with us now on the phone is battalion chief for cal fire, brant. pasqua. brant. as of this morning, all of these fires were 0% contained. this has to do a lot with the wind. tell us what it will take to start getting a handle on these fires. >> you're absolutely right. it's the wind that's making it so difficult to get any containment on these fires. when it's blowing embers miles ahead of itself or just in any direction. it's hard to anchor in somewhere and actually get some containment. so until the wind slows down, gives us that opportunity to actually build a fire line, we're not going to see any containment. we're just trying to get lives and people out of the way. >> yeah, that's obviously the first priority. of note, fire hydrants in the palisades went dry around 3 a.m. local time. tell us about how this happened. because of the lack of water in the holding tanks. and if that's been resolved. >> you know, i don't have any information on there. i got to that that area around 6 a.m. this morning, and i did see a lot of water flowing as far as around the 3 a.

i want to go back to the palisades fire, where battalion chief for cal fire, brant pasqua, is standing by. brant, a lot of information out of there. i don't know how much of that is new to you, because obviously you've got access to a lot of detailed information. but if you take what we just heard and what you and your team have just been doing, tell me where we stand now. i last spoke to you on friday night. are we substantially better off? are we still in remarkable danger? where are we? >> we're substantially better off. since friday night, we've had a lot of good productivity come within the last couple of days, with our aircraft and ground troops working together to help button this fire up. my commanders know that there's winds predicted, and this fire will be wind tested, so we are planning accordingly. we have a surge of engines in communities that where the fire still has heat near it. so we have engines placed around homes working on defensible space around those homes now before the winds get here. and we also have crews going direct on the fire line, putting in fire line an

right now i want to bring in cal fire battalion chief brant pasqua. brant, thanks very much for joining us. thanks for all you're doing. how much progress are you making in containing these truly fast moving and very dangerous fires right now? >> as far as containment, we're not making very much progress. we're still making sure that we get everyone's lives. all the people out of the way and protect whatever we can of their property, their structures, things of that sort. when the wind dies down, that's when we'll be able to anchor in, dig in our heels and get some containment. but right now it's just too tricky. with with these gusts that we want to make sure everyone gets out alive. >> what's your biggest challenge right now, brant? and are you receiving all the support you need? >> we are. we have more crews coming in as as we speak. our biggest challenge again, is these winds. just like they were saying, it does seem to die down. and then all of a sudden you get hit with these 60, 70 mile an hour gusts and it changes everything again. so we're usin

. >> joining us now for the third night is the cal fire battalion chief, brant pasqua.fic palisades. chief, thanks for being with us. you know, as a firefighter, what that woman just said. and that is that for all the devastation and for all the apocalyptic scenes, this is about people and their lives. some lives lost, some lives literally forever changed. at the moment, the job of the firefighters is to put the fires out. but there's a lot more to come. >> that's right. i just saw it on the faces of the firefighters today up in the palisades, realizing just how much destruction is starting to set in. and we're humans, too. >> and i could just tell the look on their faces. they feel like, you know, in some way they've failed just because of how much devastation is around that town. but they're also motivated to not give up and stay engaged in this fire. >> yeah. look, it's something we have to remember. and you as firefighters know this all the time that you can show up to what might look like the worst fire you've ever seen. or in this particular case, our reporter, al

us now by phone from the pacific palisades section of los angeles, is cal fire battalion chief brant pasqua yeah, the situation out here tonight is we have all the crews mopping up extensively, working around the clock to make sure we put this fire as much to bed as we can before these winds surface. >> and i know people tonight who have gotten this new warning in california about the next two days who are feeling just as afraid as they have as they felt all of last week, after just experiencing a couple of days of relief. >> right. yeah. >> this is just another example of why we need to be prepared with our families to have that emergency plan, that go bag ready for times like this, when there's not going to be a lot of time to get ready and evacuate. so i strongly urge residents, be diligent, be fire wise, don't do anything that could create a spark. one less spark is one less wildfire for us, but also have that go bag ready. have that emergency plan ready. make sure all of your family knows what it is. >> is there any area of los angeles tomorrow that can feel safe as these winds approac

>> cal fire battalion chief brant pasqua. >> if that dog could talk, he. >> he would have a story to national best seller. >> had he not knocked down that door, both dogs would have been trapped inside. >> casey, where do you want to say to brant? >> when i first met you, i was in the middle of crisis. >> i was in the middle of a firestorm. >> my dogs would have died if not for you. >> absolutely. beautiful story there. and still ahead, we've got more on those devastating wildfires in los angeles. congresswoman sydney kamlager of california will join us with an update on the relief efforts and the republican push to potentially condition federal aid for her state. way too early is coming right back with that. >> my experience with empire was amazing. the price that i got along with the service, the special attention, the one on special attention, the one on one you can't beat that. [coughing] copd is an ugly reality. do you have his medical history? i watch as his world just keeps getting smaller. but then, trelegy helped us see things a little differently. with 3 medicines in 1 inha