cnn's brian todd is on the scene for us. brian, the public is getting its first up close. look at two pandas who arrived just a few months ago. right? >> they certainly are, wolf. smiles and laughs. >> all around. >> here at the zoo today. >> thousands of visitors are expected. >> here over the. >> weekend in. >> the dead. >> of winter, which is unusual. this is a celebration that's been more than a year in the making. >> i just had. >> a bamboo breakfast enjoyed by bao li, a giant panda frolicking in his new home. bao, a three year old male and three year old. >> female. >> xing bao, making their public debut today at washington's smithsonian national zoo. ching bao is known for her tree climbing exploits. zoo officials say. and we caught her doing her thing. >> there she is. >> and we saw her male counterpart pushing his oversize ball. exciting and heartwarming moments for zoo goers who've waited more than a year to see pandas again. >> it's very exciting. that they're back at the zoo. >> and i'm just here to support them. >> in november 2023, the national zoo's previous

cnn's brian todd is braving the weather for us. he's outside. d our meteorologist chad myers is standing by at the cnn weather center. he'll have a forecast. brian, first to you. give us the latest on the conditions where you and i are right here in washington, d.c. >> reporter: wolf, tonight, good news and concerning news. first, the good news -- tonight round two of a massive snow dump blanketing the nation's capital in what is the city's snowiest day in two years. >> we tried to use the time during the lull to put more salt down, but really it's likely going to turn to snow -- to ice. >> reporter: the city's transportation chief saying crews are trying to capitalize on breaks in snowfall to safety proof the roads here. but -- >> the salt doesn't work super well when the temperatures drop like this, so it's going to be hazardous for the next day or two. >> reporter: the storm catching some residents offguard. >> everybody's been telling me it used to snow in d.c. but they said it doesn't happen anymore. >> reporter: federal government offices i

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all right, brian todd reporting for us. brian, thank you very, very much. brian is always there for us on the scene coming up in our next hour. by the way, i'll speak with the secretary of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas. he's going to be standing by live. for more insight into the investigation, we're joined now by the louisiana attorney general. liz murrill attorney general, thank you so much for joining us on this very, very busy day for you. it's been roughly, as you know, about 36 hours since the attack. bourbon street has reopened. the sugar bowl is underway. are you confident new orleans is now secure and safe? >> oh, yeah. >> absolutely. i mean, i just just returned from new orleans, and there is an enormous police presence in new orleans. i feel very confident that the city is is incredibly secure. um, and, you know, it's just been a tough 36 hours. >> very tough indeed. no way to start a new year. cnn attorney general has obtained some exclusive video from a doorbell camera showing the suspect outside of his rental home, just a few hours bef

wolf. >> brian todd reporting. brian, thanks very, very much. want to get some more analysis right now on these huge changes coming to meta. i want to bring in cnn chief media analyst brian stelter. brian, let me play for you and our viewers that sound from mark zuckerberg on content moderation that brian just referenced in his report. listen to this. >> the reality is that this is a trade off. it means we're going to catch less bad stuff, but we'll also reduce the number of innocent people's posts and accounts that we accidentally take down. >> so, brian, when we talk about disinformation and misinformation, just how bad is this going to be? >> right. meta says this is about enabling more speech. more speech also means more lies and more propaganda on the platforms. this involves instagram threads, facebook, and in some ways it's a rollback of eight years of progress, eight years since the 2016 election when concerns about fake news stories spreading on facebook caused companies like facebook to incorporate fact checking. if you think about it

cnn's brian todd is looking at who might jump in. brian, the candidates being floated have some big names and some big pockets. lots of tech stars in that mix. wolf, as you say. >> they're all super wealthy and they range in. >> demographics from a. former baseball owner to. >> a 26 year. old youtube. >> sensation. >> with a 75 day clock well past its starting gun. the outlines. >> of a possible. >> deal to. >> purchase tiktok are starting to take shape. driven in no small measure by president trump. >> who's pressing potential. >> buyers to purchase. 50% of tiktok. >> what i'm thinking about saying to somebody is buy it and give half to the united states of america half, and we'll give you the permit. no, i'm in the senate. >> on inauguration day. trump gave. tiktok a 75 day reprieve before being. >> banned in. >> the u.s. unless the platform's operations in the u.s. are sold to an american buyer. until now, tiktok's chinese parent company bytedance has rejected a sale. but a board member of bytedance now predicts there will be some

cnn's brian todd is over at the u.s. capitol. he's got details. brian, this is the first time in, what, about 40 years, that winter weather has upended an inauguration like this. >> that's right, wolf. >> the last time this happened in 1985, when the wind chill down here, was about 25 degrees below zero. >> now, these changes of plans mean that this area around me could really be thinned out as far as the crowds are concerned, but they could also make a lot of people safer. >> a dramatic change of plans. instead of being sworn in outdoors in front of the capitol on a platform full of dignitaries and before a crowd of hundreds of thousands, donald trump will be sworn in indoors inside the capitol rotunda, a venue that was used for ronald reagan in 1985. trump saying in a post, i don't want to see people hurt or injured in any way. the tens of thousands of law enforcement, first responders, police, canines and even horses and hundreds of thousands of supporters that will be outside for many hours. wind chill in washington, expected to be in the singl

brian todd, cnn, washington. >> okay. are also following breaking news out of new york this hour. police say at least ten people, possibly more, have been injured in a drive by shooting at a nightclub in the borough of queens. police are searching for more information and video to try and identify those responsible. witnesses say a gray infiniti sedan opened fire from the street, and may have been followed by a second vehicle. now, we will continue to update you on this story as we get more details. police in montenegro say a gunman who killed at least ten people has died from self-inflicted injuries. the suspect had been on the run from police after opening fire in a restaurant not far from the country's capital. police say he killed four people, then moved on to three different locations, killing at least six more people in the process. and that includes two children. four other people are in life, have life threatening injuries. police say the suspect tried to take his own life. he died while being taken to hospital. i

brian todd reporting for us. brian, thank you very much. brings back a lot of memories to me. i want to bring in right now, cnn national security analyst beth saner. she's a former deputy director of u.s. national intelligence. beth, thanks so much for joining us. if i interrupt, if the president, president biden starts speaking about what happened in new orleans, you will totally understand, of course, how many parallels do you see between this attack in new orleans and the christmas market attack that we saw in germany just a few weeks ago? >> well, we certainly are seeing the same tactic. as brian just pointed out. but the but the motivation is not the same as it appears right now. the german police still don't really understand the motivation for that attack in germany. and as brian pointed out, the person expressed anti-muslim views even though he came from saudi arabia. so, you know, they're saying mental illness is probably, you know, one of the main motivators here. but here in new orleans, we're seeing islamic state. and, you know, we've seen just an incredible rise t

cnn's brian todd reports.sing vehicles in terror attacks have become more common in recent years, and a warning some of the video you're about to see is disturbing. >> one witness to the new orleans attack says she can't unhear the screams of the victims. >> i remember the screeching and him gunning the car and the impact and the screams. like i said, the screams of those girls. i mean, i don't know that i'll be able to forget that. >> the kind of horror that many cities have experienced in recent years when attackers turn vehicles into weapons. just a few days before this christmas. a car slams into a christmas market in magdeburg, germany, killing at least five people, injuring more than 200. the suspect, a doctor originally from saudi arabia who had expressed anti-muslim far right views like magdeburg and new orleans, other cities have experienced horrific vehicle attacks during holidays. november 2021 a suspect with a long criminal history drives an suv through the annual christmas parade in waukesha, wisc

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cnn's brian todd is digging deeper for us. so, brian, who stands to lose from this freeze? >> well, boris, advocates for nonprofits tell us the people who could be impacted range from domestic violence victims to people needing child care. and we spoke to others who provide food assistance, who believe they could be at risk as well. anthony velasquez, a chef at this meals on wheels facility in takoma park, maryland, preps for. tomorrow's deliveries. this is one of 5000. >> meals on. >> wheels programs across the u.s., serving more. >> than 2 million. >> elderly and homebound people. >> which have been worried. >> that they could be affected by. >> the federal. >> freeze on grants. >> and loans. >> the memo that came out from the white. house is causing a great deal of anxiety and confusion. and chaos. it puts a lot of our programs at threat and at risk. >> the white house later tried. >> to. >> clarify, implying that meals on wheels may not be at risk. but meals on wheels does get much of. its funding from a grant, and the freeze does affect grants. >> there are many, many

cnn's brian todd has more for us on this. brian, this chinese company is promising artificial intelligence for a fraction of the cost. >> that's right, wolf, and tech stocks indeed took a beating today. this new chinese a.i. technology does seem to pose a threat to established models like chatgpt. but just how much of a threat and how long it can sustain are open to debate. a blockbuster reveal showing that china could be closing the gap with the u.s. in the development of artificial intelligence. a chinese startup company called deepseek has shown off a striking new development, an a.i. program called r1, which deepseek says has very similar capabilities to chatgpt. the a.i. model, developed by the american tech giant openai. >> it basically. >> was about. >> as good. >> and in a couple. >> of cases, maybe a little bit better. >> and that's impressive because it's out of nowhere. >> but here's the rub. the chinese company says it only spent $5.6 million training its a.i. program, compared to the hundreds of millions and in so

brian todd has more on the musk factor. he's watching brian, regardless of these lawsuits, it's clear that musk is already wielding enormous influence and power. >> wolf, the. >> analyst we. >> spoke to say. >> elon musk at this moment seems to have more. >> clout with trump than. >> almost anyone else. >> but there. >> are significant challenges. >> for musk. >> in. these first days. >> despite the. >> swagger he enters the job. with., with his now trademark bravado, fist pumping and a primal yell. the world's richest person cements his position in president trump's orbit. elon musk, seen confidently striding into the white house complex. >> what you have to understand. >> in donald trump's world is that. proximity to the principle is power. >> and elon musk has that almost more than anyone else. >> an official. >> tells cnn. musk received. >> a white. >> house pass and was expected to work in the west wing, but when asked if musk would have an office in the west wing, the president said. >> no. he's getting an office for a

cnn's brian todd is joining us with more on tiktok's fate. brian, there's a lot of last minute political wrangling as time seems to be running out. >> time is indeed running out quickly, wolf. a ban on tiktok in the u.s. takes effect on sunday, but there are still some possible moves that might keep the lights on a little longer. it's down to a matter of hours before one of america's most popular apps could face a shutdown in the u.s., a ban on tiktok takes effect sunday, unless the supreme court steps in to block it, or tiktok's chinese owners suddenly sell the app's u.s. operations to american buyers. both scenarios unlikely. >> a sale of tiktok between now and sunday is virtually impossible because, among other things, the chinese government has said they don't intend to approve a sale that quickly. >> there have been other possibilities floated. president biden does have the option before he leaves office to impose a delay on the tiktok ban for up to 90 days, but that would require proof that significant progress has been made on a deal to

cnn's brian todd, with that report. all right. ahead on cnn this morning, the fight to retain the speaker's gavel. could mike johnson keep his job atop the house? plus, a truck explodes outside the trump hotel in las vegas just hours after that terror attack in new orleans. now, police in both states are looking to see if there's a link. >> have i got news for you is back for a new season. whether you like it or not. >> are those the only two choices? >> yes. you like it or you don't? >> i'm on the fence. >> this is going to be a long season. >> have i got news for you returns february 15th. >> power etrade's award winning trading app makes trading easier with its customizable options chain, easy to use tools and paper trading to help sharpen your skills. you can stay on top of the market from wherever you are. e-trade from morgan stanley. >> i brought in ensure max protein with 30g of protein. >> those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. here, i'll take that in. >> sure. max protein 30g protein, one gram of sugar and

brian todd, cnn, washington good morning, everyone. >> welcome to cnn this morning.t is saturday, january 4th. happy new year, everyone. >> i'm amara walker and i'm danny freeman in for victor blackwell. happy new year to you. have a good holiday. >> it was very good. >> no drinking. that's right. glad to hear it. all right. here is what we're working on for you this morning. remembering president jimmy carter. in just hours, the former president will leave his hometown of plains, georgia, for the last time as he begins his final journey to washington, dc. we're going in depth on his enduring legacy of service to the nation and the world. >> and just before he is set to return to the white house, president-elect donald trump will be sentenced in the new york hush money case. >> and a cnn exclusive. the new video showing what the suspect in the new year's day attack in new orleans was doing just moments before that deadly rampage. >> and the strongest storm of winter is ramping up. meteorologist allison chinchar is tracking the snow, ice and severe weather threat stre

cnn's brian todd has details. >> hey everyone. meta's 40 year old ceo is taking a page from elon musk's playbook, making sweeping changes to how videos and other posts are moderated on facebook and instagram. mark zuckerberg announcing his platforms will get rid of fact checkers in what he says is an effort to promote free speech, because meta's fact checkers, zuckerberg says, made too many mistakes and often engaged in censorship. >> but the fact checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the u.s. >> instead of fact checkers, meta will use so-called community notes to monitor content notes that any facebook or instagram user can post. as meta's new chief of global affairs, joel kaplan, explained to fox news. >> so somebody can write a note and then the way it works is different. different people on the platform can sort of vote on that note. and if you get people who usually disagree, who all say, yeah, that sounds right, then that note gets put on the on the p

here's cnn's brian todd. >> hey, everyone. meta's 40 year old ceo is taking a page from elon musk's playbook, making sweeping changes to how videos and other posts are moderated on facebook and instagram. mark zuckerberg announcing his platforms will get rid of fact checkers in what he says is an effort to promote free speech, because meta's fact checker, zuckerberg says, made too many mistakes and often engaged in censorship. >> but the fact checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the u.s. >> instead of fact checkers, meta will use so-called community notes to monitor content notes that any facebook or instagram user can post. as meta's new chief of global affairs, joel kaplan explained to fox news. >> so somebody can write a note and then the way it works is different. different people on the platform can sort of vote on that note. and if you get people who usually disagree, who all say, yeah, that sounds right, then that note gets put on the on the pos

cnn's brian todd has more. >> straight off the holiday partying season. a stark warning about the effects of alcohol from america's top doctor, surgeon general vivek murthy today issued a warning that alcohol consumption can increase our risk of cancer. and doctor murthy called for new warning labels on alcoholic beverages. >> i think it really helps raise awareness that alcohol is a risk factor for certain diseases, including cancer, and that even lower levels of alcohol use can still be associated with the development of certain cancers. >> the surgeon general's office says alcohol is now the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the united states, behind tobacco and obesity. doctor murthy said in a statement that alcohol is responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths every year in the u.s., compared to 13,500 deaths associated with alcohol related vehicle crashes every year. doctor murthy says a majority of americans are unaware of this risk. how ignorant of it have we been? >> yeah, so he showed in his survey data tha

cnn's brian todd is joining us. he's got more on today's hearing.an, this could impact tens of millions of americans who use tiktok. right. >> well, the potential impact of a ban, the impact on tiktok users in the u.s. and on creators and small businesses who could lose billions of dollars is enormous. but that's all balanced against serious national security concerns, which makes the pending supreme court decision so momentous. the nation's highest court. tonight, on the brink of deciding whether to uphold a controversial ban of tiktok in the u.s., a ban already approved by congress and signed into law by president biden. tiktok arguing a ban would violate free speech. >> there is a compelling first amendment issue here, which is that this involves the access to information on behalf of tens of millions of americans, specifically, more than 170 million americans who use tiktok, according to the platform. >> more than half the u.s. population. but tonight, it appears a majority of the supreme court is likely to uphold the tiktok ban. some, including

cnn's brian todd has more on friday's hearing.nd the high stakes debate between national security and free speech. >> reporter the nation's highest court, on the brink of deciding whether to uphold a controversial ban of tiktok in the u.s., a ban already approved by congress and signed into law by president biden. tiktok arguing a ban would violate free speech. >> there is a compelling first amendment issue here, which is that this involves the access to information on behalf of tens of millions of americans, specifically, more than 170 million americans who use tiktok, according to the platform. >> more than half the u.s. population. but it appears a majority of the supreme court is likely to uphold the tiktok ban. some, including chief justice john roberts countering tiktok's lawyers for free speech argument. >> it seems to me that you're ignoring the major concern here of congress, which was chinese manipulation of the content and acquisition and harvesting of the content. >> tiktok is owned by a chinese company that u.s. offic

wolf. >> brian todd reporting. brian, thank you very much. i want to go to capitol hill right now, where cnn's manu raju is getting reaction to the hegseth hearing. manu, what are you hearing from senators? >> it's very clear, wolf, that this could go down along party lines. you're hearing democratic senators sharply critical of this nomination is uncertain but unlikely. any democrat will actually vote to confirm pete hegseth, but he does not need democratic support. he needs republican support. he needs to limit defections and the full senate to three that the most in order to get confirmed along party lines. in the senate, majority leader john thune told me that hegseth, quote, acquitted himself well over allegations of sexual assault and misconduct, and he wants to move quickly on this nomination. senator roger wicker, who's the chairman of the senate armed services committee, indicated that he plans to move as early as monday, as early as next week, to have a vote in his committee. wicker, coming out of that hearing, told me that he belie

cnn's brian todd has more.aking up the next day, straight off the holiday partying season. >> a stark warning about the effects of alcohol from america's top doctor, surgeon general vivek murthy, issued a warning that alcohol consumption can increase our risk of cancer. >> and doctor murthy called for new warning labels on alcoholic beverages. >> i think it really helps raise awareness that alcohol is a risk factor for certain diseases, including cancer, and that even lower levels of alcohol use can still be associated with the development of certain cancers. >> the surgeon general's office says alcohol is now the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the united states, behind tobacco and obesity. >> doctor murthy said in a statement that alcohol is responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths every year in the u.s., compared to 13,500 deaths associated with alcohol related vehicle crashes every year. doctor murthy says a majority of americans are unaware of this risk. how ignor

as cnn's brian todd reports, using vehicles in terror attacks have become common in recent years.a warning, some of the video you're about to see is disturbing. >> spafford one witness to the new orleans attack says she can't unhear the screams of the victims. >> i remember the screeching and him gunning the car and the impact and the screams. like i said, the screams of those girls. i mean, i don't know that i'll be able to forget that. >> the kind of horror that many cities have experienced in recent years when attackers turn vehicles into weapons just a few days before this christmas. a car slams into a christmas market in magdeburg, germany, killing at least five people, injuring more than 200. the suspect, a doctor originally from saudi arabia who had expressed anti-muslim far right views like magdeburg and new orleans, other cities have experienced horrific vehicle attacks during holidays. november 2021 a suspect with a long criminal history drives an suv through the annual christmas parade in waukesha, wisconsin, killing six and injuring more than 60. berlin, december 2016

. >> brian todd has details reaching interview with usa today. >> joe biden when asked by susan pageif he still believes he could have beaten donald trump in november, says, quote, it's presumptuous to say that, but i think yes. but when asked if he thinks he'd have the vigor to serve another four years, biden said, quote, i don't know. reflecting on his overall health, biden said, i wasn't looking to be president when i was 85 years old, 86 years old. who the hell knows? so far so good. but who knows what i'm going to be when i'm 86 years old? >> that message had he been running for reelection for a longer period of time, is presumably not what he would have been saying. maybe i'll make it through my term in good health. maybe not. that's not the kind of message that most voters presumably would have been hoping to hear from a person looking to be their president for another four years. >> biden said he has not yet decided on whether he'll issue preemptive pardons to people who are at the top of donald trump's enemies list, who trump could target for retribution. people like liz che

cnn's brian todd explains why terrorists are repeatedly using vehicles as deadly weapons. reporter across town, one witness to the new orleans attack says she can't unhear the screams of the victims. >> i remember the screeching and him gunning the car and the impact and the screams. like i said, the screams of those girls. >> i mean, i don't know that i'll be able to forget that. >> the kind of horror that many cities have experienced in recent years when attackers turn vehicles into weapons. just a few days before this christmas. a car slams into a christmas market in magdeburg, germany, killing at least five people, injuring more than 200. the suspect, a doctor originally from saudi arabia who had expressed anti-muslim far right views. like magdeburg and new orleans, other cities have experienced horrific vehicle attacks during holidays. november 2021 a suspect with a long criminal history drives an suv through the annual christmas parade in waukesha, wisconsin, killing six and injuring more than 60. berlin, december 2016 a tractor trailer rams into a crowd at a bustlin

cnn's brian todd is covering the story for us. ian, this is potentially a risky move for musk, right? >> wolf, it's a pretty open revolt by. >> elon musk. against president trump, albeit. >> a fairly. >> low intensity one. it's leading to questions. >> over how much leeway the president. >> will really give. >> to the so-called. >> first buddy. >> but we're joined by oracle. >> the president had. >> two of the biggest. >> moguls of the tech world in the. >> room with him when. >> he announced. >> a new white. >> house investment. >> in artificial. intelligence infrastructure and the creation of a company called stargate. >> we have an emergency. we have to get this stuff built. it's technology and artificial intelligence, all made in the usa. >> by donald. >> trump's side. >> were openai. >> ceo sam. >> altman, oracle. >> co-founder larry ellison. and the ceo of softbank all there to promote an. >> investment of. >> $500 billion in stargate. >> not in. >> the room. >> trump's so-called. >> first buddy another tech giant, elon musk,

brian todd, cnn, washington. >> brian, thank you.nd after the inauguration, president-elect trump has a long list of promises about what he's going to do during his first 100 days in office. there are some immediate challenges that could slow down that political momentum. we'll talk through it when we come back. >> kobe believed in himself at the youngest possible age. >> it was one of the most remarkable stories in sports history. >> i don't want to be remembered as just a basketball player. >> kobe premieres next saturday at nine on cnn. >> okay, everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. >> ensure with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health, and ensure complete with 30g of protein. >> you know what's brilliant boring. think about it. boring makes vacations happen, early retirements possible, and startups start up. that's why pnc bank strives to be boring with your money. the pragmatic, calculated, kind of boring. >> do you have an ugly, outdated, maybe even unsafe bath

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. >> brian todd reporting. brian, thank you very much. and to our viewers, thanks for watching. erin burnett outfront starts right now this is cnn breaking news. >> good evening. i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news, the deadly inferno. >> officials just confirming that five people are now dead as at least four major wildfires are burning out of control near los angeles. >> not a single one even close to being contained as we've been seeing flames go through home after home officials saying they expect the death toll to rise as crews start sifting through the ashes. >> and it is only getting worse right now. 157,000 people as we speak are now under evacuation orders. the winds are still at hurricane strength, and that is what is fueling the destructive fires. as they are leaping. the largest is the palisades, is now close to 16,000 acres, at one point burning through about five football fields a minute. and as you can see, these fires are burning dangerously close to many iconic landmarks. so far that those have been spared. and when you look at downtown los ang

cnn's brian todd has more. >> a bamboo breakfast. >> enjoyed by bao li, a giant panda frolicking in hisome. >> bao. >> a three year old male and. three year old female. >> xing bao. >> making their public. debut today at washington's smithsonian national zoo. ching bao is known for her tree climbing exploits. zoo officials say. >> and we. >> caught her doing her thing. >> there she is. >> and we. saw her male. counterpart pushing his oversize ball. exciting and. >> heartwarming moments. >> for zoo goers who've. waited more than a year to see pandas again. >> it's so exciting. >> that. >> they're back at the. >> zoo, and. >> i'm. >> just here to support them. >> in november 2023, the national zoo's previous set of pandas, tian tian and mei xiang and their cub were sent back to china as a loan agreement expired. these new pandas will be in washington for ten years, with the goal of getting them to breed. they won't start doing that for at least a couple more years. and hey, no pressure. but they only have about a 48 hour window each year to breed. >> yes, that's correct. >> so a female on

brian todd, thank you very, very much. and let me just add and end this show by saying, may president carter rest in peace and may his memory be a blessing. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. thanks very much for watching.

brian todd reporting for us. brian, thank you very much. we'll see how all of this unfolds. and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now at front. >> next. >> the breaking news. >> trump's immigration. >> raids now in. >> effect, the mayor of newark says that. >> ice agents just raided a business. >> with no warrant. the breaking details, what the mayor says is happening there in just a moment. plus, the member of the european. parliament who told trump. to f off. those are his. >> words, not ours. >> why did he use them? he wants to tell you he's out front. and he turned. >> his. >> father into the fbi for what he did on january 6th. now his father is free. have they reunited? let's go out front. and good evening. i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. the mayor of newark, new jersey. >> says immigration agents are now on the streets of the largest city in the state. >> of new jersey. >> just moments ago, the mayor posting this message. >> and i quote. >> what the mayor put

all right, brian todd, thank you very much for that report. erin burnett outfront starts right now. >> 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 and the woman who owns it. 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 we were setting up here for our

cnn's brian todd is working the story francis boschetti tells cnn his home in pacific palisades, california is completely gone. burned down in a scene he described to us as mayhem. >> it was just really intense, like, like, like intense at a level that i've never, ever experienced. >> boschetti says he tried to protect his home by watering the property year round. he says he had to do that because last year he learned that the annual cost of his homeowner's insurance policy was skyrocketing. >> we got a notice that our fire insurance went up from approximately 4500, i want to say, per year, up to i think they they jumped us to $18,000 a year. and those are numbers that that we just could not afford. >> he says he also could not afford to get on a program set up by the state called the california fair plan, which has higher premiums, less coverage and would have required him to cut down several trees on his property, which was too expensive for him. so boschetti says he basically was forced into an untenable position. >> we sort of agreed between me and my sisters that that what will what we

brian todd has more. a controversial law banning tiktok in the u.s. because of national security concerns could take effect sunday, unless the supreme court blocks the ban, which could come at any time. analysts have said it's unlikely that the justices will step in to save tiktok. the reuters news agency and an online publication called the information report tiktok is planning to shut down its u.s. operations on sunday and go dark for american users. if the supreme court doesn't step in before then. >> users would not be able to post. they would not be able to watch this form of entertainment and communication would just disappear in the united states. >> but there could be other options. >> tiktok is owned by a chinese company, bloomberg and the wall street journal report. >> chinese officials are considering a scenario where billionaire elon musk, owner of x and tesla, would acquire the u.s. operations of tiktok. why would the chinese want to do that? >> because they would have an in with trump. elon musk has become such an ally to donald trump. t

>> all right, brian todd, thanks very, very much for that report. and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now. >> and outfront next, live from california, the death toll rising as heavy winds are in the forecast here. i'm going to show you the bird's eye view that i just got of the massive fires raging across los angeles. >> we'll be speaking to a firefighter on the front lines of one of the fires that we understand is only 3% contained. >> after four days. >> plus, picking up the pieces, we're going to take you to a restaurant that's been a mainstay of this community for 40 years. >> you met the owner here out front on the day that she learned her family's business had burned to the ground, and tonight she went back to it with us for the first time. >> and a cnn investigation this hour, as more people ask whether the widespread destruction could have been prevented and weather warnings were ignored. >> let's go out front. and good evening. >> i'm erin burnett, liv

. >> brian todd, thanks so much. just a lot of cuteness all the way around and tomorrow and the whole story. an exclusive look at the worldwide effort to save pandas as a new pair make their home in the u.s. watch at 8 p.m. only on cnn. you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm jessica dean in new york. we are following the latest details about the trump administration's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration. the trump administration saying this week it has begun deporting illegal immigrants on u.s. military aircraft. the white house press secretary sharing images last night of migrants lined up, handcuffed and boarding a military aircraft. hundreds of national guard and military troops have been deployed to imperial beach border patrol station in california. that's near the border with mexico. cnn's ed lavandera, also near the mexico border. but in texas, he's in el paso. and tell us more of what you're seeing there. >> here in el paso, along the u.s. southern border, the number of crossings of migrants have has alread

brian todd, thank you very, very much. and let me just add and end this show by saying, may president carter rest in peace and may his memory be a blessing. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. thanks very much for watching. erin burnett outfront starts tonight live from pacific palisades. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> and good evening. i'm erin burnett with the breaking news. we are live tonight from pacific palisades, california, one of the hardest hit and most devastated neighborhoods right now in california as the fires are raging so far uncontained at this hour. the pacific fire 0% contained. we understand right now. and in this neighborhood, house after house, as far as the eye can see, the schools, the churches, homes, just completely and utterly destroyed. winds set to pick up again in these next few hours. and as we anticipate that a new fire has also broken out that we are aware of right now, none of them right now, of the five major fires that we understand are under control at this point, they're trying t

brian todd, thank you very much for that report. and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now. >> outfront next. >> breaking news. >> hegseth in danger. less than two. >> hours. before his confirmation vote, republicans unsure if trump's pick for defense. >> secretary has. >> the votes. could his nomination actually go down tonight? >> also. >> breaking donald trump on the ground in california face to face with. >> the very. >> governor he ridicules and name calls regularly. >> will he withhold aid to. >> the state. >> because of petty. >> politics? plus, trump cozies up to kim jong un again, calling him. smart and predicting another summit soon. what will kim want in return? let's go out front. >> good evening everyone. i'm kate. >> baldwin in. >> for erin. burnett. >> outfront tonight we are following breaking news. pete hegseth in jeopardy. >> republican leaders. >> at this hour. >> unsure if. >> they have the votes to confirm trump's embattled defense secretary, pete hegseth. that vote is expect

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. >> carley: brian, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate you. >> toddks before thousands of workers hit the picket line. 18,000 costco union workers voted to strike unless they get a fair contract by january 31st. the director of costco's teamsters union the strike's direct response of costco's grade and bargaining process. camp this impact your eating lunch by virtue of samples, carley will look into that during the break. >> carley: your lunch? costco roll. >> todd: president-elect trump featured on the "time" magazine in the cover says he's back! you can see trump sweeping aviator classes with the resolute desk. for a time trump depicted at the desk at times for a cover photo. at the first after first inauguration february 2017. and of course, check this out the incoming president doing implements trump dance with the village people at his rally. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> todd: to village people hit song "ymca" signature sounds on the campaign trail and victor willis on that show saying that moment -- >> carley: wow! a preview here. now i feel like i should go to a

. >> todd: quickly on the cowboys front looks like they are going to sign brian shot heimer after notheir 90's dominance i'm asking for lawrence jones and will cain. >> no. i appreciate you asking. listen, this organization is dysfunctional. and you know it really starts with ownership. the way they have negotiated with mike mccarthy leave to have an interview with the chicago bears and then all of a sudden decide not to retain mike mccarthy and then, you know, at that point you are already two weeks behind the hiring process because you flirted with mike mccarthy. those things are problematic. i think from an ownership standpoint, just my experience is you have to not only appoint the coach but more importantly you have to empower the coach. that guy has to have the two levels of fear that are important. one, like the fear of the lord. this awesome reverence and respect for the guy who is making the calls. you got to have that type of fear. and then ultimately you have to be afraid of the guy. like that dude will cut me in a heart beat ii don't do my job. those things are essential t

. >> brian: i had a chance to go to wonderful cocktail party hosted by todd rickets.erberg in the back of the room was mark zuckerberg. so approachable. great to have a chance to talk to him. expand on some of the things that he had been saying the new direction in the company. there is a shot of me walking up to him him saying i have nowhere to go i'm stuck in a corner what do i do? i found him unbelievably authentic. he did tell me how insulting it was to be called an oligarch by president biden. he grew up. >> ainsley: especially after he gave soros the medal of freedom. >> brian: he just said for those people in the silicon valley that were democrats, joe biden has blown that up. >> and there is the great huckabee family. and good to see the future -- i think she going to run for president eventually. there is the speaker and lovely wife. they were able to tell me what is going on and say they have four or five more stops and pass a bunch of bills before the night. and there is my nato general secretary senator lindsey graham. we were just trying to make world pea

todd, good to see you. "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪ >> brian: 6:00 a.m.n the east coast, thursday, january 23rd, this is "fox & friends." we go right to a fox weather alert. two wildfires break out in los angeles. and they are spreading, fast. no, i'm not reading last week's headline. it is this week's. more than 10,000 acres already burned. thousands forced out of their homes. we are tracking it all. >> steve: and forget the first 100 days of donald trump's administration. it's more like the first 100 hours of donald trump's administration. president trump sat down with fox news for his first interview since returning to the white house. as you can see right there with hannity right next to the resolute desk, and he, our president says, our country has problems. and he has solutions. >> with time, effort, money, unfortunately, but they are all solvable. we can get our country back. but, if we didn't win this race, i really believe our country would have been lost forever. >> lawrence: and, of course, getting our country back is top on the list. 1500 troo