anthony ruffin and johnny miller join me now. thank you both for being here. your story is so powerful and moving to me. i'm so glad that both of you are here to share it, because anthony, you are face to face with homeless individuals. every single day. and i wonder now, did it ever occur or did you ever think that you might end up in that same situation? >> well, i always knew that i was a sickness or a tragedy away from being homeless myself. um, so that's why i give to the homeless population the way i give to the homeless population, because i understand that people are just a paycheck away or a crisis away from being homeless themselves. um, and they need somebody there to help them guide them through the process. so i'm there all the time to help with that process. >> i mean, the strength that you have to devoting yourself and you way you speak reminds me of that phrase. but for the grace of god go i. knowing how vulnerable so many people are, not only in this economy, but in life, and you have been devoting yourself to others even when you have just lo

anthony ruffin and johnny miller join me now. thank you both for being here. your story is so powerful and moving to me. i'm so glad that both of you are here to share it, because, anthony, you are face to face with homeless individuals. every single day. and i wonder now, did it ever occur or did you ever think that you might end up in that same situation? >> well, i always knew that i was a sickness or a tragedy away from being homeless myself. um, so that's why i give to the homeless population the way i give to the homeless population, because i understand that people are just a paycheck away or a crisis away from being homeless themselves. um, and they need somebody there to help them guide them through the process. so i'm there all the time to help with that process. >> i mean, the strength that you have to devoting yourself and you way you speak reminds me of that phrase. but for the grace of god go i. knowing how vulnerable so many people are, not only in this economy, but in life, and you have been devoting yourself to others even when you have just l

. >> well, anthony ruffin, johnny miller, it's no wonder that a great place to be had such great people there as well, like yourselves. thank you so much. and thank you all for watching. more coverage after this. >> it's thursday, january 16th right now on cnn this morning. >> i hope this is the final chapter in the living hell. >> cautiously optimistic. that's the feeling for the families of hostages held by hamas. but minutes ago, the cease fire hostage deal, release deal facing a new hurdle. >> plus, it's been the highest honor of my life to lead you as commander in chief. >> a lifetime of service. president biden saying goodbye to his final warning as he leaves office and later. >> i need to know that you would tell the president no testing loyalty. >> democrats want to know will the president elect's pick for attorney general do his bidding and prosecute his enemies? all right. it is 5 a.m. here on the east coast live. look at capitol hill on this thursday morning. good morning everyone. i'm kasie hunt, it's wonderful to have you with us in israel, in gaza and across the middle eas

. >> well, anthony ruffin, johnny miller, it's no wonder that a great place to be had such great people there as well, like yourselves. thank you so much. and thank you all for watching. more coverage after this. >> outfront next, live from malibu, where red flag warnings are in effect, crews are now battling hotspots here, like one that just flared up right where we are building up in flames. plus, we tracked down this van. it is still there while everything else around it burned to the ground. how did it survive? also breaking this hour, israel and hamas agreeing to a cease fire deal. some of the hostages expected to be released include the father of an american-israeli hostage, possibly on that list. his father is my guest. let's go out front. and good evening. i'm erin burnett, live from malibu tonight. out front this evening, the breaking news in this race against time at this hour, crews are rushing to locate and extinguish parts of the palisades fire that are still burning. strong winds fueling the flames that have so far killed at least 25 people, confirmed just moments ago as w