erika andiola is the director of communications at young center for immigrant children's rights. viviana andazola marquez is a trial lawyer at waymaker. all right. straight ahead. strong winds continue to complicate efforts to battle the wildfires in los angeles. the biggest fire is still expanding its path of destruction. we're going to bring you the very latest, including a report on the ground on another hour of velshi, which begins right now. hey. good morning. sunday, january the 12th. we begin this morning in southern california, where firefighters gained crucial ground against deadly wildfires overnight. but more wind is coming and the fires continue to blaze through densely populated urban areas in and around los angeles. at this hour, we are expecting a news conference from los angeles mayor karen bass. any minute now. we're going to bring you that when it happens. but here's where things stand right now. officials say more than 12,000 structures have been destroyed or damaged since the fires began on tuesday. thousands more remain under threat. 16 people are believed to