. >> i want to bring in mayor of malibu, doug stewart.or, you are right now in the emergency operations center in malibu. you're having to deal with what's been going on since last week. and looking ahead, we just heard from those l.a. officials in that press conference that the fire threat is critical through wednesday, l.a. mayor karen bass says the city is making urgent preparations to mitigate its potential damage on top of what's already been lost. how are you preparing? >> well, we're in the same mode as they are, and we're all sharing the same resources. whether it's the fire department or the sheriff's department. in our case, uh, we've got major winds coming up. and while it's not as bad as it was a week ago, it very easily could be a repeat of what we had. if there's another fire, it'll move quickly. so that's first and foremost on our plate is to make sure we're ready in case another fire breaks out. we also got to take care of all of our residents that have been seriously impacted by what's already happened. so we're we're in

i'm proud of the city of malibu the staff working around the clock with a great mayor and doug stewart other city council members were rallying around how we will help and rebuild we really need help from the government. from the agencies that govern us. we can't do it alone in my opinion again i'm new to this but i been here 17 years reasoning to teenagers here i don't how we come back from this the devastation i took a drive down carbon beaches just gone. the neighbourhood a big rock is gone i own a school for elementary kids which is spread he much gone i believe. we need help here. >> understand a handful of their iconic landmarks have been locked there's lawson's last night can you tell me what ones are gone tonight. >> i think they saved the getty villa and you've got the topanga hotel and for locals others are gone. moon shadow is gone and we had many little is a says called wiley's fish and tackle an icon called the reel in across from the historic service break it's a devastation and it's something which is just a failure i don't know how to explain it but it's heartbreaking a

and joining us now, the mayor of malibu, doug stewart. mr. mayor, thank you.e situation is in your community right now. >> well, we're facing just as your meteorologist said, potentially heavy winds again. and what's really disconcerting about it is almost a week ago, we were in the same position, not nearly as high wind forecast as we were have today, but it is just going to be a struggle again, because if we have another fire start, we're going to be right back where we were. and we're also facing with having to deal with the damage and the consequences to our residents in the population. from the fire last week, people are still out of their homes. we don't have utilities. for the most part. people do not have cell phone service. it's only coming back in sporadic hotspot locations and we don't have electricity and we don't have the ability to talk to our people. if there was another evacuation required. so we're we're still in some dire straits and we'll be glad when thursday comes when this wind event is over. >> and at this stage, as far as the winds are