cassini resisted bove's demands. cassini had been expected to get the job. so when you look at that, um, do you think that could have contributed to this? >> it certainly could have. you know, i don't know the internal machinations of how this played out, but there's no question that cassini, driscoll or the two people that the trump administration chose from within the ranks to run the fbi. but what they showed during that brief period was they were not blindly loyal to the dictates of doj, specifically emil bove. they acted to protect the people, the the agents and analysts and all those fbi folks who did the right thing, who complied with the law and with fbi policy and working on the cases, the january 6th cases to which they were assigned. um, and that sort of, um, adherence to duty and, uh, and honor, uh, is not something that is valued by the current administration. and so they had to go. >> how can you explain to us sort of the interactions typically between a deputy director and an fbi director and how you think the sort of, uh, nontraditional picks

. >> cassini is one of many altadena residents now suing southern california edison. >> the. main electric. >> company in los angeles. >> yeah, i guess i just want somebody to be accountable. >> ali mercado is a partner at edelson pc and cassini's attorney. >> says his firm. >> has now. >> spoken to thousands. >> of people who lost their homes. >> they're scared. >> top of their mind. >> is. >> you know. >> how am i going to afford this? >> they want to hold. >> southern california. >> edison accountable. >> what exactly caused the fire that killed 17 people and destroyed or damaged 10,000 structures is still under investigation. but according to marcadas, there's mounting evidence that suggests southern california edison's equipment sparked the blaze. >> people that have been flooding us with with videos, with photographs. and it's it's pretty tough for sce to to dispute videos of their equipment arcing a subsequent fire breaking out at the base of their tower. >> arcing happens when electricity jumps from one point to another through the air, often creating a flash, and can

cassini faces the reality of rebuilding what was lost for her, holding who she believes is accountable, is about preventing the next fire. >> maybe they will be more aware of their responsibilities towards the human beings who count on them. >> boris. last week, southern california edison published a regulatory filing that they made to the california public utilities commission. and in that filing, they said that on january 19th, they re-energized all four of the lines in question, saw a flash of white light, and then de-energized the lines. well, now, edelson pc, the law firm that was featured in this story, is saying that by doing so, by re energizing those lines, sc has irreparably altered potential evidence in this case. and they're now asking a judge to sanction sc and its lawyers. we spoke to sc. they said that these allegations are absurd and that they have and will continue to preserve evidence. >> boris. veronica miracle, thank you so much for that report. thank you so much for joining us tonight. we have a quick programing note before we

number one, he needs to take a stance like brian driscoll, the acting director did, and rob cassini andes dennehy, the assistant director out of the new york office, which was also followed by the acting u.s. attorney in new york and hagen scott and the assistant u.s. attorney really standing up for justice and the rule of law. that's what you should have at an fbi director. he also needs to take steps to get the administration to back off of demanding lists of fbi agents who worked january 6th investigations. that's how you get the trust and confidence of the american of, excuse me, of the fbi back with you. and that could happen pretty quickly. but the american people also need the trust and confidence to have trust and confidence in the fbi. and the way he needs to go about doing that is to stop this false narrative that the fbi is composed of people from the deep state, and that there's a pervasive problem and it's been weaponized, and it's politics is influenced investigations and operations, and that's frankly, patently false. >> so you've worked with the fbi on some pretty critic