we walked around on facetime. we saw the back. she saw. that's most of my home. most of that part of her home was gone. so it was a mix of emotions for her. she saw for the first time that at least part of her home was standing right now, one of the lucky ones on the street, because, again, all of the homes on this street are leveled because of that fire. i could imagine just such a mix of emotions for her and for everyone out there right now. what are they telling you as far as where they're at now and what it looks like moving forward? well, they're making a lot of progress, at least here in the palisades. we've been seeing a lot of crews certainly working to try to get some of these lines that have been cut down because of the fires, get those going. they are continuing to clear some of the main arteries here so folks can be let back in. we don't know exactly when that is when that timeline will be. just yesterday they had suspended any escorts into the area for folks who wanted to see what was left of their homes or try to gather some important things, they s

so i've been facetiming with people who are in australia, showing them that there's nothing left of their home. and they're like, no, we're not. that doesn't look like our house. are you sure? and i'm having to break it to these people that that is their house, because, you know, this is all still the evacuation zone. so people can't get in to check on their homes. so kids, now, i just heard from a friend of mine, there are some kids charging people a couple of bucks. kids will go on their bikes, they'll check out your house, and then they give those dollars to charity. they give the dollar to charity. >> we have seen people biking through started up that hill, came down around this this curve. house to house. yeah. that split second. and now people grabbing those suitcases and fleeing. >> last night we got back into our house. then we were going to evacuate again to hollywood. but then a fire broke out in hollywood. so we thought, okay, let's just stay in our house. my sons and i just. and and we stayed in our house and hope for the best. and we're totally fine. this, i mean, but these n

chase and i were talking to him on facetime and he was in there with his lantern gathering his stuff and putting stuff up. had he just took his medicine and that was it. >> reporter: your son left a few hours after that at 11:00 p.m. he's okay. >> chase is okay. >> reporter: traumatized, i'm sure. >> very much so. very much so. >> reporter: i'm so sorry. i just thank you for even talking and being this is strong. i know it's difficult and the last thing you want to do is talk to reporters, but i'm glad we could share his story. >> thank you. >> reporter: the more i learn about rodney and the life that he led, so i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> reporter: and i'm so sorry. >> i appreciate you checking in and i appreciate you guys showing concern and wanting to talk about my dad. >> reporter: yeah. i'm sorry. just all these stories that i've heard over the last few days from the palisades to this eaton fire, folks who have lost everything, but again to lose a life, that's the hardest. you see homes that have burned down, but to lose a life. best of luck to you. prayers for your family

we were on facetime and he was in there with his lantern gathering his stuff and putting stuff up. he had just took his medicine and that was it. >> so sad to think about that. >>> look at this. in the palisades fire a ring camera caught the moment a home was overtaken by flames. this is from tuesday night. all those flames suddenly came up and the smoke made it nearly impossible to see after that. the palisades fire is still the largest that's burning in l.a. it is already the most destructive fire the county has ever seen according to cal fire. this helicopter video just looks like a disaster zone, like a bomb went off, entire neighborhoods completely wiped off the map. some people finally got to check on their homes today only to learn that their neighborhood looked like that. >> it's really disheartening. i mean our family's in tears. the community's in tears. this is devastating. it's never going to be the same. i'm never going to be able to show my kids where i grew up. it's all gone. >>> turning back to the eaton fire burning in pasadena and altadena and a clear picture now

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brother jack so the night of the attack, their parents were able to get to the hospital in time and facetime him to say goodbye his eyes were closed and he was on a machine that. >> i know you could hears got catches heartbeat, beating for a reason. not believe it was. to me. my family could come to buy. >> that was kimberly chang reporting for us tonight. also learning new details about the cyber truck explosion outside hotel in vegas that killed a person and injured several others. authorities say the highly decorated army soldier behind it left a note saying that it was a stunt to serve as a wake-up call for the country's ills. authorities say the 47 year-old man died by suicide before the cybertruck blew up. investigators say he didn't harbor any ill will toward president elect trump. police say that he also wrote in the note that he needed to cleanse his mind of the burden of the lives he took. the pentagon says that it has since turned over all medical records to local police. and out of the latest on the plane crash in fullerton, southern california that left 2 people dead and injured

jack besh said the night of the attack their parents were able to get to the hospital in time and facetime him to say goodbye his eyes were closed and he was on a machine that. >> i know you could hear that god kept is heartbeat, beating for a reason. and i believe it was. to me, my family could come to buy. >> next week, president joe biden and the first lady are expected to travel to new orleans to grieve with family and community members. the fbi said there are no credible or specific threats, but they are operating in a heightened threat environment as federal officials prepare security plans for upcoming events, including president-elect trump's inauguration. >> and that was kimberly chang reporting for us. now to the latest on the las vegas cyber truck bombing. new video shows 37 year-old matthew burger charging the tesla cyber truck he had rented and would later blow up. this video shows him walking around the vehicle which is soon to be filled with fireworks and consumer explosives that investigators say he bought in new mexico. it's just one of the several new pieces of evidence,

so, you know, i've been facetiming with a couple of people and showing them that there's nothing left of their home. erin. >> yeah, it is. it is unbelievable. and the smell so acrid and you realize you are breathing in plastic and metal and chemicals and all of the other things in the air for people, millions of people here in this area, this surreal, just complete annihilation that we are all now witnessing as there is that other fire raging as we are watching these winds pick up tonight. caitlin, back to you. >> yeah, it just speaks to so much is going on right now and still so much ahead of them. erin burnett nick watt. thank you both for those reports on the ground. we'll check back in with you. there are a lot of moving parts happening this evening. officials in l.a. battling one fire after another, just to demonstrate that we were supposed to speak to the chief of the los angeles fire department tonight. she was going to join us for an interview. she was pulled away, understandably, completely, understandably, because a new fire in the city broke out this evening. it is just ano

so i was in bed and he facetimed me and i said, "yeah, i was thinking about you", and i said to him,n". and he said to me, "you've gotta admit, tracey, "it's an oxymoron". isaid, "yeah, dame tracey" — it's just so brilliant. it's just like, it should inspire people, you know, that, like, if you work hard enough and you're really... it's not... the accolade of being a dame is for the work that i've done. and that's why it feels good. if you were to start out as an artist today, as a young woman, do you think it would have been easier for you in any way? well, yes and no. sadly, it's almost impossible to go to art school or university or college if you come from an impoverished background. it is impossible. i think now, it's much better for women doing art, and in the arts, and i think it's much better for people from black and from different ethnic cultures doing art. when i was at art school, when i was at the royal college of art doing painting, there was only one black person there, which is kind of shocking, isn't it? and also, there's very few working—class people because, to get

nowadays, i cannot tell the difference between facetime and real-time. all of us in public service know that our careers are made possible by the support of our families who have sacrificed so much so that we may serve. thank you so much for joining us today. thank you for your support of steve. now is the time to thank you, steve, for the countless ways you advanced atf's mission for the past 2.5 years. you helped lead the justice department's efforts to accelerate the fight against gun violence on every front from cracking down on criminal gun trafficking pipelines to deepening our partnerships with state and local law enforcement to updating atf regulations. under your leadership, atf agents and field divisions across the country partnered with state and local law enforcement to turn the tide against violent crime. preliminary data shows 2024 will mark the third year in a row have seen a substantial decline in murders nationwide. you oversaw the expansion of our crime gun intelligence centers employing cutting-edge technology to traced crime guns, lin

before he passed his brother jack was able to say goodbye on facetime. >> if you could have lived, he he was always the little guy. he always had to fight and that is what he did until the last breath he took. reporter: terrence kennedy was a born and raised new orleans. he was a kind man with a big heart who loved watching football especially the steelers. drew graduated from auburn university in 2023 and according to his linkedin page worked at honda. auburn university president christopher roberts said of the 26-year-old alum, words cannot convey the sorrow the auburn family feels for drew's family. kareem had just finished his first semester at the university of alabama. his father told reporters his son spent his life loving people and socializing with friends. he was only 18. also 18, she had her whole life ahead of her according to her great aunts. she dreamed of becoming a nurse like her mother who hadn't 100 or to go to new orleans. elliott wilkinson was 40 years old and living on the streets at the time of his death. his older brother cecil told reporters that he had a histo

>> elton: it was a fantastic -- i was asleep at home in windsor in england and david phoned me, facetimed and he held up two emmys i knew we had won and i was so excited mostly for him because he did such a great job with the live broadcast. only 19 people have egots. from america, because i came to america from england with my eyes wide open because this is the place i always wanted to come to. this is where all the great music came from, the movies, everything about it. so to become a egot meant so much to me because the american public have given me so much throughout my career. it felt great. who doesn't want to win anything? come on. [applause] >> stephen: and others documentary about your life. it's called "elton john: never too late." the first question obviously is never too late for what? i think it's never too late -- >> elton: if i answer that question, you will never be on the air again. >> stephen: never too late for what? >> elton: never too late to change your life. to make decisions that will make your life better. the documentary really documents my rise to fame from '72

nowadays i cannot tell the difference between facetime and real-time. all of us in public service know our careers are possible by our families so that we may serve. thank you for your support. now is the time to thank you, steve, for the countless ways you advanced atf's mission for the past 2.5 years. you helped lead the justice department's efforts to fight gun violence on every front, from cracking down on criminal gun trafficking pipelines to deepening our partnerships with state and local law enforcement to updating atf regulations. under your leadership, atf agents and field divisions partnered with state and local law enforcement to turn the tide against violent crime. preliminary data shows that 2024 will mark the 30 year in a row that we -- the third year in a row that we have seen a substantial decline in murders nationwide. you employed cutting edge technology to trace crime guns, linked ballistic evidence to shootings, and identified gun traffickers and straw purchasers who arm violent criminals. you championed the network that is one of th

jack besh said the night of the attack their parents were able to get to the hospital in time and facetime him to say goodbye his eyes were closed and he was on a machine that. >> i know you could hears got catches heartbeat, beating for a reason. not believe it was. to me and my family could come to buy. >> next week, president joe biden, the first lady are expected to travel to new orleans to grieve with family and community members. the fbi said there are no credible or specific threats, but they are operating in a heightened threat environment as federal officials prepare security plans for upcoming events, including president-elect trump's inauguration in new center, kimberly chang. >> authorities are trying to figure out why a man chose to blow up at tesla cybertruck and why he did so outside trump international hotel in las vegas. the highly decorated u.s. army soldier died by suicide. the pentagon today says that it has turned over all medical records to local law enforcement. a law enforcement official telling the associated press that investigators learned the man may have gotten

his brother jack besh said the night of the attack their parents were able to get to him and facetimeim to say goodbye because obviously. >> respond to any of us. but he could hear of. truly believe he could hears. eyes were closed and he was on a machine that. i know you could hears. got catches heartbeat, beating for a reason. and i believe it was. to me and my family could come to biden's latest live. >> all right. a memorial for the 14 people killed in the deadly truck attack stands on the sidewalk in the french quarter there of new orleans. here's a live look at the french quarter right now where police have increased security in that area. and this heightened security will remain in place as the city prepares for 2 more events. the drawing big crowds, one of them is the super bowl in february and just a couple of hours after that attack in new orleans, an army soldier killed himself inside of a cybertruck that was packed with fireworks outside of the trump international hotel in las vegas. that explosion caused minor injuries to 7 people. investigators said today that the suspec

i think the to goal is to sweeten them up a little bit, facetime with trump and hope they can agree onit shouldn't be. i have to say even on reconciliation, there are already disagreements about whether it's one package or two package, what comes in one or the other of them. there is a lot of leg room here and running room, i think, for democrats to challenge what's going to happen in the process. >> we have to take a break. melanie and donna, you will be with me. we will talk about confirmation stuff after this. ufstf after this power outages can be unpredictable, inconvenient, and disruptive to your life, posing a real threat to your family's comfort and safety. when the power goes out, you have no lights, no refrigeration, no heating or air conditioning. the winds are not letting up at all here. we're going to see some power outages. number one thing to prepare for is extended power outages. are you prepared? you can be with a generac home standby generator. when a power outage occurs, your generac home standby generator automatically powers up, using your home's existing natural ga

his brother jack bash, said the night of the attack their parents were able to get to him and facetime him to say goodbye because obviously. >> respond to any of us. but he could hear of. i'm truly believe he could hears. eyes were closed and he was on a machine that. i know you could hear that god kept is heartbeat, beating for a reason. not believe it was. to me and my family could come to buy. >> also a national news a judge has set president elect donald trump's sentencing in this hush money case for next friday. that's about a week before he is due to return to the white house. the judge indicated that trump would not go to jail in a ruling today. the judge says he to sentence the former and future president too. what's known as a conditional discharge in which a case gets dismissed if a defendant avoid sri arrest. the development leaves trump on course to be the first president to take office convicted of felony crimes. >> coming from. >> the eu it tonight. we need to say that didi. >> you heard correctly there. still ahead here to a driver basically admits to his crime after get

goal of this weekend is to summon them down to mar-a-lago, sweeten them up a little bit and get facetimen all agree on what to do. >> is hope a strategy with this crew? >> it shouldn't be. i have to say even on reconciliation, there already are disagreements about whether it's one package or two packages. >> right. >> what comes in one or the other there is a lot of leg room here and running room i think for democrats to challenge what's going to happen in the process. >> all right. we're going have to take a break. melanie and donna edwards will be with me. we're going to talk about confirmation stuff after this. s. nice going lou! nothing like a little confidence boost to help ease you back in to the dating scene. of course, that also includes having a smile you feel good about. fortunately, aspen dental specializes in dentures and implants made just for you, with affordable options and flexible ways to pay, and now, they■re 0 dollars down plus 0% interest, if paid in full in 18 months. helping our patients put their best smile forward. it's one more way aspen dental is in your corner.

and so i was actually having to rush back from school the same day, and so when i got this, i had facetimedt the generator up. but right across the street see where the house burnt down? if our neighbor's house was really close to the fire, so we had to wheel the generator across the street and set it up. that's actually his backyard and we basically saved a bunch of houses with this one equipment. so it was definitely life saving, yeah. will: incredible. a. rachel: i'm amazed. patrick, how did your dad know about this idea? i'm still kind of trying to wrap my head around it, this pump. >> you know, that's a good question. i'm not sure. he asked me one day to -- he said he wants to get a pump that goes out of his pool, so we found somebody online, a nice gentleman who came over to the house and gave a demonstration and showed us exactly what he recommends for our particular setup. so we actually have a generator that powers a pool pump, and you have a splitter is so you have one big sprinkler that you set up in place and you let it run, you kind of angle the direction that you want, and it

. >> we just facetimed with hoda. >> oh, yeah, we have facetimed with hoda during the commercial breakw. >> why not? live stream? is there another device? we could. we could go live with? i feel like. >> there you go. happy new year to both of you. happy. happy new year. >> happy new year. i'm going to do a phantom shot with you. >> by the way, this is a gorgeous. >> thank you. this coat cost $100. is that right? it looks nice, though. no, it looks like money, don't it? >> by the way, who was your person of the year? you guys have been talking about the year in news all year. >> who was it? i would go with angel reese and her performance in the wnba. what about you guys? mine. is that that french pole vaulter with the big dogs? >> yes. look how. >> look how their eyes lit up. yes, yes. >> my lover, my lover. >> yes, the one who got over it. but he would have gotten. he would have cleared if his dog had been a little smaller. >> yes, he would have a gold medal. >> amber, who was yours? >> mine is kendrick lamar. >> oh, wow. >> i love to hold a grudge, baby. yes. >> what weird news story

his brother jack besh said the night of the attack their parents were able to get to him and facetime him to say goodbye because obviously. >> respond to any of us, but he could hear i'm truly believe he could hears. eyes were closed and he was on a machine that. i know you could hear that god kept is heartbeat, beating for a reason. not believe it was. to me and my family could come to buy. >> now a couple hours after attack new orleans, an army soldier killed himself inside of a tesla cyber truck that was packed with fireworks outside of the trump international hotel in las vegas. the explosion caused minor injuries to 7 people. the men behind each of attacks use that's a san francisco based app to rent. the cars used turo is a peer to peer car sharing company pretty similar to airbnb with homes. the company tells kron 4 they're working with law enforcement officials. in a statement the company says in part, quote, we do not believe that either rent are involved in the las vegas and new orleans attacks had a criminal background that would have identified them as a security threat re

before he passed, his brother, jack, was able to say goodbye on facetime. >> if he could have lived,t so hard. like i said, he's always been a fighter. you know, he was always the little guy and he always had to fight and that's what he did until the last breath he took. stephanie: terrence kennedy, 63, was a born and raised new orleanian. his sister told reporters he was a kind man with a big heart who loved watching football, especially the pittsburgh steelers. drew dauphin graduated from auburn university in 2023, and according to his linkedin page, worked at honda motor company. in a statement, auburn university president christopher roberts said of the 26 year old alum, "words cannot convey the sorrow the auburn family feels for drew's family." kareem badawi had just finished his first semester at the university of alabama. his father told reporters his son "spent all his life loving people and socializing with friends." he was only 18. also 18, nikyra dedeaux had her whole life ahead of her. according to her great aunt, she dreamed of becoming a nurse, like her mother who hadn'

i facetime my grandma and text my best friends. how do we balance that?ecting your day to day life. does it impact your sleep, your energy and your mood? these are tell tale signs you need to decrease your functions and make it less about overconsumption and back to consumption. there's a fine line between those two. >> use it and d if you find tho signs and symptoms, lose it for a little bit. you mentioned popcorn brain. i want to make sure people know what that is. >> popcorn brain is different than internet addiction. internet addiction is a clinical syndrome. your time online is spent so exceedingly that it's difficult for you to function. it affects your work, your relationships, your sleep. popcorn brain is different. internet addiction is rare. popcorn brain is what modern life is all about. it doesn't affect your relationships or work. it affects your quality of life. >> you are helping us improve our quality of life as we sit around with our phones and screens. doctor, thank you so much. >> thanks so much for having me. >>> thank you for being wi

so i've been speaking to people in other parts of the world, facetiming with them, unfortunately showing them in some cases that their house is still standing. in other terrible cases, that their house has gone. and, you know, the reaction from some people is, well, i'm glad i'm not the only house left standing in the entire neighborhood. they're trying to take just whatever solace they can. wolf. >> and i know, nick, you don't live too far away from there. how are you and your family doing? >> yeah, fine. i mean, we evacuated one night last night. we planned to evacuate. we were going to go to hollywood. then, of course, the fire broke out in hollywood, so we hunkered down. my sons and i just got hosepipes garden hoses and just doused the entire house and just woke up every few hours, checked everything was okay. but, you know, we are at a decent remove from where the active fire is right now. so my family all good and well. but unfortunately for so many thousands of others, wolf, it's a very different story. >> yeah, the numbers are enormous indeed. all right, nick watts, stay safe ove

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so i've been facetiming with people who are in australia, showing them that there's nothing left of their home. and they're like, no, we're not. that doesn't look like our house. are you sure? and i'm having to break it to these people that that is their house, because, you know, this is all still the evacuation zone. so people can't get in to check on their homes. so, kids, now, i just heard from a friend of mine, there are some kids charging people a couple of bucks. the kids will go on their bikes, they'll check out your house, and then they give those dollars to charity. they give the dollar to charity. >> we have seen people biking through and people who have managed to come in to talking about, you know, their, their homes. but now you've got this, this kind of fire and people are fleeing with their suitcases, as we've been hearing people did from here, right there watching that fire. it started up that hill, came down around this this curve. house to house. yeah. that split second. and now people grabbing those suitcases and fleeing. >> last night we got back into our house. then w

i spoke to on facetime last night to people in thailand, and showed them what was left of their home,ch was nothing. now the good news is the wind is a little lower now. the planes have come in. they're going to try and contain this fire a little bit before the winds pick up again. you know, last night when we first heard those planes, it was a very reassuring sound because, you know that that is a huge, huge help in trying to fight these flames. wind going to pick up again next week, jake. >> all right. nick watt in the pacific palisades. thank you. stay safe. much more ahead on these destructive fires. we're going to squeeze in a quick break. we'll be right back. >> this park changed my life. >> superman. crazy. just that simple little thing over the horse. >> chris wanted to change the world. >> people are literally walking because of him. >> superman. the christopher reeve story. >> february 2nd on cnn. >> slow down, honey. >> a new driver. you need new insurance. the zebra compares over 100 insurance companies to find savings no one else can. up to $400 a year. trevor. oh, look.

. >> we were on facetime and he said, he'll be fine. >> i'll be here when you guys come back. >> he washis bed when i found him. >> it was so fast. a friend was able to go to the neighborhood once it had completely burned down and send us a video, and that's when we found out for sure the idea of trying to figure out where we're going to be for the next month, where we're going to have this baby. we had so many friends and a massive support group there that i was really, really planning to lean on and losing them is like. it's almost harder than losing our home. >> i probably only have a dozen or so homes in in my census track. >> um, it's like half the town is gone. it's it's just too overwhelming. we're just living with the clothes on our back. and lucky to have friends that are bringing us in. >> i think everybody just needs to, to understand that they've done their best. and, you know, as long as they're with their family and they have their lives, um, you know, life is long and i think we have that to look forward to. >> and for more information about how you, our viewers, can help

i'll facetime them and be like, yeah, because they go to bed at nine on new year's eve. >> so. >> so you're still together? yeah. still together i like that. >> what do you think we. it started way back even before i was born. my parents kind of put out. i think it was stuff left over from whatever. so it was like crackers, cheese, whatever. and they called it the layout dinner. so now that we do the same, now we have a layout dinner. so basically new year's eve and new year's day. it's a lot of snacking. you know, it's just you know, it's a charcuterie is the fancy term for it. but we call it the layout dinne yeah. okay. yeah. what about you? >> i eat everything, yeah. nothing special about it. all right. what about a dry january? you came up with that? >> it's very popular. a lot of people do dry january because they've done a lot of holiday partaking and festivities, and drinking and partying and whatever. so i mean, i don't necessarily then go, okay, dry january, but i'm not like a huge drinker. >> yeah. >> but i, you know, i do my little wine tasting and i don't drink during the

he was moving around here on facetime with my son. my son was like, papa, we got to go.ot that bad yet. and he was like, no, papa, we need to go. >> though it might get bad. >> was he the only one in the house at the time? >> at the time when the house burned to the ground. >> he's in the house. in the bed by himself, thinking about your father here and going through this. >> just your thoughts and your feelings. >> just devastation. >> the whole neighborhood has gone. i've been living here my whole life, and. >> my whole life is gone. tell me about your father. >> well, he worked at lockheed martin for 45 plus years, and he bought this house in 1968. >> and we've been here. altadena's been going around the rose bowl every day. >> monday through friday. >> taught me the same thing. >> and we've just been living here in altadena and pasadena my whole life. >> how was he as a father? >> as a grandfather, great person. >> funny. >> the life of the party, love sports and love people. very intelligent man. loved to read. >> how will he be remembered by you and your family? >>

so, there was this crisis of morale because, you know, this is before whatsapp and texting and facetimehter ] so, your mail was how you felt connected to the people you love most and the people who loved you. so, these soldiers weren't hearing from their wives, their parents. parents weren't hearing from their sons. and there was a sense of loss of purpose and connection, community, morale. so, these women were brought in. tons of people had tried to fix the situation. nobody could do it. so, almost as a joke, the government was like, "oh, there are these new black lady soldiers." like, "put them on the job." they gave them six months to do it. they did it in 90 days. >> seth: wow. [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah. yeah. >> seth: obviously, i don't think i'm alone. i'd never heard about this. >> yes. >> seth: how did it first come to your -- >> so this is kind of crazy. i got this message from tyler perry saying, "i have this link i want you to look at. it's something maybe we could work on together." and i was like, "okay great." i was super busy. i said, "i'll watch it on monday when i

we were on facetime and he said, he'll be fine. >> i'll be here when you guys come back.e was in his bed when i found him. >> it was so fast. a friend was able to go to the neighborhood once it had completely burned down, and send us a video, and that's when we found out for sure the idea of trying to figure out where we're going to be for the next month, where we're going to have this baby. >> we had so many friends and a massive support group there that i was really, really planning to lean on and losing them is like. it's almost harder than losing our home. >> i probably only have a dozen or so homes. in in my census track. um, it's like half the town is gone. it's it's just too overwhelming. we're just living with the clothes on our back. and lucky to have friends that are bringing us in. >> i think everybody just needs to, to understand that they've done their best. and, you know, as long as they're with their family and they have their lives, um, you know, life is long and i think we have that to look forward to. >> um, you know, the trauma from these fires will aff

so i've been facetiming with people who are in australia, showing them that there's nothing left of their home. and they're like, no, we're not. that doesn't look like our house. are you sure? and i'm having to break it to these people that that is their house, because, you know, this is all still the evacuation zone. so people can't get in to check on their homes. so kids, now, i just heard from a friend of mine, there are some kids charging people a couple of bucks. kids will go on their bikes, they'll check out your house, and then they give those dollars to charity. they give the dollar to charity. >> we have seen people biking through

i'll facetime them and be like, yeah, because they go to bed at nine on new year's eve. >> so. >> so you're still together? yeah. still together i like that. >> what do you think we. it started way back even before i was born. my parents kind of put out. i think it was stuff left over from whatever. so it was like crackers, cheese, whatever. and they called it the layout dinner. so now that we do the same, now we have a layout dinner. so basically new year's eve and new year's day. it's a lot of snacking. you know, it's just you know, it's a charcuterie is the fancy term for it. but we call it the layout dinner. yeah. okay. yeah. what about you? >> i eat everything, yeah. nothing special about it. all right. what about a dry january? you came up with that? >> it's very popular. a lot of people do dry january because they've done a lot of holiday partaking and festivities, and drinking and partying and whatever. so i mean, i don't necessarily then go, okay, dry january, but i'm not like a huge drinker. >> yeah. >> but i, you know, i do my little wine tasting and i don't drink during t

jack besh said the night of the attack their parents were able to get to the hospital in time and facetime him to say goodbye his eyes were closed and he was on a machine. but >> i know you could hears got catches heartbeat, beating for a reason. and i believe it was. to me and my family could come to buy. >> and that was kimberly chang reporting for us this morning. the faa says it plans to keep going and are tougher oversight nearly a year after a door panel flew off an alaska airlines flight, but says after a series of crashes and safety hazards involving their passenger planes, it's making improvements and safety culture and training. boeing has been under heavy scrutiny since january 5th last year after the cabin door of an alaskan airlines. excuse me, alaska airlines flight whipped off mid-flight. several other safety incidents followed the most recent happening. less than a week ago in south korea. 179 people were killed when a boeing aircraft had a landing issue slamming into a barrier before bursting into flames. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news governor gavin newsom taking

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