oh, god. >> oh, god. >> cameron mathison joins me now. cameron. i can hear the distress. i cannot imagine what you've gone through to even feel that way. as you're nearing your home. can you just. can you take us back to what it was like to be back in your neighborhood? what were you thinking? >> yeah, i mean, i've actually never heard those sort of sounds come out of me before, so it's very odd. it was just such a it's kind of a guttural pain and disbelief and shock and and fear. as i was approaching my property and not seeing the house and, um, but anyway, yes, i it was, it was early in the morning and i was asleep and um, i was woke up at five because they were covering. i saw on the news that they were covering. they were the reporters were on our block showing the houses around my neighborhood burning. and i recognize these houses. these are my neighbors. and i couldn't see from this camera angles whether my house was was spared or whether it wasn't. and and so i just couldn't take it anymore. pretty much. and i just, um, i got, i got in the car and i weaved my way u

oh, god. >> oh, god. >> cameron mathison joins me now. cameron. i can hear the distress. i cannot imagine what you've gone through to even feel that way. as you're nearing your home. can you just. can you take us back to what it was like to be back in your neighborhood? what were you thinking? >> yeah, i mean, i've actually never heard those sort of sounds come out of me before, so it's very odd. it was just such a kind of a guttural pain and disbelief and shock and and fear. as i was approaching my property and not seeing the house and, um, but anyway, yes, i it was, it was early in the morning and i was asleep and, um, i was woke up at five because they were covering. i saw on the news that they were covering. they were the reporters were on our block showing the houses around my neighborhood burning. and i recognize these houses. these are my neighbors. and i couldn't see from this camera angles whether my house was was spared or whether it wasn't. and and so i just couldn't take it anymore. pretty much. and i just, um, i got, i got in the car and i weaved my way up in

this actor billy crystal and his wife, actor and television host cameron mathison shared "sending so0scar winning actor jamie lee curtis has been speaking on nbc�*s tonight show withjimmy fallon. jamie lee curtis, actor: "it's gnarly, you guys. it's just a catastrophe in southern california. obviously, there have been horrific fires in many places. this is literally where i live. everything, the market i shop in, the schools my kids go to. friends — many, many, many, many, many friends — now have lost their homes. jamie lee curtis air. let's show you the seen live, and apocalyptic scene, the smoke hanging over los angeles. at least six fires still raging, wildfires and huge destruction on the ground as we have been hearing. plenty more to come on the situation in los angeles but do stay tuned. you are watching bbc news. you are watching bbc news. let's update you on those remarks by donald trump, the president elect in the united states, about greenland when he was asked about the possibility of even military action to take greenland which he has long coveted. we are hearing that the

soap star cameron mathison showing the still burning remains of his family's home on instagram.ds forced to flee after shooting this video on x. >> we've got a lot of planes going over dropping water. >> overcome with emotion speaking to cnn recounting that his 94 year old neighbor was thankfully saved by a friend. >> there was so much chaos. it was like an inferno. every house was on fire around us and you know, he got him out and the house burned down. about an hour later, he would have been in there alone. it was just yet, amidst so much devastation and destruction, there's hope. >> it's going to be tough, but we're going to rebuild and we're going to put one foot in front of the other. we're going to help each other. we're going to hold each other up. i care about the people in my neighborhood, and i care about where i live, and i want to see if i can help. >> so many people coming together to help. when we come back, the heroes of los angeles, those who are battling the blaze of one sheet? those who are battling the blaze upnt to get the most out grab bounty. (♪) bounty is

have been lost since the fires began burning on tuesday night, among them the home of actor cameron mathisonily live in altadena. they evacuated when the fire closed in. >> i couldn't see ten feet in front of me. ash was was, you know, in front of my face. i wasn't seeing a lot of embers at that time, but a lot of ash went into my house, which was also smoky. at that point. i got passports, birth certificates. i got some photo albums that we shot back in the day with film. unfortunately, i didn't get all of them. i forgot some real pivotal ones which break my heart. >> mathison, a household name in the world of soaps, known for all my children, currently starring on general hospital. >> so this is the house that we've lived in for over 13 years. and our kids were raised there essentially. we were just so proud of it, and the kids loved it. and the kids, my daughter in particular said that she wanted to raise her kids in that house. >> when mathison returned, this is what was left. the actor posting a video of his destroyed home on instagram. his daughter is about to head back to college, but

actor cameron mathison posted a video showing what is left of his home. parts of it still on fire. other celebrities dealing with the loss of their properties include billy crystal, ricki lake, and rosie o'donnell, and one of nbc's own is mourning the loss of his childhood home. jacob soboroff grew up in pacific palisades. he is now in la, currently covering the wildfires, and he got a chance to stop by the home he grew up in. he became emotional when he first saw it reduced to ashes. it's just one of the hundreds of homes burned to the ground. the announcement of the oscar nominations being pushed back now because of these ongoing wildfires, the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences revealed today the list of nominees this year will not be unveiled now until sunday, january 19th. the move gives voters two extra days to get their pks in for the awards show, still scheduled for march 2nd. there are nearly 10,000 voters for the academy awards, with many based in l.a. the voting extension comes after delays for the critics choice and sag awards. that's going to do it for us at

7 a.m, we'll have full live team coverage of the wildfire devastation and talk live to actor cameron mathisoncorded these images of his home also tragically destroyed by the fire. with your gma first look, i'm andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. >> and at abc seven mornings at six. we're also going to continue following the breaking news out of southern california. >> we'll have the latest updates on all the fires burning in l.a. county this morning. >> and a meteorologist, drew tuma, back here in the bay area. we are tracking a really nice afternoon. light winds here. lots of sunshine. look at those warm temperatures today. upper 60s to the lower 70s so we could see a few records possible later on today to southern california. we go. the red flag warning has now been extended. this is now going to last through tomorrow evening because we're going to see another pulse of stronger winds later on this morning and into the evening. looking at the wind forecast across southern california. winds are okay right now, but you can see they do ramp up later on this morning and through the afternoon. th

actor cameron mathison talks about returning to his house for., oh god. >> those sort of sounds come out of me before, so it's very odd. it was just such a it's kind of a guttural pain and disbelief and shock and and fear. >> as i was approaching my property and not seeing the house, our street in particular our block, i should say, was pretty much nothing left. it looked like in many cases there was no houses ever built there. it was just decimated to nothing. >> cnn entertainment reporter lisa france is with us now. this is just a body blow to so many people who live and work out there. >> it absolutely is. john. good morning. >> part of the issue, too, is that people sometimes forget that celebrities are people as well. and fame and fortune is not saving them from the devastation. joan rivers daughter melissa rivers, actress melissa rivers talked to our own kaitlan collins about what she experienced. let's take a listen. >> um, i definitely have not gotten my head around it. >> um, i got some video sent to me that our house is totally gone in