let's bring in doctor chester griffiths and his son, chester. doctor.or griffiths, what's what's going through your mind as you come from from work and see this blaze springing up? >> well, jake, we had actually i had actually prepared for almost 15 years for this eventuality. we we live in a fire zone, and i took advantage of the community emergency response team training in fire safety and disaster preparedness. and there's any takeaway from this? everyone should get that resource. it's free in their communities because disasters do happen and they will happen. and there's no question that that helped us prepare for this and get the correct equipment. we did have firefighting equipment, hoses, hookups that came from that training. um, so going through my mind, my neighbors, we had a neighborhood, uh. cohort that were trained and, and whenever a wildfire would pop up, we would pull out the equipment and, and and practice. um, and my, my neighbor, basically, and i were the leads, and he was alone and after surgery on tuesday, i would not leave him alone

chester reunions. you could find him in the local cafes or biker hangouts around town where everyone knew his name. mom was preceded in death by his parents, wife, daughter darlene and brothers bill, don, and text and steps betty sue and rose and survived by his partner in crime and loyal friend dan c. pack and friends jason roy and chase caldwell and by his grandson kelly shoe balk and great granddaughter with cory all of san antonio and his two great, great grandsons fin and nick shubach and survived by numerous to list and close friends and family. may bobby's memory be a blessing. i'd like to send our prayers and support by the families impacted by the deadly fires in california. these fires upended lives and destroyed homes and tested the resilience of countless communities. let us lift up those mourning and those who are rebuilding and the brave first responders working tirelessly to protect lives and property. may they find strength, comfort, and hope in the face of adversity. and lastly with gr

worse still for reformers, garfield's vice president chester alan arthur suddenly elevated to the top reform, which shocked everybody. >> reporter: yes, in a surprising about face in 1883, president chester alan arthur contrite by some accounts over the murder of garfield signed the pendleton civil service reform act. the first-of-its-kind in u.s. history. the law was strengthened over time. >> civil service reform helps taxpayers get what they have been paying for. >> reporter: but it laid the groundwork for a professional bureaucracy responsible for everything from food safety to financial regulation. >> it really paved the way for a more active federal government. >> reporter: of course, the federal government of the late 1800s with about 50,000 employees looked a lot different than today's work force of more than 2 million. >> with you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. >> reporter: and critics, including president donald trump, believe the numbers and the protections afforded those civil service workers have gone too far. hence, president trump's executive order this pa

these two dogs, named kane and chester, wanted to go out, but they quickly had second thoughts i hearou. >> it took them less than 10s to decide to turn right around and go back inside the house longer than i would have lasted, you could say. >> they quickly learned there's no place like home are inside just a minute longer. and they would have been popsicles. >> oh, andrew's on a roll. okay. >> that's it. let's get to our first polka of the year. >> let's kick off the new year with a trip to exotic lisbon, portugal, where this video was recorded for us by the 24 robbers swing band. all it takes on foreign wars. >> all the weather. all the sports. that's the world news. polka. if you're an insomniac and a good night sleep you like, do the world news polka. it's late at night. you're wide awake and you're not wearing pants. so grab your world news now mug and everybody dance. >> have some fun. >> be a pal. every anchor guy and girl do the world news, polka. polka. polka. cares what the bosses think? they're a goofy crew. and if your neighbors call the cops is all you have to do when th

the inquiry is looking into how letby was able to kill seven babies while working at countess of chestermitted "on his watch" — and apologized "for anything that didn't happen that could potentially have prevented such an appalling crime". temperatures in parts of the uk could fall below minus i6—degrees celsius overnight as a major cold front continues. fresh weather warnings have been issued with snow, ice and fog forecast across southern england, wales, northern ireland and northern scotland. disruption to road and rail services is expected. you're live with bbc news. staying in los angeles— where about 200,000 la residents are under evacuation warnings — meaning they may have to flee at a moments notice. many have had to make their way to evacution centres, like this one in pasadena. while others are cramming into friends and familys apartments. that includes the family of caitlan doran, an influencer who lives in the los angeles neighborhood of marina del rey — not under an evacucation order. but her whole family has a home in the pacific palisades, where they keep her internet—famo

the inquiry is looking into how letby was able to kill seven babies while working at countess of chestertted on his watch and apologized "for anything that didn't happen that "could potentially have prevented "such an appalling crime". temperatures in parts of the uk could fall below minus 16—degrees celsius overnight as a major cold front continues. fresh weather warnings have been issued, with snow, ice and fog forecast across southern england, wales, northern ireland and northern scotland. disruption to road and rail services is expected. you're live with bbc news. the us supreme court rejected donald trump's request to halt his sentencing in his hush money case in new york, and it means that the sentencing will now go ahead as planned on friday morning in new york. president—elect trump has been convicted in new york court. two conservative judges joined the two liberals. donald trump is a ready expressed his anger at the decision. they have called for an appeal and as you know they acknowledged what the judge said, no penalty and there is no penalty but we're going to appeal anyway

let's speak to dr chester griffiths, los angeles brain surgeon who fought for almost a week to save theyour time today i know you were in surgery when the fire started and once you have completed surgery you —— back home you —— back to your street and then you put into action this plan, 15 years in the making what that plan involves? first, we realised that we were in a fire zone, and so the community had a programme, the community had a programme, the community imaginary —— community imaginary —— community emergency response team, i placed them monthly experts from experts, firemen, meteorologists, all different disciplines, to teach us and give us knowledge so that we dispel some of the fear of fire. we learned about equipment, coordination and disaster preparedness, and then we were certified, but it continued on from there, accumulating the equipment, and we do have wildfires here in southern california, but each time one comes up, we put up the equipment, my neighbours, and we would practice, and we willjust knew and we would practice, and we will just knew that and we would practi

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the suspended labour mp mike amesbury has pleaded guilty at chester magistrates court to assaulting an to the ground in the early hours of the morning in his cheshire constituency. amesbury and his 45—year—old victim had both been drinking and got into an argument. amesbury apologised outside court. he'll be sentenced at a later date. improving weather conditions and slower winds across southern california are giving exhausted fire crews some respite as they continue to try and contain the devestating fires across los angeles. to try and contain the devastating fires across los angeles. the fires began more than a week ago and have killed at least 25 people. let's join clive myrie, who is in los angeles for us now. we are in altadena. it is a suburb, part of greater los angeles. we are about 1k miles from downtown, and this is one of the areas that was very badly hit by the wildfires, but it's also a closed area now. people still cannot return to their homes. why? well, the construction crews working up there, they are trying to sort out the gas and electricity supplies, make them saf

letby was able to kill seven babies while working at countess of chester hospital.low minus 16—degrees celsius overnight as a major cold front continues. fresh weather warnings have been issued, with snow, ice and fog forecast across southern england, wales, northern ireland and northern scotland. disruption to road and rail services is expected. you alive with bbc news. the us supreme court has denid a last—minute bid by president—elect donald trump's to halt sentencing in his hush money case. the top court rejected donald trump's emergency application seeking to block friday's sentencing by a 5—4 vote. the president—elect has been convicted in a new york court of covering up payments to an adult film performer. the two conservative judges joined three ripples to reject trump's bid to delay the hearing. donald trump has ready expressed his anger at the decision. they call for an appeal and they acknowledged what the judge said about no penalty and there is no penalty but we're going to appeal anyway, just psychologically, because frankly it is a disgrace. it is a j

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because as our federal, chester has emphasized several times in the past, i also expect that the chairman of the party with the most votes, will be entrusted with the formation of a future federal government. so if we are invited to these talks that we will accept this invitation to the austrian people's party is the current ruling party and one the 2nd most folks and the legislative elections on the policies filed coalition tools lead to leader and current john select calling their hama, to announce his resignation. bahama was certainly opposed to it came with the freedom party's lead to the freedom party as coal. so re migration of unemployment, foreigners types of photos and suspending the right to assign them is also seeking to return some pallets from the european union to australia and wants to, in sanctions against russia. that would be an abrupt change. the central european country political future has never looked so uncertain. alex bid out his era. the volunteer in military his last and offensive against a new rebel group has been attacking villages near the border with news. ye

the inquiry is looking into how letby was able to kill seven babies while working at countess of chesterapologized "for anything that didn't happen that "could potentially have prevented "such an appalling crime". temperatures in parts of the uk could fall below minus 16—degrees celsius overnight as a major cold front continues. fresh weather warnings have been issued, with snow, ice and fog forecast across southern england, wales, northern ireland and northern scotland. disruption to road and rail services is expected. you're live with bbc news. jimmy carter is to be laid to rest alongside his wife, rosalynn, at their home in the town of plains, georgia. a private family service was held at the maranatha baptist church, after president carter's casket was flown to georgia from washington dc. earlier in the day, there was a state funeral service at the national cathedral in the us capitol. jimmy carter's casket was draped in stars and stripes, and accompanied by his family. 3,000 guests, including the last five presidents, leaders from around the world, and jimmy carter's friends and fam

of his mind, saying that landscape is a dangerous man as it leads you crazy policies based on doc chester and world history of the and i'm oh, zalinski has already lost his legitimacy. according to grant's constitution, he's an illegitimate president. so now he just talks a lot, there is a saying that this man is just a down pilot because he is doing everything just to get more from us and european union moral wiki, the former prime minister, a born simply said, the gentleman's can you do to look at his own country and what he has done there rather than interfere in polish affairs. but you know, every politician hug, zelinski did not rise up, only fell down for the landscape. the only chance to be in powers for the conflict to continue its obvious. but very soon, trump will be inaugurated, and as we all know, his 1st plan is to solve the problem of ukraine. well, zelinski will try to prevent this because it's in his interest to keep the conflict going. in november 2022 on eastern polish village, ukrainian missile killed 2 people with a grain facility. so what, no one blames the lens for t

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speaking at the party's north west conference in chester, reform's leader said the abuse of children in towns across britain, predominantly perpetrated by men of pakistani heritage, was the most unique evil of his lifetime. he used his speech to criticise both the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, while renewing calls for a national inquiry into the grooming scandal and criticising division in the country of living in two tier. >> britain , had enough of two >> britain, had enough of two tier policing, had enough of two tier policing, had enough of two tier justice, tier policing, had enough of two tierjustice, had enough of us all being divided up. >> well, that speech comes as ten reform councillors in derbyshire leave the party over the leadership of nigel farage. meanwhile, the health secretary has warned the use of inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks vilifying entire communities. meanwhile, labour mp for liverpool walton, dan carden, has called for a national inquiry, the first from the party to break ranks, urging sir keir starmer to use the full powe

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west chester county in new york, congressman mike lawler on maria's sunday show yesterday.e wants to raise the salt cap so the deduction for state and local taxes, take a quick listen, here it comes. >> you had a very important meeting with president trump and i know he get this is. you expect the salt cap to be lifted in >> he understands and agrees the cap on salt needs lifted and i introduced legislation to lift toy $10 0* thousand for individuals and $200,000 for married couples and from the very beginning, if salt was not lifted i will to the support a tax bill that will not do that . >> wow. larry: i think you and i agree that to get the one big beautiful bill through, so double it from 10-20,000, mike lawler wants to go 100-200,000. by the way, just in "the wall street journal" editorial this morning, if you double the salt cap from 10-20,000, it costs 175 billion over 10 years and just want to put that in. now, 23 you took that to -- took it to 100,000 as mr. lawler pes, there's no telling. i can't even calculate it. what's going to happen on in? >> the general prin

one malibu resident doctor chester griffiths seen here after battling the fire with just water hoses was able with his son and one other neighbor on malibu beach to save the pacific coast highway, they fought the montrose buyer for three days and three nights and when it was over the emotion was overwhelming for him. listen. >> we did it. , the houses here, the houses here all houses are here. >> oh my god. >> one of the neighbors homes doctor griffith saved belong to film director john travolta that joins us live from above the area. john and his family were evacuated and have not been able to return home yet. i can only imagine the gratitude that you must feel for doctor griffith, when did you hear he was staying behind to fight the fire? >> we knew he was staying behind and we were angry and my father-in-law that lives next door to me wanted to stay behind and we were angry and we made my father in law to leave and he wouldn't leave and we thought they were nuts, they are nuts but they pulled off a miracle. exhausting nonstop. liz: you can see that within him. tell me about your s

. >> so this recommendation includes chester port strategy number 11 which states that cultural humilityelps build greater cultural competence in the castro. this means ensuring that allies learn to work more effectively with lgbtq plus people in the neighborhood and that lgbtq plus community members engage with one another more respectfully and collaboratively. this involves identifying resources and partners to develop programs that encourage businesses and nonprofits in the castro to adopt eia training and to establish the eia policies, practices and codes of conduct for staff, customers and clients. so an example of how the cultural district has been working on this strategy is through facilitating daca trainings with our advisory board and sponsoring trainings with neighborhood partners like the dubose triangle neighborhood association, eureka valley neighborhood association, castro merchants and the castro community benefit district. these help the major castro stakeholders develop greater cultural humility and cultural competence and also sets the groundwork for them to implement

chester griffiths, stayed behind to save his and his neighbor's homes. >> because my son and my wifehbor stayed, and i wasn't going to leave him alone. >> reporter: he and a few neighbors were certified by the los angeles fire department to serve as resident first responders in a disaster and after the first long night of fighting one of the most destructive fires in los angeles history -- >> it's all gone. >> reporter: -- covered in soot, ash, and anguish all over his face. there was still a victory. >> we did it. the house is here. >> reporter: griffiths realizing they had just saved all five of those homes. >> why is it worth it to you to want to stay behind to protect this rather than evacuating? >> it's what we live for. it's our heart and soul. it's our family. it's our community. >> reporter: and i do want to point out that when we arrived for that interview, a hot spot broke out. dr. griffiths was literally fighting a fire when we showed up to meet him. rhiannon. >> rhiannon: we thank dr. griffiths and all those heroes out there helping. thank you, jaclyn, for that report. we

wanted to show you these guys, kate and chester.hey are having none of it. race back inside into the blankets by the fire. we understand, boys. it is cold out there. ginger, come back and warm up with us. that's pop news. >> rebecca: that's the move. find a blanket by the fire it is here. stay with us. thanks 2025. bring it, bring it, bring it. >> january mornings on gma. it is time to start strong in 2025. let's do it, people. >> how you feel, how you look. being happy and really happy. >> the secrets and tips you want. you need to live in your best mornings this january on gma. come on, start strong. >> come on, start strong. you're going to own 2025. and we can't wait to help. let's do it. people start strong with gma. start strong. come on start strong. >> got finished with this this week. >> good things always happen when coach prime deion sanders comes live to gma i'm back. >> plus jamie oliver the one and only baby. >> jamie's cooking things up for you. >> live on good morning america . hold on people we're back and you can b

. >> so this recommendation includes chester port strategy number 11 which states that cultural humilityns ensuring that allies learn to work more effectively with lgbtq plus people in the neighborhood and that lgbtq plus community members engage with one another more respectfully and collaboratively. this involves identifying resources and partners to develop programs that encourage businesses and nonprofits in the castro to adopt eia training and to establish the eia policies, practices and codes of conduct for staff, customers and clients. so an example of how the cultural district has been working on this strategy is through facilitating daca trainings with our advisory board and sponsoring trainings with neighborhood partners like the dubose triangle neighborhood association, eureka valley neighborhood association, castro merchants and the castro community benefit district. these help the major castro stakeholders develop greater cultural humility and cultural competence and also sets the groundwork for them to implement these in their neighborhood practices. and so next jerrod kont

we had it with chester arthur, you know, who was not in good health after he left.ith james polk, who was not in good health after after he left. and so it's been a long time since we've had a post-presidency where somebody has left office, really, you know, kind of at an advanced age and certainly never in their early 80s. this is an unprecedented moment in the post-presidency. so out of the seven presidents you. >> examine here, most of them, we hadn't mentioned herbert hoover yet, but most of them have very active post-presidential lives still in some ways in public service, the exception being george w bush, who is still. >> with. >> us, of course, who seems very content to have nothing at all to do with with politics, except to show up to the occasional inauguration and make comments afterwards about how strange donald trump's speech was. >> yes, absolutely. so, so i'm glad you mentioned herbert hoover, because one of the things i tried to do in this book is make herbert hoover great again. you know, for a man who's. >> got a long. >> way to go, that's a. >> ne

and it was due to our doctor, chester griffiths, and two of our neighbors who literally have been positionedhere nonstop putting out fires. they said they put out fires 15 times on our house. our creative vision center for creative activism, right next door. they were standing on the roof putting out fires. it's extraordinary that we survived it. you know, we're the only commercial building for miles and for about three miles. we are one of a few homes that still are existing on the pch in this particular area. >> and you mentioned, yes, you mentioned doctor griffiths that he had just performed brain surgery that day. and then of course, two brain surgeries and then performed this. extraordinary. you mentioned creative visions was also saved. you started that nonprofit in honor of your 22 year old son, dan, who was a photographer for reuters but was tragically killed in mogadishu. what does the fact that this building was also saved in the midst of all the devastation, mean for the work done on your son's behalf? >> that is really a great question. this building exists to support the storyte

nancy chen is out of form and chester new jersey talking to farmers they are and how they could impactnt as labor and the lack of it. that is why so many farmers we spoke with said they are watching very closely to see how president trump addresses this given that he has vowed to launch the biggest deportation effort in american history. about two-thirds of farm workers in this country are foreign-born and while many of them come to the united states and seek jobs legally through visas, a program that could expand a trump administration, the usda estimates that 42% of crop laborers are undocumented. they tell us there's a lot of nervousness on farmworkers right now and the owner of this farm said his workers are all legally authorized but what trump does next is something he and so many others around this country are watching closely. >> when we talk about the ripple effects of potential mass deportation, labor is already hard enough to find as is. could it be even more difficult to find across the board if that happens? >> no question in the united states we have a shrinking workforce

nigel farage has just taken to the stage in chester, claiming that the reform party could run this country better than labour. well, it's not exactly a bold claim, nigel. i mean, come on, you could put the brains of starmer, reeves and rayner and lammy into some birds and somehow they'd still fly backwards. now the bbc, they're all about tackling disinformation, they say this week, except they're busy spreading it. take this. they posted about a gun wielding leader at a ghana inauguration, sparking concern while elon musk's ex, the community, noted it and set the record straight. turns out the leader was cheered, not feared. maybe bbc verified should start by verifying their own content before going after anti—labour tech titans. it strikes me there's a little bit of an agenda at play there. and yes, my friends, over christmas i was very much on your screens more than the adverts, but it was an honour and a privilege. that said, though, it really is wonderful to be back with the regular superb saturday five crew as a panel, we've all grown really rather fond of willie, so we've been out to

speaking at the party's north west conference in chester, reform's leader said the abuse of childrenn towns across britain, predominantly by men of pakistani heritage, was the most unique evil in his lifetime. he used his speech to criticise both the prime minister and leader of the opposition, while renewing calls for a national inquiry into the scandal. he also praised gb news investigation into the abuse. >> what has become clear is we thought this was happening in 6 or 8 northern towns, charlie peters, who is really reignited this story, charlie peters doing, i think, great work for. gb news. has shown us that he has evidence that these barbarities have taken place in at least 50 towns. >> well, all that comes as ten reform councillors in derbyshire leave the party over the leadership of nigel farage. meanwhile, the health secretary has warned the use of inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks vilifying entire communities. he also says he fears rhetoric could lead to atrocities similar to the christchurch mosque shootings in new zealand, which killed more than 50 people.

the runcorn and helsby mp appeared at chester magistrates court today, where he admitted attacking 45 year old paul fellows in main street, frodsham, in october. mr amesbury has apologised to the man. he admitted punching to the ground outside court, saying i am sincerely sorry to mr fellows and his family. to manchester now where two men accused of assaulting police at manchester airport last summer have appeared in court. gb news north west reporter sophie reaper is outside the court this morning. >> mohammed fahir himars gave no indication of his plea regarding two counts of actual bodily harm and one count of assaulting an emergency worker. his brother, mohammed ahmad, also gave no indication of his plea regarding one count of actual bodily harm. the case has now been sent to liverpool crown court, where the brothers will appear on the 13th of february. >> in other news, the home secretary, yvette cooper, is set to make an updated statement on child sexual abuse to the commons this afternoon. it comes after exclusive polling revealed 73% of people want the prime minister to launch

speaking at the party's north west conference in chester, reform's leader renewed calls for a national inquiry while criticising division in the uk of living in two tier britain. >> had enough of two tier policing, had enough of two tier justice, had enough of us all being divided up. >> well, that speech comes as ten reform derbyshire councillors leave the party over the leadership of nigel farage. meanwhile, the health secretary has warned the use of inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks vilifying entire communities. in germany, the afd party has nominated co—leader alice weidel as chancellor candidate at a congress live streamed on x, she promised to close the borders and abandon eu climate policy, pledging to tear down windmills of shame. the right leaning alternative for germany is polling at second ahead of the country's election in february. the sdp's candidate, olaf scholz, warns that other parties wanted to take a chainsaw to democracy. in ukraine. the country says its troops have taken two north korean soldiers prisoner in the kursk region. president volodymyr zelen

phil cunliffe is at chester crown court for us. phil, what was heard in court?lty in court today of a charge of assault by beating. this stems from an incident in october last year outside a taxi rank in cheshire, around two o'clock in the morning. mike amesbury and paul fellows were involved in exchange of words over a bridge closure. both men had been drinking. cctv shows shows mr bell's main punch by the mp in the head. he pulls done on the ground he is punished a further five times by the mp. mike amesbury at one point is also heard saying that telling mr fellowes, you will not threaten your mp again. after admitting his guilt earlier mike amesbury spoke to reporters outside court.- reporters outside court. highly regrettable _ reporters outside court. highly regrettable and _ reporters outside court. highly regrettable and the _ reporters outside court. highly regrettable and the incident i reporters outside court. highly regrettable and the incident in| regrettable and the incident in october. — regrettable and the incident in october, i am sincerely sorry