will host a tribute in honor of secretary austin. both farewell tributes will take place at the hall at joint base meyer hebderson hall and will be available to stream on defense.gov. with that, i'm happy to take your questions. reporter: thank, pat. can you clarify, so these helicopter, the 500 active duty troop, are still on standby. they've not been used at all right? >> correct. >> is there something else that california is asking for? are people looking ahead to reconstruction? it's just -- it seemed pretty odd that they've been struggling to fight these fires and haven't use aid decisional assets. general ryder: i won't speak for the state of california. they've increased the number of national guardsmen activated, up wards of 1,00 now. as sabrina highlighted friday we're doing everything we can to lean as far forward as we can to be prepared to support the needs of the lead federal agencies. as i'm sure you can appreciate, there are capabilities that california and fema are already employing. so these assets are available to b

as we enter the final days of the current administration, let me turn to secretary austin's schedule. he will attend president biden's foreign policy address at the state department. thursday, he will host the armed forces farewell tribute in honor of president biden in which the secretary will join senior department leaders, colleagues, and other dignitaries in saluting president biden for his distinguished public service career and tenure as our commander-in-chief. then friday, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will host an arms source -- armed forces farewell tribute. both tributes will take place at joint base minor henderson hall and will be available to stream on defense.gov. with that, i will be happy to take your questions. associate press, lead it. >> can you clarify, these 10 helicopters and the 500 active-duty troops are still on standby, right? maj. gen. ryder: correct. >> is there something else california is asking for? are people looking toward reconstruction? it seemed odd they have been struggling to fight these fires and haven't used these additional assets.

but i love austin. this is my second time being to austin. i once gave a political talk back in austin, but more than that, i was able to get frozen yogurt twice from tcby, and i couldn't do that back in new york. so that's my new austin thing. >> frozen yogurt tcby any frozen yogurt place in any city that harry's in, that's where you can find him. >> best friends in some capacity. >> you're close. >> we're close, we're close. we took my mom to see a movie, and i didn't even go. >> oh, okay. it is true. okay. >> it's true. i'm in the family. i'm in the family. >> we're all a band here. and speaking of bands, one of my favorites, we're going back to the childhood band. for me, a performance from the legendary r&b group. you may know them as new edition. i know them all as my boyfriends. when i was a teenager. here's a look at new edition's residency at wynn las vegas. come on y'all, clap your hands. >> now everybody just clap your hands to the people up top. clap your hands to the side in the middle. clap you like this man. mr.. telephone ain'

also coming up us defense secretary lloyd austin, meets for the last time with you friends, allies urging the incoming trump administration not to cut off military aid to keep the eye bring golf is good to have you. with this, we begin with the worst wildfire, as california has ever faced, thousands of firefighters are battling destructive blazes across the greater los angeles area. and they have not yet managed to bring the flames under control. the wind whipped fires or destroying homes and forcing residents to flee. at least 5 people are confirmed dead, and more than a 1000 buildings have been destroyed. fires rage in the hills across los angeles. as a highly comforter carrying water flies above the flames. in a few tile attempt to dump in the inferno fires in our burning and at least 5 different areas across the city and beyond. the latest in the heart of hollywood in the policy, it's a coastal region close to the malibu neighborhood. over a sizes and structures have been destroyed and the number is expected to rise. this was the 1st area to be ravaged by fire after the blaze broke ou

following the meeting secretary austin will have a conference. turning to the middle east today usn to command forces conducted multiple precision strikes against iranian backed houthi underground advanced conventional weapons facilities within houthi controlled areas of yemen. the houthis use these facilities conduct attacks against a u.s. navy ships in merced merchant vessels. this strikes stretch of parts and comes effort to degrade the iranian backed houthi attempts to threaten regional partners and vessels in the region. switching gears that on the transition the department intends to execute a smooth and professional transition at daily interactions with the present select agency review team. as the baby him today members have participated. hundred six meetings with dod officials in the transition task force has responded to 81 requests forof information. and last but she probably just saw the present governor newsom and other received a briefing on the devastating wildfires in southern california which the department continues to monitor.

also coming up on the program, lloyd austin is in germany on his last visit. as us defense secretary is due to meet with you cranes. allies on with president reload him, is zalinski to talk about basing up keeps military before the white house changes. hands and crowds gather in mos on beach capital is its main position. lee is ever tons from exile. he claims he's the president, but says he is ready for talks on a disputed election. the 95th is mckinnon. welcome to the program. a new fi i has broken house in the hollywood hills in los angeles, the threatening landmarks like the old, the fish where the oscar ceremony is to be held in a few weeks time. 5 fights has also fall. unable to contain several blazes raging across the los angeles area funding homes and forcing residents to flee. at least 5 people have died and more than a 1000 buildings have been destroyed at home after home, consumed by flames. fierce winds up and propelling the inferno here in all to dina, controlling the places has been near impossible. i've lived in this area for over 20 years and we

following the meeting, secretary austin will participate in a press conference. turning to the middle east, today, u.s. central command forces conducted multiple precision strikes against two iranian-backed houthi underground advanced conventional weapons storage facilities within houthi controlled arias of yemen. the houthi use these to conduct navy ships in the southern red sea and gulf of aden. this is part of the effort to degrade these attempts to threaten regional partners and military and commercial vessels in the region. switching gears, on the transition, the department continues to execute a smooth and professional transition with daily interactions with the president-elect's agency review team, or a.r.t. as of 8:00 a.m. "today," a.r.t. members have parties payed in 106 meetings with d.o.d. officials and the task force has responded to 81 requests for information, r.f.i.'s. finally, there were briefings on the wildfires in california. the department will provide additional fire fighting personnel and capabilities. they are working with the national guar

the three judge panel concluded that austin did not have the authority. yesterday, u.s.ary court agreed. now, the three defendants accused of aiding, abetting and conspiring to carry out the attacks should be able to move forward with their cases. a record number of u.s. air passengers passed through tsa checkpoints this year. federal aviation agency says that nearly a billion people went through airport security checkpoints in 2024. that's about 5% more than last year. the tsa also broke a holiday period record in the last two weeks. agents say they screened roughly 40 million people. garvin thomas joins us now with what's coming up next. audrey. jess. right now at six. ready or not, time to ring in the new year. we'll show you how the bay area will say goodbye to 2024 and take you live to san francisco. for all the excitement. and i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. i'll have that forecast to get you ready for tonight. and we'll also take a look at new year's day in just moments. also, a popular restaurant catches fire in the south bay. our ian cull talks to investig

austin iii. the secretary will deliver opening remarks, and then we'll have time to take a few questions. please note that i will moderate those questions and call on journalists. secretary austin, over to you, sir. and i know that all americans are thinking today of president jimmy carter. on this national day of mourning. he was the great some of my home state of georgia, a man of deep faith and a tireless champion of democracy and human rights. and i hope president carter's legacy will continue to inspire people around the world to find their own ways to serve. now all americans are also watching the terrifying wildfires that are ripping through parts of southern california. the department will continue to stand ready to two surge support as needed. that includes federal air assets that california can request to help fight the fire from the sky. and many u.s. military installations are in the area and they have personnel and equipment that can also be used to fight this blaze. please stand wit

if it's about real nazis and real fashion, who take the streets in australia, then of course the austin police is doing nothing. and um, also, or government is doing nothing because these people seem to be, of course, in the eyes of deals for governments. the good fashion seems to be actually supporting the costs of the west of the united states and of the european union in the wall for ukraine. and i think does this trust the a good example for the double standards of the west and especially of the political high populace view of deals through the government. when it comes to the sol called on fights against the ex, from is now i want to show you this as well. following the raleigh level of the city public decorations where funds analyzed. a 19 year old mine was film cutting the power cables of a large little menorah. it was later detained by local police. we got reaction from holiday journalism. former idea of them are, you actually fall through the the how much we split it in the movie landscape. and it keeps saying all the time, no, not see the new claim. well, no, it's not saving y

and austin isn't alone. in fact, 28% of college aged adults are going booze free entirely. >> i just want to keep going and see where this where this takes me. i had no idea there were so many people doing it. it's a movement. it's something. and people are are really into it because of that. >> our thanks there to will ganzer. so many benefits of dry january including improved sleep, more energy, weight loss, lower blood pressure. there's where's the drawback? >> yeah, it's already january 7th. it's okay if you've slipped up a couple times. that's right. you still have a few more weeks of january. and hopefully like they said, the momentum keeps going. >> that's what it's all about. >> okay. coming up the airbnb just for pizza lovers like us. the mix is next. you're watching >> is your shower trying to tell you something is getting in and out of the bathtub becoming a safety concern? are you worried about the cost of a bathroom remodel that could go on for weeks and weeks? well, now you can have a gorgeous

it's a mind-boggling situation. >> reporter: for austin and his friends it now feels like their whole childhoods are gone. >> the village we knew is done. everything we liked got completely wiped out. we were going on instagram and twitter and you see our high school in flames. our football field's in flames. like it's unbelievable. >> reporter: and another worry -- the lack of water. multiple residents told us the firefighters had nothing in the hydrants for hours. >> the fire hydrant outside my house, and it wasn't working. like at all. the firefighters can't magically put the fire out. they need something to put it out. >> reporter: lindsay horvath, supervisor for the palisades, says she, too, is frustrated. what do you say to a homeowner who says the hydrant in front of my house had no water in it as my home burned? >> well, the city resources are -- they'll be looking at how these city fire hydrants continue to be managed, and with the unified command when the county comes in we're able to bring additional resources into the area. >> that was tony dokoupil reporting. >>> coming u

and austin isn't alone.28% of college aged adults are going booze free entirely. >> i just want to keep going and see where this where this takes me. i had no idea there were so many people doing it. it's a movement. it's something. and people are are really into it because of that. >> our thanks to will when we come back, two years after nearly losing his life in a catastrophic accident, jeremy renner celebrates his second renner celebrates his second rebirth day. why? he says he'll colitis symptoms e can keep coming back. start to break away from uc with tremfya... with rapid relief at 4 weeks. tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation. at one year, many people experienced remission... and some saw 100% visible healing of their intestinal lining. serious allergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms or if you need a vaccine. healing is possible with tremfya.

these austin's a spring people around the world to take action. in some countries like germany, environmental complain is increasingly falling file of the law and facing a backlash. some have even been labeled as criminals. people in power explorers will this correct. that one means for climate protest movement. the last year was the world's hardest year on wrinkle. the effects of climate change are ready. observable. did you ins, climate change body be 5, be say see says human activities of climate, molten one degrees celsius. since the late 19th century is having a significant economic impact on everything from agriculture and energy, to insurance and construction, and as temperature as rise. site to this desperation, this very not sole over the news every single day. and skeptics remind crime catastrophe has clown course of fun, but still behaving like a spoiled little grass. come down love as many people look speak of the why not wanting to face the facts. office are ready to 5. i'm 42 years old and i have spent the last year in full time for

current defense secretary lloyd austin commanded troops in iraq and afghanistan. president barack obama had leon panetta, whose resume included serving as cia director, white house chief of staff and a member of congress, as well as senator chuck hagel, the only vietnam veteran and the first enlisted combat veteran to serve as secretary. even donald trump had four star general james mattis, who also commanded troops in iraq and afghanistan. but with trump returning to the office next week, we get this guy, yo! >> independence day is almost here. we're getting ready in the household. we celebrate america, old glory and the freedoms our forefathers fought to establish. >> yeah, that would be former fox weekend host and army national guard major pete hegseth, who took the opportunity to introduce himself to the non fox viewing audience today and seemed to have some difficulty remembering all the people to thank, including our seven wonderful kids. >> gunner jackson, peter boone, kensington, luke, jett, rex. sorry, it's a lot of them. >> and gwendolyn, there's a lot o

hegseth lloyd austin, the secretary, later went awol. he disappeared for days and never told the president, didn't even inform the president's chief of staff that he was going into the hospital. would that ever occur on your watch? >> i know, senator, i know in any one of my jobs, if i had decided to go awol for even a day or two in, in uniform or around that, that would have been a concern. >> i believe accountability matters. no one to this day has ever, as you've said, been held accountable for what happened in afghanistan. it was embarrassing to this country. it's impacted this country greatly. and i applaud you and president trump for bringing accountability back to our pentagon. with that, i yield back, chair recognizes the distinguished ranking member for unanimous consent request. >> mr. chairman, i would like to submit an article discussing some of the issues of readiness and die out. there has been a comment that 5.9 million man hours have been used for die. general milley clarified that that is an estimate out of more than 2 b

here's nightline correspondent austin scene. look like your everyday 22 year old with big dreams. what are your dreams? >> suck a dick. >> my dreams. okay. but in an interview, unlike any other, the viral tiktok star, with over 9 million followers now bravely opening up even more about living with tourette syndrome, tourette syndrome is a neurological, involuntary motor and vocal disorder that is chronic chronic. slap that wiener wrap, that wiener tap, that wiener. >> could you have imagined that when you posted those first couple of tiktok videos of you baking, that you'd have a whole show? >> i would have never imagined, looking back, like making those videos and being like, this is where i'm going to be. >> my fiber's been gaston. >> you don't want people to define you by your tourette. what do you want people to know about you? >> my name? my name is bailon. bailon? dupree. i love my dogs, i love jesus, i love my family. there's also a very misleading conception that tourette looks the same in everyone. and it doesn't. copro

in terms of the best performance in any metro area, kelly, it goes to austin, texas.edian return of 47% last year, led by huge gains and your favorite, natera, oracle, tesla, and more. the only company based in austin out of the 12 biggest market cap, it was cup and cooler maker yeti. second place, by the way, miami. miami. summit therapeutics, royal caribbean, and more did well. and the worst in the stock market last year was our beloved philadelphia. it was actually negative on a median basis. i love philly. great people. better food than new york, but not a great stock market. >>> let's trade them. managing director of strategy at asset management, cnbc contributor, boris, feel free to chime in with your favorite city but let's start with tesla up 62% last year. what do you think? >> yeah, i agree with philly. best food there is. so austin tesla, obviously people like to select them as their stock but at this point it is a question of whether that stock is overvalued based upon the fact you view this as a car company or as a transportation company and if you view i

no more austin all frameworks. everything has to be settled from a position of strands on the battlefield, but there is no wiggle room. there is no coming back from them. and if it does agree to another bad deal, that will be the end of putting politically in russia. i. that is something that almost seems unimaginable right after the last 2 decades. but i assure you, it is imaginable, especially among the military generals, the political elite in the country. right. and an ordinary russians, right. the russians that have sacrificed so much of the opprobrium. uh and, you know, russia to trade the collective punishment of the west, the effects on the economy, the death, some tens of thousands of russian soldiers in ukraine. i don't think that the russian people will accept anything less than victory that has been defined by the russian president and the kremlin again and again unwaveringly. since the beginning of the conflict and has not wavered, has only strengthened since george before we go to the break here. get

but some a warning against blankets and accumulation and austin season adjacent highly at some fit on the back of the heat, the armies disintegration in this manner. i can have huge consequences. the officers and soldiers who can benefit the nation should be put to good use. they need jobs and retirement rights. otherwise, where would they go? the new state may face a real problem if these people feel they have no future. they may result to extremism in the matter of what happened in the rock. well, we see it in say, the hope that doesn't pop and how much fun deal comes. see these, what are the forces of arrested 8 palestinians and are raised on jeanine and the northern positive occupies the west bank, but it's reinforcements. food, those are insufficient. strains are deployed and kind of a tier multiple homes are rated in an area where the palestinian authority is very minute chance. a mass forces have been active in recent weeks. this is where the settlers of co dot austin attacks the number of protestant in communities in the occupies westbank. local media released this video, secu

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austin died. give me a prediction for 2025. >> i've been so far down the rabbit hole of the uaps and the plasmoids and the drones. i think they're going to come take us all. >> oh, you think we're out of here? >> i'm ready to go. >> and you're ready to. >> i'm ready to go. >> she's had enough. >> get me off this rock, bro. yo, she's talking rapture. >> yeah, yeah. no, i don't know. >> she gets deep. >> listen, we've we've been serving alcohol for an hour now. you're the only clean guy on the set. >> i've been sober nine minutes. that's so mean. >> i just saw her crush my son's flintstone vitamin and snort it. she's in a bad spot. gino, give me a prediction. >> well, i got a call from fox news air, and they tell me that you're a di program is winding down. so my prediction is i won't be on your show next. >> what gino is saying is dreams do come true, america. it's going to be my year. >> i'm kidding. >> joe, you got a prediction? >> well, i think kamala and doug call it quits. whoa. and i think el

not undo a plea deal for mastermind khalid shake mohammed saying they're happy that austin is now on side, but they say this plea agreement which would remove the death penalty was under his watch. they wrote, senators mcconnell and cotton, when the new congress convenes, we will let the american people see who in the senate is willing to stand up against terrorism and mass murderers. mcconnell and cotton called out some specific things in the biden administration, at least their a approach, they called it naive and negligent including removing the houthis from the terrorist organization list back in 2021. they've so far been added back on, ashley. ashley: all right. alexandria, thank you very much. appreciate that. and now this, republican congresswoman victoria spartz if says, you know what? she will decide today on the speaker johnson vote. johnson will likely need her vote to keep his position. florida congressman carlos gimenez joins us now. congressman, great to have you along. first question, does mike johnson have your support if to remain speaker? >> absolutely. 100%. and he

. >> tony: as we spoke to matt, austin meloche saw our cameras and came by for news about his house.ot good, i told him, sharing a note from another resident. the alphabet streets are gone. out yesterday? >> it felt like it was out of a movie, for real. >> tony: what does that mean? >> just like the embers falling and the red smoke coming out, you don't know what to do. it is hard to breathe. it's a mind-boggling situation. >> tony: for austin and his friends, it now feels like their whole childhoods are gone. >> the village we knew it is, is done. everything we liked, just got complete he wiped out. we were just going on instagram and twitter, we just see our high school in flames. our football field is in flames. like, it's unbelievable. >> tony: and another worry, the lack of water. multiple residents told us the firefighters had nothing in the hydrants for hours. >> the fire hydrant directly outside my house, and it wasn't working. like, at all. the firefighters can't just magically put the fire out. they need something to put it out. >> tony: lindsay horvath, a county supervisor

according to the pentagon cheese lloyd austin, and that will include an anti aircraft missiles, ammunition air to ground mister south and other equipments to support the ukrainian of 16. finer jazz. now that's of course, already in addition to the $126.00 other equipments to support de ukrainian f. 16 fighter jazz. now that's of course, already in addition to the 126000000000 already spent as disappeared into ukrainian of the south felt the big question of the moment remains whether ukraine will continue to enjoy this kind of support. once donald trump is inaugurated, now the pentagon already said that so there will be only a few $1000000000.00 in a forage left for the incoming administration to decide. now, according to reports, the us on starting to have already admitted that the supply of attack comes ballistic miss styles. at 16 fighter jets and abrams tanks to ukraine have already failed to 3rd the tides in gsp or meanwhile, zalinski. he's a relentless sends. it continues to ask for more and more assistance. now, he's on all of us on how we war together, how ready we are to own our fu

that has been a major personal priority for secretary austin and an enduring legacy he will leave behindwe are also deepening our interoperability with key allies and partners and increasing cooperation on both cutting-edge edge concepts and capabilities. we are expanding codevelopment, coproduction, and co-sustainment, and strengthening our industries and supply chains through a 15-nation partnership for indo-pacific industrial resilience. and around the world, america's friends and allies have been substantially contributing to the common defense. they are investing more on their own and in our collective defense, operating more deeply with each other and with us, and fielding more advanced capabilities. when beijing sees us training and exercising with capable allies like australia, japan, and korea, whose 14 total aegis destroyers have 1400 vls cells, it shows how much combined power of this can bring to bear alongside our own if we must ever fight against territorial aggression. and when beijing sees, as they did last year, navy ships from canada, germany, and others peacefully sail

then of course the austin police is doing nothing and um, also, or government is doing nothing because these people seem to be um, of course, in the eyes of the deals for governments. the good fashion seems to be actually supporting the cost of the west of the united states and of the european union in the world for ukraine. and i think does this trust the a good example for the double standards of the west and especially of the political high populace the off to all student government. when it comes to the sol called on fights against um ex, from as well. following the raleigh involved some of the cities hanukkah decorations were vandalized. a 19 year old mine was film cutting the power cables of a large list of menorah. he was later detained by local police. we got reaction from her ready journalist and for the idea of member yankee from the average we split it in the n c. i keep saying all the time, no, not see the new claim. well, this is not something you grace, and you can see them walking on the street. you know, the somehow you claim let's these people miles on the street, you

also coming up, lloyd austin makes his last trip to rob sean air base here in germany. as us defense secretary to meet with the cranes allies, to beef opposite countries air defense as before. and donald trump takes office and crowd gather in mozambique capital as its main opposition leader returns from exile, saying he's ready for talks on an election. cited for regularities, we speak to refugees from the violent power struggle, the mariana evans, dean, welcome. a new fire has broken out in the hollywood hills in los angeles threatening landmarks length, adobe theater, where the oscar ceremony is to be held in just a few weeks. firefighters are so far unable to contain several blazes raging across the los angeles area, burning homes and forcing residents to flee. at least 5 people have died and more than a 1000 buildings had been destroyed. home after home, consumed by flames. fierce winds up and propelling the inferno here and all to dina, controlling the blazes has been near impossible. i've lived in this area for over 20 years and we've seen fires in the mountains i

to 0, the austin israel debate the details of a potential si fi deal. i'm oss reportedly approved and is there any list of slash full caps has to be released while these really prime minister says he hasn't received any name. the hello, i mean under the name of age, this is all to 0. life from day also coming up is dying of cold age children freeze to death in recent days and gaza. west comedies are enjoying a harsh winter under is writing for serious foreign minister, just the united states to lift the sanctions during a trip to cut off as part of a regional tool to seek investment and support to rebuild to move to an country and m 23 sizes, continue the study of loans in eastern democratic republic of congo. ivan and say that quote, in the co file, the reports that homos is approved. and is there any list of the actually full captives to be exchanged as part of the fast phase of a potential c slide you? the group says any agreement will depend on and these rarely withdrawal from the gaza strip and a permanent sci fi. and i've also told royces that it