amna: author and poet amanda gorman, thank you so much for making sure we are all turning towards the in these dark times. >> nice speaking with you, too. thank you. ♪ amna: be sure to watch washington week with the atlantic tonight on pbs. moderator jeffrey goldberg and his panel look at what to expect on monday when trump returns to the white house. geoff: on pbs news week and, nearly 75 years after a woman was executed for the soviet union, a recently declassified document has her son pushing the white house for an apology. i'm geoff bennett. amna: i'm amna nawaz. on behalf of the entire team, thank you for joining us and have a great weekend. >> major funding for the pbs news hour has been provided by -- the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends of the "news hour" including kathy and paul anderson and camilla and george smith. the walton family foundation, working for solutions to protect water during climate change so people and nature can thrive together. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporti

and amanda gorman shares her new poem about the california wildfires. >> this is the pbs news hour from the david m rubenstein studio in washington, and the u.s. walter cronkite school of journalism at nona -- arizona state university. >> countries and businesses around the world will be watching to see just how quickly president elect trump imposes new tariffs when he takes office and how steep those tariffs may be. pbs special correspondent in washington post columnist catherine rappel reports how some companies are already repairing -- preparing. >> this is one of our newer products made with our new comfort technology. >> when donald trump won in november, rick's first call was to china. >> called our major supplier, found out how many could take before they close for chinese new year. we bought 30,000 pair that day. >> trump threatened 60% tariffs on chinese made goods. which might include all the shoes his company sells. >> we import, distribute around the u.s., men's and boys issues. we call it affordable comfort fashion. >> shifting production here is not an option given labor c

i want to bring in a poet, amanda gorman. you all know who she is. amanda, you are from los angeles. and i know you have written a special poem, which you are going to which we are very excited that you are going to to read for us. but before we get to that, i just want to i mean, how are you seeing all what is going on, seeing this the images of of this city that that you were that you were, you know, you grew up in. what's what's it been like for you? >> oh, it's been heart wrenching. i'm actually in new york right now, just by an odd turn of fate. i was here for work, and then i started seeing all the news in los angeles. and it's just heartbreaking. i'm a proud pacific palisades resident. and so seeing neighborhoods and areas that i love torn to shreds, it's gutting. >> what you've what went into i mean, how how did you write this poem that that you were going to recite? i mean, what how do you go about doing that? >> oh, i mean, i let my heart break and i let it pour and i let it bleed. i think i had to write the poem because i myself am just try

and in our meet the moment conversation, poet amanda gorman shares her thoughts ahead of inauguration week. it's all ahead this sunday on meet the press. and you can watch meet the press right here on nbc bay area. these are the special guests. it begins at 8 a.m. this sunday. and here's what's coming up right now on our 6:00 news. there is progress down in l.a. county. thousands of firefighters continue to fight flames that have wiped out entire neighborhoods and killed at least ten people. we have the latest updates and a look at conditions as we head into the weekend. a local fire survivor has a message for families in los angeles, and her advice might resonate with you too. i'm chris kamara. that's next. we begin down in l.a. a heartbreaking week of destruction is coming to a close. but the l.a. wildfires are not showing signs of stopping so far. a series of fires has burned more than 30,000 acres and destroyed 12,000 structures. many of those homes, most of the destruction in the palisades fire, which is in pacific palisades, and the eaton fire, which is near pasadena and altaden

kat dennings, amanda gorman, glenn close and pamela anderson on america's number one daytime talk show just begun, huh? >> it's not terrifying at all. i think i know that this is going to end in a beautiful love story . >> now, from abc seven mornings. >> good morning. i'm amanda delcastillo from abc. seven mornings. let's get a look at traffic with gloria. good morning. we are tracking a couple of crashes this morning. the first one is over in mountain view. this is a motorcycle crash on southbound 101 before shoreline boulevard. there is heavy traffic in that area. they are blocking the two right lanes at this point. right now. and we also have another accident. this is in san francisco on northbound 101 before vermont street. this is a two vehicle crash is blocking the left lane and traffic is backed up to silver avenue. so if you drive in these areas, give yourself a little bit more time. because of these delays. amanda. all right. thank you. gloria. meteorologist drew tuma has your accuweather forecast after the break. good morning. i'm cindy bigelow. i hope this morning you do so