christina coleman is north of l.a.nd altadena peart first foxbusiness max gordon. >> we are overlooking mandeville canyon right now. the winds are starting to pick up. we were expecting this 15 -- 38-mile per hour winds with gusts up to 15 miles an hour this is only going to complicate fire efforts as the palisades of fire continues to burn recent increase in fire activity today on the eastern side of the fire the fire is pushing towards a te community of brentwood in los angeles. forced more evacuations there is a desperate fight to stop the flames we have seen numerous air drops, air tankers coming in dropping the retardant load. you can see the bridge it behind me painted pink with fire retardant as fire department runs to rush the flames. digging up line as well as leg hose on the ground getting water on the flames it appears they are doing a good job in stopping things but the big variable here is the wind. you can see around me there starting whip 30 potentially 50 mile-per-hour winds that's going to hamper aircr

christina coleman live and altadena but how is everything looking there?i can tell you right here where i am at right now it is looking good. there are so many good people showing up, volunteering donating all kinds of things water, food, clothes, shoes, giving what they can to people who lost everything in these fires. the eaton fire burned thousands of homes. so many people lost everything. many walked away with just the close on the back. they are showing up here trying to collect what they can to help their family during this very devastating time. also, take a look at this help out hundreds of california national gardens that embed as they carried out operations to keep it back to it every secure patrolling the burned out neighborhoods as they support the california highway patrol lapd, panola county ensures deputies they keep people out of evacuated areas but don't you stop people from polluting. authorities have made at least 29 arrest since the fires asserted most were in the eaton fire zone. made several arrests last night including one and the ma

christina coleman is in altadena with the latest. christina?r house so many of them just gone. absolutely devastating you see the debris and the steps people were walking up just days ago now it's covered in debris. five people lost their lives in the fire burning over 10,000 acres, 750 firefighting personnel are just working to get the fire under control. it's at 0% containment and there's a lot of firefighters driving in the neighbourhood looking for hot spots and small fires to make sure they don't spark into larger ones. it's not as windy as it was last night but there is still wind and it's erratic. it's causing these embers to just fly in the neighbourhood but that's what firefighters are concerned about they are working around the clock here the fire is 0% containment to and just moving this master down the smell of the smoke is strong. it is going to be a lot of time for people to clean up this area and the grieving the emotional impact that it will have on so many people here finishing off the holiday break returning from christmas bre

christina coleman is assessing the situation live in the pacific palisades.ith with the kenna fire in wu woodland hills, matt what are you seeing? >> reporter: this six affective fire in l.a. county. some good news as evacuation orders were listed -- and lifted that area. but this fire did explode earlier today. we did walk up to the trail behind us and saw the scorched earth up there. very brave fireman on foot battling the fires those are the people who should be credited from any structures being kept untouched today. the area here is a crime scene actually as we aren't allowed back there with l.a.p.d. officer telling me it's a crime scene because a person was arrested around 4:30 on suspicion of arson. l.a.p.d. has clarified however to me that they do not have a direct link right now between the arson arrest and the fire however the officer on the scene does tell me that it is awfully suspicious and we will keep you updated on that investigation. of course a lot of people around l.a. county are on edge with many people fatigued by all of the alerts and th

christina coleman is live in los angeles with more on this. christina what are you learning? hi anita well federal authorities identify the man who blew up as 37-year-old matthew of colorado springs not on the fbi radar and didn't have a criminal history. they say ultimately this appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a highly decorated combat veteran who was struggling with ptsd and other family issues or personal grievances. they believe he shot himself in the head while inside of the cybertruck. today on "fox & friends" an army ranger who knew him shared his thoughts on this tragic situation. >> the guy was a great dude. he, you know, he was a fit -- he was fit he was a good shooter. he was good communicator he was a talented green buret, and sounds like everybody liked to work with him. so none of this makes sense and it is so heartbreaking. i truly hope that -- you know this is a wake whereupon call for -- for service members to make sure that we're checking in with each other right now. >> even though authorities say levels burger blew up the cybertruck in fro

griff: christina coleman in our west coast bureau, thank you.tching, let's take you to the the east room in the white house. president biden talking, making an award with. listen. >> that that man was fred -- frederick douglass. here we are 160 years later where he stood with abraham lincoln to unify the nation. i'm joined by our incredible first lady, jill, incredible vice president kamala harris and second gentleman if doug. doug, he's a hell of a lawyer, by the way. [laughter] finally going to get to practice again, huh? [laughter] for the final time as president, i have the honor of bestow thing the medal of freedom on our nation's high civilian honor 40 on group of extraordinary, truly extraordinary people. who gave their sacred effort, their sacred effort to shape the culture and the cause of america. let me just say to the each of you, thank you, thank you, thank you for all you've done to help this country. ms. -- [applause] you all, you all literally embody the nation's creed, e e pluribus unum. out of many, one. collecting the people o

christina coleman joined the troop lastly enjoins us now on the ground in altadena california. she said tracking the eaton fi fire. >> we have tragic news regarding the fire, we got an update from authorities who told us the death toll increased to more people now confirmed dead from the fire which brings the total number of lives lost to eight, eight people have died from the deadly eaton fire. it adds to the devastation. take a look at this house, it's one of more than 7000 homes and businesses ravaged by this wildfire that continues to burn. it's only 15% contained. governor gavin newsom announced his increase california national guard personnel to support ellie responders to 1700 service members doubling boots on the ground as they support local law enforcement some are positioned at intersections to secure areas destroyed by the buyers. they say how bad people want to check on their homes but they are urging everybody to have patience and they want people to be careful. there are down power lines and gas leaks. they want to keep tutors out. the argument were deployed wedne

bill: christina coleman thank you.he explosion in los angeles new year's day terrorist terroristattack a new relentlesn rob d'amico of former supervisory special agent found her up to see her at one consulting. thank you for your time tonight. looking at these two cases separately, initially it looked like a whole lot of coincidences. now it's looking like the biggest one is potentially more of a suicide with the message she wanted to get out. and your opinion it hasn't kind of settled are these not connected? >> i think you're going to go down with the thought they are not going to be connected. you are still always going to be checking to see if something lines up that does not seem right i think is going to end up that way. i think him having provided notes and some letters and e-mails really finishes that for most people. bill: regarding the new orleans attack fbi heavily investigating that when obviously we just learned suspect apparently traveled to egypt in 2023 for a full month. he went completely alone. invest

that is where christina coleman is joining us live at the eaton fire. christina, i know you're seeing a lot of homes that have been burned down and are still burning right now, as far as you know, is there still active flame moving towards new areas of town, or are we looking at mostly just the aftermath of this fire now? >> well, i can tell you this fire is 0% contained. so i imagine there is, you know, still flames moving possibly into new areas, firefighters working around the clock to try and get this fire under control. even in this neighborhood, this close knit community, this close knit community, i mean, you could see these small fires that are still burning. i'm standing in front of what used to be, i believe, a theosophical library. and you can see multiple areas in this building that are on fire right now. and that is what the firefighters are worried about. they're worried about the smaller fires. they're worried about these embers, these hot spots, because they could spark up within seconds and cause an even bigger fire. this fire, the eaton

trace. >> trace: christina coleman live on the scene in altadena, thank you.ific palisades resident, singer and songwriter. john, our hearts go out to you for losing your home in the pacific palisades. we've been in that area for the past three days. it is awful. you and the people that live around you, thousands, 5000, may be more. maybe more when this is all over. it's awful. we want to show some pictures of your house. i know this is not healthy for you. that's the fire. we've got some pictures before and after of your house that we would like to put up on the screen while you are talking. the question is, what exactly do you know what happened and were you there when it was happening? >> we've seen these fires before in the hills over the years and, you know, i live very close to the bluffs which is about as far from the hills as you can get. so in the past i have never evacuated. this one, something told me to at least start to get ready. so i packed up my dog, i packed up my stuff and as i pulled away, there was no part of me that believed when i drove a

christina coleman is live in altadena with more. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, alicia. we were with them here in altadena as they helped secure this area. they are guarding different intersections trying to keep people out of this area. they don't want them to get hurt by some of the downed power lines and all of this debris. you know, some of the buildings that have been crumbling, you can see all of this rubble here. they want to keep people safe. they are working with california highway patrol, and authorities understand that emotions are running high, that people want to get back in here and check on their homes, but they are urging people to, please, be patient with them. take a listen. >> please be patient with us. we're trying to be empathetic. we understand this is terrible, to be out of your home, you know, and to lose your home. it's not only the possessions that are in your home, but the it's the memories you've made in that home which are very difficult. >> reporter: the guardsmen are also assisting local authorities in guiden people who have been evacuated

christina coleman live north of l.a. pete lessard with max gordon these are the very front lines of the palisades fire in the west ridge neighborhood of los angeles pretty see the smoke behind you what's the latest on the ground? >> we are overlooking mandeville canyon right now per this is the palisades of fire right behind me growing to 22600 acres. now at 11% containment part overnight was how this fire begin to grow an increase in fire activity spreading another 1000 acres an an additional amot of fire activity as well later on today. we have quite the air show in the area we had multiple tankers and making drops right behind us here. you can see the pink strip along the ridge line, that's where the air tankers are laying down fire retardant creating a fire break where the fire won't be able to pass. it will hopefully protect the buyers down in the canyon. you can see down there firefighters creating a fire line that demonstrates how steep and rugged this terrain is. these canyons have incredibly difficult firefight

burning as we speak thank you and altadena is another area hit incredibly hard which is where christina coleman joins us live from tonight out of the eaton fire i assume you aren't seeing anything great out there tonight either. >> definitely not. it's a very devastating just taking a look behind me this house destroyed it's one of many on the street more than a thousand structures damaged or destroyed in this fire it's a deadly fire claiming five lives so far since it broke out just north of pasadena last night field by strong wind that wreaked havoc on this area and at this fire has scorched more than 10,600 acres since yesterday alone and if you just look down the street you see car after car that looks like this look at this vehicle completely burned out. several days ago you can imagine a neighbourhood full of families and kids talking to the firefighters out here it's a tight-knit community. these homes have been around for decades i'm betting during the christmas break and the holiday break the families here probably never expected for houses to be gone like they are now. more than 750 f

christina coleman, thank you so much. and we want folks to know that we are also monitoring a news conference with the mayor of los angeles, karen bass. and we'll get that to you when we do. griff. griff: thank you, alicia. while we wait for that press conference from the mayor, let's go to altadena to the town counsel vice chair. nick, what is the latest that you are seeing there and the needs of your community? >> we had a community briefing yesterday that, luckily, we had a high streaming count which means that a we're getting a lot of information out there that included, i mean, the simple answer to your question is it's so much devastation. my, i represent a part of altadena that i would say easily over two-thirds of the area i represent is gone including my home, and it's just overwhelming to look at. i will be doing a drive through today if you feel like doing a follow-up, i can give you a better idea. it will be, the chair and myself, we'll have -- the sheriff is taking us through town to do an assessment, and we'

for th core latest we turn to fox newsd ev correspondent, christina coleman. christina.heytthe identify the suspect 37-year-old matthew livelsberger of colorado springs. they say he has a highly decorated army soldier most g recently a greenbrae on leave from germany. they believe he was the lone driver of the tesla cybertruck exploding wednesday morning outside of trump international hotel in las vegas. they believe livelsberger shot himself in the head while in the vehicle before the explosion. >> i'm comfortable calling it a suicide with the bombing that occurred immediately thereafter and i'm not giving it any other labels.st >> 17 people suffered minordn 'tinjuries. they said it could babsoe worsed the vehicle did not absorb a lot of the explosion.clud they found a lot of evidence in the cybertruck including military i.d. d fra passport, multiple times t apparently damage from the blas. >> they are almost beyond recognition as well. there is slr model b30 semiautomatic firearm and athe number of fireworks still in the e that had to be removed. >> also, there are som

for the latest we turn to fox news correspondent christina coleman. christina?horities identified the suspect in this case as 37-year-old matthew lives berger of colorado springs. they say is he a highly decorated army soldier most recent lay green beret on leave from germany. they believe he was the lone driver of the tesla cyber truck you see exploding wednesday morning outside of trump las vegas. authorities believe lives berger shot himself in the head while in the vehicle before the explosion. >> i'm comfortable calling it a suicide with the bombing that occurred immediately thereafter. i'm not giving it any other labels. >> seven people suffered minor injuries, authorities say it could have been worse if the steel sided vehicle didn't absorb a lot of the force from the explosion. investigators say they found a lot of evidence in the cyber truck including a military i.d., passport and multiple guns that were apparently damaged from the blast. burnt almost beyond recognition as well. there is slr model b-30 semi-automatic firearm, number of fireworks that we

griff: christina coleman live from the west coast bureau, christina, thank you. molly: thanks, griff. for more on both of the new year's day attacks, we're joined by former secret service special agent, charles moreno. we're learning more information per the authorities regarding the individual, livelsberger out in las vegas, a little bit of info on his motivations potentially ptsd, some family problems and in his words, the explosion was a wake-up call and not intended to be a terror attack. your thoughts on what we're learning about the suspect? >> i think in general for both las vegas and new orleans, the lesson learned here is, you know, what's this pathway to carrying out an act like took place in both of the cities and why didn't either one of these individuals come to the attention of law enforcement prior. now, they're going to look at both places, the pathway to carrying out this attack and the interactions and the activities into the leadup into the attacks and do a deep dive, a due diligence investigation on each of these individual's lives and their i

christina coleman is in l.a. with the very latest on this. christina. >> hi, david. federal authorities released major new details in this investigation shedding light on a possible motive for the cyber truck explosion. they say the man behind this incident is 37-year-old matthew livelsberger of colorado springs. they released new surveillance video showing him at a tesla charging station during his drive to las vegas prior to blowing up the tesla 8:20 in the morning on new year's day pt they say he was a highly decorated army soldier, most recently a green beret on approved leave from germany and apparently suffering from mental health issues and personal family grievances. they say he shot himself in the head inside of the vehicle just before the tesla blew up. >> although this incident is more public and more sensational than usual, it ultimately appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a heavily decorated, combat veteran who was struggling with ptsd and other issues. >> even though this incident happened outside of trump's international hotel in las vegas

christina coleman is live on the ground in pasadena with the very latest she's been there with the volunteersg us up-to-date. >> we are here with the volunteers who had been helping support those who lost so much in the eaton fire which is wreaked havoc in altadena pasadena areas the rapid of distribution for today but they collected somebody bottles of water, diapers, everything you can think of," but shoes, two of the paper these people, some people walked away from their homes are evacuated with the clothes on their back it's a difficult time for so many here. the eaton fire burned through 7000 structures, many homes and businesses wipe them off the map they reduced to rubble, so painful for so many families. a lot of them showed up today to collect what they had for the family. different church groups to volunteer, people were tired of seeing things on social media and wanted to get out there and help and do something about this different restaurants bringing food and people show up you to collect shovels and breaks to clean up the debris in the area that they are allowed to so there real

christina coleman is life at this inspiring story. >> go ahead and take a look at this. this place has been packed all day long with both volunteers and people showing up in need. it's amazing to see how many people have turned out to this community to help out folks who have lost everything. all kinds of food, fresh vegetables. to bring everything they can to help these people out. on the other side you see folks getting close. people left their home with literally the close on the back and nothing else. think about it. some people do not even have shoes. all of those donations. take a look at this video we shot yesterday also helping out hundreds of california national guardsmen. they let us embed with them yesterday as they secure evacuated areas. they support the lapd and the l.a. county sheriff's deputies. >> driving around has just been a tragedy seeing all of the houses and the things that have been unfortunately taken by these fires. >> it is a tragic situation. yet some are taking advantage of this byte looting. it is just awful by the soldiers are assisting wit

christina coleman his life about 14 miles north of l.a. she has more on how the guard's pitching in, christina? >> hi arthel. the guards helping to secure the area. it's been ravaged by these wildfires. the eaton fire has claimed the lives of at least six people have burned to more than 14000 ayers destroyed thousands of homes for take a look at this house behind me. it's been reduced to rubble. you see all about debris, all the charred material looks like a stove there it's a few things standing. california national guard are positioned throughout this neighborhood other areas impacted by the fire. they have checkpoints they want to keep people from taking advantage of the situation. >> we want to keep people who were trying to loot or take their property out and if we let everyone back in its very, very difficult to determine who is a homeowner. there is a lot people are very crafty these days. >> halford highway patrol southern california division chief. he is working coordinated with the national guard in the eaton fire absolutely destr

joining us now from the west coast christina coleman is here with the latest puzzling new details out of las vegas. christina. >> hi, jason. authorities identified the suspect in this case as 37 year old matthew berger of colorado springs. they say he was a highly decorated army soldier, most recently a green beret who was on leave from germany. they believe he was the lone driver of the tesla cybertruck that you see here, exploding wednesday morning outside of the trump international hotel in las vegas. authorities believe berger shot himself in the head while in the vehicle before the explosion. investigators say they found a lot of evidence in the cybertruck, including a military id, a passport, multiple guns and materials they believe were intended to fuel a larger explosion. seven people suffered minor injuries from the incident. authorities say it could have been worse if the steel sided vehicle didn't absorb a lot of the force from the blast. also, there are some similarities between the terror attack in new orleans and the cybertruck explosion. the suspects in both incidents s