and be responsible. with the permit. right. it is qui

rollers. >> muhammad ali, larry holmes in las vegas.here was excitement. people were coming from all over the world, not just america. >> if larry gets lazy with his left jab, which he's been known to do, he vegas was paying more. >> they would not negotiate the madison square garden and people like that, because they wanted to be known as the place to be. that's it. >> they stopped the fight at tko. >> boxing became another form of entertainment in las vegas. if there was a title fight, it was going to be here and you knew you were getting people who spend money. >> i would see at those fights the most beautiful women i've ever seen in my life, wearing designer dresses, $60,000 furs. you never saw them at a show. they only went to the fights. there was something about the fights that drew this crowd up. >> any sport like that is amazing. for the entertainment capital of the world. they come and they gamble and they spend money where normally you would never get that many people with that much interest in something, as you do with boxin

wong won best stand-up comedian on television for netflix special ali wong, single lady at the golden globes in her acceptance speech, wong took the time to thank or san francisco routes and sandwiches, punchline comedy she also thanked molly smack from the comedy club. and more bay area news. we're talking about those that are headed to the coast. he urged to watch out for those sneaker waves. they can sweep across the beach without warning and pull people into the water. >> we do have a high surf advisory at the coast. the strong rip currents expected to continue through 04:00pm tomorrow for all of our beaches, especially those facing northwesterly. so something to consider if you do happen to plan, heading out to the coast today on what will eventually be a beautiful afternoon. got to get to some fog first, though, and there is some pockets of dense fog in there. it's really of dried into the bay. there. you can see the very top of suture tower sticking up through it. so just watch out for that. as you do get out there now. a huge switch up from the past couple months. really north

ali rasmus, ktvu, fox two news. >> thank you ali. also today, congress is gathering to certify the 2024 presidential election results. that event is now designated as a national security event following the attack on the capitol in 2021 as congress met to certify the election of president biden. fox's rebecca castro reports from capitol hill congress gathering today to certify president elect trump's victory. >> but for many, the legacy of january 6th looms large over today's proceedings. tight security around the nation's capitol a reminder of what happened here four years ago, as supporters of president trump stormed the capitol looking to stop congress from certifying the election of president joe biden, president elect trump himself faced charges in connection with efforts to overturn the election results. those charges were dropped following his victory in november. this time around, it's expected to be business as usual. >> it's a day that that most of our history we took for granted in the sixth, but i hope we never take it fo

ali rasmus, ktvu, fox two news. thank you. >> ali. gorgeous blue skies behind ali there in alameda. that's pretty much the story for the entire bay area. according to our meteorologist steve paulson. >> that is true. i am seeing wind speeds picking up a lot though, in malibu. just so you know, malibu hills, 53mph on the beach, 32 in malibu, 45. and about 50 up in the san gabriel mountains. there's a couple of things here to talk about. one will be not yet, but this will be sunday, monday and tuesday. there will be an arctic plunge that will do this and do this, and it will be brutal. there will be some incredible wind chills and cold temps. some of the ten day outlooks then kind of follow up with one a little bit more this way. now, you know we'll see. but we could be getting in on a little bit of colder air, more so than what we've had. unfortunately, there just does not look to be anything that says, hey, you're going to get rain. 29 boulder creek, hollister, campbell, lafayette, fairfax, saratoga, stanford and danville, all between 29 and 34 degrees this morning. there were a lot

ali rasmus, ktvu, fox two news. >> ali, thank you. next, remembering the 14 people killed in new orleans in a new year's day attack. the message from president biden as he met with grieving families. also, we're following a developing story out of china. a strong earthquake turns deadly. what we know about the damage so far. [music] >> and a beautiful view of blue skies over san francisco. no fog to speak of today has to do with all that wind out there. i'll have a look at what we can expect moving forward into the next couple of day as ell as car ramming attack in new orleans. the president and first lady honored the 14 people who were killed by visiting the memorial site and attending an interfaith prayer service. caroline elliott has more from new orleans. >> shock and pain is still so very raw. >> president biden offered condolences and words of solace during an interfaith prayer service in new orleans. >> new orleans defines strength and resilience. this city and its people get back up. that's the spirit of america as well. >> af

. >> okay, ali, i'm going to be the outlier between these two planners here. i've had a long policy. i've thought about this over the years. you know, instead of tying a new year's resolution to a certain time of year, i've always said, if you want to do something, just do i. don't wait till the start of the year to do it, because in my mind, then once it's no longer the new year anymore, i feel a little less committed to it. if it's tied to a time of year. sure. so that's just my thing. >> me yes. going to ask? i don't make resolutions, okay? >> i don't do it. i don't know if i'll ever change that. i just don't do it. >> you get a lot done though anyway, so i try to, i try to, but i'm going to try to do better. >> well, here's something else to new year's. does it mean you clean out the house? i mean, just physically you're home, clean out the house, make some change. it, greg. >> you don't i did. you already know. you already do. you're perfect. that's great. dave. yeah, i'm a no. >> i'm a no on that. >> i mean, he's been our house. i sort of feel this way.

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ali? it's giving papa smurf and ia2 hour show just like yours. >> so now i just got to. i got to face off with michael. i feel like i've done many times, but i. there you go. you're looking good, my friend. you're looking good. >> you know. it's 420. ali happy 420. >> to all that celebrate. totally. is that changes the whole game. very interesting. there's perogi. hey,

and ali, you know republicans say the proposed budget. it's fiscally irresponsible. a famil grieving after a father was shot and killed early in the morning. new year's eve. the guy was just trying to go to work. >> another homicide in the city of oakland has the numbers don't even begin to tell the whole story. >> whaley bernstein was husband and a father of 2 young children. he went to work in west oakland early tuesday morning, but instead became the latest victim of gun violence. i spoke with his mother, leah, who just can't understand why anyone would want to kill the hardworking young family man. >> problem them. who father, legacy newly the little hole in their hearts. thinker. don't that's a choice. it's a choice. >> oakland police are investigating and so far have not named any suspects. the family has started a gofundme page and it's on our website at kron 4 dot com. now at 5, a couple's been arrested after police say they would drive from central california to the bay to sell drugs. here's what officers >> say they found when they served search warrants. p

i think this is just a commission to their suffering and grievances as new thompson ali, the role in bug sent that to human rights that he was a speaking to us from. come paula, now into bets, off to shots, freezing conditions and difficult terrain. all complicating rescue efforts of the an us quite killed at least a 126 people. the chinese officials say hundreds of people are trapped tuesdays us click on the trim is but followed is reduced thousands of homes to revel. this is the moment the quake struck just 75 kilometers from mount everest. the world's highest mountain struggles, the border between china, pull the quite kid close to the city of sic got say, in the chinese autonomous region of tibet. rescue is what quickly on the scene as china, as president g, mobilize them all out effort trim is also rattled the net police capital cut man, do 400 kilometers from the epi center fluid and cause i was sleeping when it happened was that the bed was shaking, you know, i felt my child was moving the bed, but then the windows tottered, moving, and 9 stood. it was an earthquake about it.

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ali rasmus, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right ali thank you. time now. 707 today, president biden will deliver his farewell address to the nation. the president's speech from the oval office is scheduled for 5:00 this evening. in remarks that just came out this morning, he tells the nation, quote, i ran for president because i believe that the soul of america was at stake. the very nature of who we are was at stake. and that is still the case, unquote. president biden will fly out of washington, dc next monday at noon. it will mark the end of his more than 50 year career in politics as hearings for president elect trump's cabinet nominees continue today, it appears one of mr. trump's most controversial cabinet nominees will be able to earn enough support from the senate. >> former fox news host and military veteran pete hegseth faced four hours of questioning during his first hearing. he is the president elect's choice to run the pentagon. democrats grilled hegseth over accusations of sexual assault, alcohol abuse and financial mismanagement. >

they knew that this is a way of getting concessions that ali is suggesting that those concessions, web acceptable, did they get the concessions that they wanted? do you think so? i don't think exactly know what happened in the 2 hours where the session was, was stopped, and a bose was it was good enough, but let's not get into into too many uh, grinding or de pays. we all know and, and i think the other guests have said that we all know that things have drastically changed since september, october last year, which is the lowest that has by the state. go with the, the sheet that the task and see that in the south by accepting a ceasefire that is actually more than lucy's fire. i mean, with all venturing here into the phase of hezbollah, have to really be much more flexible in this election like any other political force. and i agree that somebody's also have to be convinced, but yes, it has by the went to the session with the law is that the president will be elected and that this presence with diesels at hall. now the rest is optics and the cm talking measures and successful model give

>> well, it begins precisely with what you just said, ali, it's the acknowledgment that we are all in this fight together. solidarity will be the watch word. if you look at people who have struggled against authoritarian tyrants, people like vladimir putin or franco or mussolini, it's always been solidarity that people put themselves in other people's shoes and say what can we do to help, whether it's raising money for legal defense, whether it is speaking out forcefully as sergeant ganell did in this morning's "new york times" in a beautiful piece about what it's like to live through this period as a police officer who defended members of congress against this violence and now sees donald trump coming back into power based on a whitewash and this lying historical revisionism about what took place. but we've got to tell the truth, however we can, and then we've got to stand up for justice and the rule of law. >> right before the show started i was talking to my colleagues on "the weekend" they were talking about the fact that donald trump hosted a screening of a movie about john eastm

thank you so much for all of that ali, thank you. or or we go back is and he's very political commentator. he says how mos recognizes israel's weakness and wants to leverage it for its own interests. and life needs to make a deal because if it doesn't make a deal, any claim it might make for authority over guys. once the war ends will be a dubious one. and that's how much needs to be recognized as the party that makes the deal with it. as well, but how much is also recognizing the israel has reached to some extent, the end of its ro, israel's handling of these negotiations has always been subject to domestic politics and nothing more. this isn't about whether it will be allowed to remain on the 3rd day in the philadelphia car door or in the positions it has staked out for itself in the middle of the strip or any other kind of factual question. it's an old ben via our national security minister and made this abundantly clear when he stipulated that his one condition for remaining and the governing coalition is simply that the war cont

ali promptly grabbed it, lit it on fire, and held it up to the to the crowd.ichael still has what's left of it. it's a great story, and we're hoping that we're going to find a photographer that either was shooting in the direction of our unknown photographer and help us to identify them. >> but as of now, the best clue we have of who this photographer might be is this reflection caught there in the center of this plate glass window, you can make out a silhouette and the silhouette looks looks feminine to me. >> it looks like a person with fine features. there are some bracelets. it looks like a loose fitting garment. but that's all we have. >> it's a journey that has taken years. but in order for all of these to be shown in a collection to the public, ownership needs to be established. and so the identity and the story of this photographer can no longer stay in the shadows. >> my goal is really to try and keep it out of the basement of an institutional collector and share it with the world. >> delzell wants to create access for the public and for schools acros

ali rasmus live in our newsroom for the latest update here. ali. yeah. >> gasia the latest information. just about 20 minutes ago, we've been informed that aircraft have now returned to the skies over los angeles, able to fight this fire once again from the air and dump water on the complex of fires you just mentioned burning throughout los angeles county up until now. and for much of the morning, low visibility and high winds had grounded that fire fight from the air, forcing the more than 1400 firefighters tackling this disaster to fight the flames by land. only now the palisades, hurst, eaton and woodley fires all broke out just within the past 24 hours or so. in their latest update this morning, the la fire chief and other emergency responders confirmed at least two people have died and there is a, quote, high number of significant injuries to people who did not evacuate. more than a thousand structures have burned. the fires are all 0% contained. as firefighters struggle to contain the flames. los angeles leaders say it's been a, quote, immens

ali promptly grabbed it, lit it on fire, and held it up to the to the crowd.till has what's left of it. it's a great story, and we're hoping that we're going to find a photographer that either was shooting in the direction of our unknown photographer and help us to identify them. >> but as of now, the best clue we have of who this photographer might be is this reflection caught there in the center of this plate glass window, you can make out a silhouette and the silhouette looks looks feminine to me. >> it looks like a person with fine features. there are some bracelets. it looks like a loose fitting garment. but that's all we have. >> it's a journey that has taken years. but in order for all of these to be shown in a collection to the public, ownership needs to be established. and so the identity and the story of this photographer can no longer stay in the shadows. >> my goal is really to try and keep it out of the basement of an institutional collector and share it with the world. >> delzell wants to create access for the public and for schools across the na

so how does that go, ali? >> well, i'm sure there's concepts of a plan on how to pay for it. don't you think, joe? they're talking about this idea of, oh, we'll offset the spending. i've yet to see how they -- >> no, they won't. >> exactly. i've yet to see how they'll do it. you can't. >> the only way you can do it is you can cut medicare. you can cut medicaid. you can cut social security, and you can cut defense spending. i mean, i grew up on this stuff. this is why i ran for congress. you cannot cut $10 trillion unless you're going to slash social security and medicare. i don't see them doing that, and unless you're going to slash defense spending. and then you talk about additional -- massive tax cuts for billionaires and multinational corporations? this is not something -- i don't know how they get from here to there. >> we're going to watch them try. i mean, certainly the way they're going to attempt to do it, and you know this so well, is they're going to attempt to overshadow the right concerns about fi