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killed and donald trump are rising, and the hit north carolina threatening to shut the federal emergency management agency. the from us says it will release for female is rarely captives on saturday. the 1st and the cheapest. now to be for each since a c spot came into effect, let me name does green the already have. i'm an easy daniel to bow um, you know that some of them have been seen in the videos previously released by him . us return is ready for us. these are expected to hand over $200.00 palestinian prisoners a honda so who joins us now from george's capital a month because he's ready, governments and palestinian authority have banned. i'll just hear from reporting in israel and the occupied west bank. so what more do we know about these campuses that will these captives are for female is early soldiers that the army says were surveillance officers in the had always base in southern israel when they were taken captive on october the 7th. but what's interesting is that israel is reading into this list of captives as a quote, violation of the cease fire agreement saying that it was supposed to be ci

now trump said he wants to over who, how the federal emergency management agency responds to dishonest as he says he's open to eliminating it completely. so like pictures that are coming from los angeles, i will also be signing the executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overall and fema, or maybe getting rid of fame. i think frankly, fame is not good. i think when you have a problem like this, i think you want to go and whether it's a democrat or republican governor, you want to use your state to fix it and not waste time calling. fema and then family gets here and they don't know the area. they've never been to the area. they want to give you rules that you've never heard about. they want to bring people that aren't as good as a people you already have. treatments turned out to be a disaster. well, the impact of hurricane heading is still very much visible in the western part of north carolina. obviously it was still available, brings us this report from national as well as being 4 months now. since hurricane helene ravaged the western side of north caroli

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so real issues that i spend donald trump piece me to hear a lot about the fema, the federal emergency management agency, that is the body that comes in when there is a big natural disaster. like i know it's great or a hurricane or a wildfire has long be critical or fema and now he's talking about signing and executive or the one that he says well, completely transformed, fema, or possibly get rid of it all together. fill of out. i'll just era. asheville, north carolina. the judge has bod, some of the journey. the 6 attack has freed from prison by donald trump from entering washington dc. they include ost keep us found to stewart. roads can be hawk, it has more in this from washington. earlier this week, donald trump, the now president of the united states, made good on a campaign promise to free those that had been convicted of the january 6 4021 attacked on the us capital. and as a result of their freedom, many of those january 6th attackers have been visiting the us capital and meeting with members of congress. stuart roads is among them. well, the federal judge wasn't too happy about that. and as a

real issues that i spend donald trump, he's been talking a lot about the fema, the federal emergency management agency, that is the body that comes in when there is a big natural disaster. like i know it's great or a hurricane or a wildfire his long be critical or fema and now he's talking about signing an executive order. one that he says will completely transform fema or possibly get rid of it all together. fill of out. i'll just era. asheville, north carolina, thousands of anti abortion that to the so in the us capital for annual, circled much for life. vice president events spoke at the event in washington dc. well, president donald trump address the crowd by video. she advertise, see, was out that really. and this is the 3rd box for life since rose the way the federal rights are both invisible to by the supreme court activists here say that they want to fight for even more measures to prevent abortion suffice. so mean i'd say total dropped the types of regular credit. they're advertising of the band because it was his supreme court. norman, easy or instrumental, and over timing, the right, the fe

asheville, north carolina, president trump said he wanted to over the whole how the federal emergency management agency known as fema responds to disasters. so we're going to be doing something on that the, i think most people agree i'd like to see the states take care of this. this is let the state take care of the tornadoes, that barricades and all of the other things that happen. and i think you're gonna find it a lot less expensive, you'll do it for less than half and you're going to get a lot quicker response. so that seems to be the recommendation. well, shortly we'll go to our white house correspondent kimberly hold fast. fillable is in as well, so we, so we know that donald trump will be guessing or to of the devastation there and also meeting with families. but how's that looking in terms of the devastation, several months later, from what you can see where you are? it's still it's hotel disasters. i mean, you look around and you can just see the remnants of people's lives. you know, remember these waters came down that they had the west drains in a 100 years and it quite literally washed hous

not donald trump's me talking a lot today about fee, but that's the federal emergency management agency. those are the, the people that turn up on the ground, whether it's a big natural disaster, a hurricane or no, it's quite a while fire. i may provide aids to people. they help them. i try to get through the media. it's a days a weeks ahead. they try to help provide the infrastructure out the clean up for that kind of stuff. he has long been a huge critic of fema. he said during his presidential campaign that it was an fit for purpose. he said that it was deliberately ignoring people in weston, north carolina, because they backed him, and phoebus said that's not true. he, he said that feeling was getting money for aid to undocumented migrants, which again, seems said was not true and today. but he said, is the funds to sign an executive order, and this executive order would either radically change fremont or get rid of it all together, which is one of the lines that we had mentioned in the presidential campaign. it was tied to that so called project 2025 that so conservatives box, dona

so being issued federal emergency management agency, administrative young, criswell says, active duty, military stands ready to be deployed in los angeles. in response to the final favorite condo is ahead of industry analysis and strategic advisory of housing rates. it's a global re insurance broker. it says the state of forties need to improve wildfire prevention measures through college, the insurance industry. in recent years, wildfire frequency and severity certainly has increased certainly in california, and certainly in the los angeles county area and part of their there are a number of different reasons for that. one of them is, as you say, um there are state regulatory caps on how much insurance can raise rates in the admitted market. previously, they weren't able to take things like climate change and the cost of re insurance and other factors into account. but it's also, um, things like, you know, creating sufficient fire brakes um, sufficient sweeping of the forest floors calling of forest legislation around community support for wildfire as fuel management. all this, i hop

visits to hammer his political foes in california, especially gavin newsom, and the federal emergency management agency fema. he is putting conditions on disaster aid for california, suggesting before helping devastated areas with federal funds, he wants california to enact voter i.d. and direct water in reservoirs to fight wildfires. jonathan leads us off tonight from l.a. >> as air force one touchdown, fires were smoldering throughout southern california, as they have been for 18 days. >> i don't understand what is happening. we cannot get a break. >> it has left behind overwhelming devastation. at least $250 billion in damage. trump met with firefighters and residents here in pacific palisades and saw the rubble firsthand. >> it is not believable. i don't think you can realize how rough it is, how devastating it is until you see it. it is devastation. it is an incineration. >> even when he met with hurricane victims this morning, he had california on his mind. >> they are not releasing the water, millions of gallons of water. they are sending it out of the pacific. someday someone will need to expla

president trump threatens to change how the federal emergency management agency operates, even as thousandsf los angeles residents desperately seek assistance. >>> and arab negotiators announce a breakthrough deal that will release an israeli hostage and allow palestinians back to northern gaza. >>> the white house says colombia has agreed to all of president trump's terms after a diplomatic dispute brought the u.s. and the south american nation close to imposing trade tariffs and sanctions against each other. it started after colombia refused to accept flights carrying undocumented immigrants back from the u.s. earlier on sunday trump posted on social media that he wanted to slap a 25% tariff on goods coming into the u.s. from colombia if the disagreement was not resolved. cbs's cristian benavides has more from miami. >> reporter: on social media secretary of state marco rubio wrote that colombian president gustavo petro had authorized flights but then canceled them when the planes were in the air. in a defiant response the colombian leader wrote, "your blockade does not scare me." deporta

the federal emergency management agency — fema — says u.s. military personnel are ready to join the crisisters struggle to contain the flames — those santa ana winds are present and expected to last through wednesday. humidity levels remain low. emma vardy reports. the race to stay ahead of the deadly fires enters a sixth day. helicopters fly just above the smoke. below, the flames rage. butjust as progress is made, other areas ignite. in the fires�* wake, residents continue to journey back to where their houses once stood. for one, the reality is overwhelming. oh, my god... oh, my god! she cries. i felt like a zombie since tuesday. can't sleep. you literally cannot sleep, you just replay. sabrina, another palisades resident, picks through what is left of her childhood home. my bedroom was in the front over there with my sister. you know, it wasn't that big of a house but it had everything we needed. it's really sad. i feel so bad for my parents. it's all gone. there have been repeated warnings for people to stick to night—time curfews — police urging the need for order. i saw a gentleman

from president trump suggesting that he was thinking of trying to get rid of fema, the federal emergency management agency, which is responsible for providing emergency aid from the federal government to these kinds of situations. >> look, in my mind, that's governmental malpractice and a failure of leadership to even suggest something like that, especially in the wake of these devastating incidents, not just in southern california, but he's coming from north carolina that was devastated by hurricanes. it hasn't been that long since florida and louisiana have been devastated. other parts of the region for tornadoes and floods. that's why we have a federal program. and and fema is there just for the immediate response and laying the foundation for recovery of these communities. ultimately, we need state, federal and local resources and the private sector to completely recover and rebuild. >> because in these kinds of disaster situations, almost always the states and the local governments don't have the billions and billions of dollars that the federal government has to try to to to rebuild. >> look, what p

says he would fix the damage left behind as quickly as possible, and blamed fema — the federal emergency management agencyntinue to burn. he accused joe biden of failing get a grip on disaster relief, while simultaneously blaming gavin newsom the governor in california of failing to manage properly the water supplies in his state. it should be an interesting conservation when the president touches down in la. gavin newsom has said he will be there to meet at he steps of the plane. here's the president speaking earlier in north carolina. i'm stopping in northj carolina first because they've been abusedj by what's happened. i mean, it's terrible. it should have been done. it should have been a lot- of things should have happened that didn't happen. so we're here. - we're going to fix it out. california, just to revert to it for a second. - millions of gallons of water are waiting to be poured i down through already the half pipes that are already built. . i mean, they've been up for 40 years. - and about 20 years ago, i they turned off the water. and in the meantime, you don't have water in the hydrants. -

that were hit by hurricanes, the president said he's considering getting rid of the federal emergency management agency. the president suggested that the federal government could simply allocate money directly to individual states as disasters occur, rather than have that money flow through fema. mark tamayo former presidential fema appointee says while rethinking fema disaster relief might be useful, eliminating fema would deprive states of important disaster response tools. >> so you could probably supplement california and replicate some of the things that fema does. but if you ask california first responders and the executive office of emergency management, they'll tell you that there are certain things that fema does that they don't have the capability to do to staff or fund on a 24 hour, seven basis. >> of the roads here in. >> president trump has vowed to sign an executive order to overhaul or abolish fema. crews continue to make progress on those fires in los angeles. the palisades fire is now 79% contained after burning 23,000 acres. the eden fire in altadena is 95% contained after burning 14,

residents who have lost homes in property are urged to register with the federal emergency management agency, which has received more than 53,000 applications for help, and distributed $12 million in basic needs. >> this fema disaster recovery effort has helped those who lost important documents. they can also file relief applications and even receive mental health services. >> we want parents to know we're here to support their whole family and people of all ages can come and get support from us. >> reporter: search and rescue teams are combing through charred properties damaged in the eaton fire. >> possibly surging for any victims that might not have made it out of the fire. >> reporter: first responders working that fire, camped out at the famous rose bowl stadium, setting up the tent village in the parking lot. volunteers are feeding breakfast to national guard members assigned to the palisades fire. >> we want to help, and that's what we do. we mobilize the community to help. >> reporter: those doing harm, law enforcement made more arrests overnight with on going looting concerns. auth

real time, you know, testing my knowledge here, but i don't believe he can disband the federal emergency management agencyt it is an executive office of the president, part of the government. so there may be some overlap there. basically. ali, there's more work for us to do here to understand what he is saying. what are the specifics of what he is saying he's signing, what is his plan and that we don't yet have from the new administration to better understand what all of this means. but at a time when he is coming into communities, this one here in north carolina that has had months of disaster, where he will go to california, where it's still fresh and at times the fires are still actively burning to raise the specter of changing how federal help works is certainly an interesting timing to bring this up. >> ali kelly o'donnell always listening intently. and we're going to do the same thing, listening to the president still in that briefing there. >> to sign. >> that note. well, we're honored by that. lincoln riley i was there at the time, and we had a big meeting with the parents right after that horribl

and after calling to end the federal emergency management agency. in north carolina, president trump lands in california. >> i appreciate the governor coming out. and meeting me. kevin, we very much. >> when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. >> i'm chris hayes. >> we're watching capitol hill right now. where in the next hour, we believe. the senate. >> is going to. >> vote on whether to confirm donald trump's. recklessly unqualified nominee, pete hegseth. >> to. >> run the department of defense. republicans can afford to lose three votes from their own party and still get hegseth across the finish line to confirmation by. >> the skin of his teeth. >> they would need jd vance to split the tie. but already, two republican senators have announced they will not vote to confirm hegseth. lisa murkowski of alaska. susan collins. >> of maine. >> today on. >> capitol hill, collins explained her no vote on hegseth to nbc news, and she went into damning. >> detail. >> i ended up. >> having a. >> number of concerns. >> they had to do with. >>

trump also suggested overhauling or maybe eliminating the federal emergency management agency. all of this is opening up lots of questions about the role of the state versus the federal government, and sometimes the struggle between them, sometimes the collaborative nature. joining us now to explore this relationship is daniel farber, professor at berkeley law and director of the center for law, energy and the environment. professor farber, welcome. >> thank you for having me on the show. >> absolutely. well, you saw a few minutes ago, governor gavin newsom and president trump seemingly making nice, at least in front of the cameras, talking about collaborating. right. but of course, president trump had been threatening to withhold federal disaster funds on the basis that california officials have mismanaged our water supply. so first, is that something the president can just do, like either say no money for you or tie it to a condition? >> i think the law isn't totally clear. the statute that governs these things says that the president can declare a major disaster and then auth

while raising new questions by promising an executive order to remake or remove the federal emergency management agency with statates leading disaster response instead. i think we're going to recommend that fema go away and we pay directly. we pay a percentage to the state. he assailed fema for its response to hurricane helene. i appreciate you, as north carolina victims spoke about the slow road to recovery. it's been a nightmare, and i totally feel like that. we've been forgotten. turning to california, the president saying he has conditions for badly needed wildfire relief, including the state enacting voter id laws and improving water policies. california officials have repeatedly denied president trump's claims that they withheld water from southern parts of the state. it all comes as the u.s. southern border is seeing a surge in resources, with the first of 1500 active duty troops the president deployed arriving in el paso, texas, as migrant deportation flights started taking off using military planes and a change in policy arrests of undocumented migrants also surging, including a workplace raid

the federal emergency management agency, right. and immediately what happens is there's $700 per person for little incidental things just to get through. there's firefighting equipment covered. there's bulldozers and other things like that covered. and also temporary occupancy, temporary shelter for people so that, you know, they can get through the next few days. that's all they're talking about right now, the next few days. so that's part one. and that's pretty pro forma if you will. not too many problems. and all things considered it's not that costly. okay. that gets the ball rolling. this is all short term. what about long term. the extensive measures what happens beyond that point. yeah. now we're talking about big bucks. now we're talking about a much more cumbersome process because governor newsom is already preparing a letter, so to speak, asking president trump and congress for billions and billions of dollars. how much? we don't know yet. and that's why he's not going to send that in for a while. but it's going to cover

while raising new questions by promising an executive order to remake or remove the federal emergency management agency with statates leading disaster response instead. i think we're going to recommend that fema go away and we pay directly. we pay a

federal government to take control of managing california's water resources — if deemed ineffective. trump has been critical of the state's response to the recent devastating wildfires. he also ordered a review councilfor the federal emergency management agencynfall in months, bringing some relief for firefighting efforts and cleaner air. but also bringing the risk of mudslides — and toxic ash runoff. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. another name storm as we start off the new working week. this time it's been named by the spanish met service because of the effects that it will have on the iberian peninsula. it's storm herminia, but also some impacts here across the united kingdom, heavy rain and some strong gusty winds. there are met office weather warnings in place, and this time it's the southern half of the uk that will bear the brunt of the worst of the weather over the next few days. so the storm's been brewing out in the atlantic. it's been pushing this massive cloud and outbreaks of very heavy rain at times further northwards and eastwards through the night, that hook on the rain producing potentially still some very squally gusts of wind of up to 60 to 80 miles an hour, but clearing into monday morning. so this is how we'l

federal emergency management agencies is military personnel, or on standby to help contain full wildfire spinning across los angeles. it comes as the national weather service issues, a written warning for critical fine conditions. wind gusts through the santa ana carto directly above the palisades area, could reach up to 120 kilometers an hour. what are these won't extreme conditions could last until next weekend. at least 16 people have died since the 5005 days ago . and risk you crews are focusing on full of major fires in los angeles. it is still pending, and these are the locations. paella signs is on the coast and ethan near pasadena. while the kenneth buys north of kayla passes. the spot is in the san fernando valley. the pacific palisades blazes the largest and has been through more than 9 and a half 1000 hit is. it is only 11 percent contained. the 8th and file has been the most deadly killing 11 people. it's 15 percent contained and has destroyed nearly 6000 hit is of land the kenneth 5000 most recently. but it's nearly fully contained at this 5 that began on tuesday. that is en

mind where the 1st thing they have to do is, you know, fill out various forms for the federal emergency management agency. they have to contact their insurance company. if they have insurance, they have to go through all sorts of steps and fill out forms and go online and meet with people in person and have insurance adjusters. come over and look at things and, and, and also get a, you know, a room, a room to live in a roof over their heads for themselves and their families. so i think a lot of people are, are operating doing that work right now, and not really allowing the sheer trauma and for of what has happened to see been there, compartmentalizing mentally, the sorts of things. and eventually the, you know, the true cost of whole towns and communities being wiped out is going to hit home. and it's going to be a very, very, very difficult time for those people. not that they're not having difficulties right now. what with the difficulty of finding housing in a very expensive housing market. and we're also seeing instances of price gouging. so that's not helping eyes, and i've sent it in april bundles

the federal emergency management agency, fema, says us military personnel are ready tojoin the crisis and as firefighters struggle to contain the flames, those santa ana winds are present and expected to last through wednesday. humidity levels remain low. as these searches continue, i unfortunately anticipate that those numbers will increase. we will start a similar operation in the northern side of the county here very soon, so the numbers i have and again, it is going to change, unfortunately, we have confirmed 1a deaths and that is in our specific la countyjurisdiction. 11 at eaton fire and three in our jurisdiction of the palisades fire. that is in addition to so when you hear the coroner reporting numbers, that is a little bit different. missing persons, i cannot emphasise, because i'm getting texts and calls, if you believe somebody is missing, please report it to your local law enforcement agency. we know that elevated critical fire conditions will continue through wednesday. the los angeles county fire department is prepared. these winds, combined with low relative humidities

the federal emergency management agency has just said us military personnel are ready to join the crisism. we're expecting an update from the authorities in la in the next few minutes. we will bring you that as it starts. four fires are still blazing and 16 people are confirmed to have been killed in the fires, 11 in the eaton fire and five in the palisades fire, with 13 people missing. the latest information from the california fire department says the kenneth fire is 100% contained, but it doesn't mean it has been extinguished. the largest fire — the palisades — is now spreading east, threatening the wealthy suburb of brentwood where the vice president kamala harris has a home. crews have been dropping fire retardant in a desperate bid to stop the fires' spread. and as firefighters struggle to contain the flames — those winds are picking up again and the forecast is for strong gusts across much of the week. let's cross to los angeles where county officials are giving an update on the wildfires. good morning everybody. we will do a question and answer with members of the press and the s

the federal emergency management agency has just said us military personnel are ready to join the crisis

but then when he was here, he was really, really angry with fee, but obviously federal emergency management agency. that's the body that comes into sites like this when it's been a big natural disaster like a hurricane over to us. quaker a was fine. he said this was a false claim. that statement denied on a website that actually puts up to deny these claims. he said that feedback was diverting money away from full in places like west of north carolina because they supported them and it was giving them that money to undocumented migrants obviously, like as a fema denied the. but we understand that he will be joined on this trip here by a mon cool cameron. hamilton not coming. hamilton is the guy that he is temporarily appointed to lead fee that donald trump says fee. but he, he believes needs to be completely. uh we, we dont, he says it has to be totally changed so that the states look out the federal aid, cameron hamilton, who was a navy sale doesn't really appear to have any experience, a disaster relief teams. although we do know that he's got a lot of experience talking about closing down the b

while the federal emergency management agency is the lead federal agency on disasters, there are often many federal agencies involved in disaster response and recovery. i have experienced firsthand how frustrating it can be with these federal agencies fail to work together following a natural disaster. that's why i'm proud oto support h.r. 152 which would address this concern by amending that fema-led working group created in the das rerecovery act of 2018, specifically the working group is going to make a plan to make collection of data from disaster less burdensome and time consuming. this will coordinate with the council of inspectors general on integrity and efficiency to identifies to reduce duplication and streamline the process. i want to thank the gentleman from mississippi, mr. ezell, for his leadership on this legislation. i urge support and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker: the gentlelady from oregon is recognized. ms. ohio: i rise in support of h.r. 15 -- ms. hoyle: i rise in support of h.r. 152. this legislation amends the disaster recovery reform act to help fe

the federal emergency management agency may need to be completely retooled. >> unless you have certainit gets in the way and fema will be a different discussion because i would rather see mistakes to take care of their problems, if they have a tornado someplace. >> reporter: we will see if trump tipped his hand a little more about his thoughts on natural disasters and he will be speaking with the president of el salvador later today. brian: thank you for that. now this. trump is reportedly looking to pause funding for gain of function research which makes viruses more dangerous or contagious. medical internist doctor frank contessa so joins us now. a lot of people say the gain of function research may have caused the covid pandemic. does this move seem like the right one to you? >> i agree with this move. i always felt the gain of function research, the risks outweigh the benefits. the proponents of this saying they have to create these superbugs that could wipe out humanity, and come up with defenses against it. the problem is the risk is too great. once you create these things it is

but he spoke more about the federal emergency management agency, wanting to see them have less involvementn hurricane recovery and more state involvement when it comes to these natural disasters. also speaking about opec, the view on cutting oil prices. he was speaking about some of the immigration policies. indeed, once again criticizing some of the water policies in california. he plans to visit california next regarding those l.a. wildfires. but, mike, we have much more in president trump's policies. mike: we do. he has plans to become an ai superpower. this is touching off a global tech race and we're joined by michelle guida, the ceo of the krach institute for tech diplomacy at purdue to talk us through it. we have seen this week this stargate insurance announced, then meta today talking about this big investment in ai and data centers. those are all private sector initiatives. they going to be enough to keep up with what rivals, in particular china, or doing with state-driven investment? michelle: thanks for that, mike. i think what we are seeing in the first five days of the second

during that visit, the president said he thinks he will recommend the abolishment of the federal emergency management agency fema. he also is talking about the implementation of one of his major campaign promises. the removal of illegal immigrants from this country. we have fox team coverage tonight. jonathan hunt is in pacific palisades, california. as we see the president's arrival there. and where he will tour. but we head to senior white house correspondent peter doocy who starts us off tonight with a wrap of the day live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> peter: good evening, bret. president trump's problems with fema date back to the days after hurricane helene when it was revealed that a fema supervisor was telling aide workers to skip houses with trump signs. so, he is on the ground seeing what could be changed and he is also making big, big changes at the southern border. >> going very well. we are getting the bad hard criminals out. these are murderers. >> peter: two u.s. military aircraft flew patation to guatemala last night. 538 illegal immigrants since monday's inauguration. >> and a

. >> so president trump says he's considering getting rid of the federal emergency management agency. he says, rather than financial federal assistance flowing through fema, money would be better spent and more effectively if it went directly to the states and let them decide what is needed. president trump will visit the wildfire disaster zone in los angeles when he arrives in california. while he says the state will receive federal assistance, it could come with certain conditions. ktvu sally rasmus in the newsroom with mr. trump's first trip to california since taking over the white house for a second term, ali. >> andre president trump is expected to arrive in los angeles later today around 6:00 this evening. but he traveled to north carolina first. and that's where this morning, the president spoke to reporters about federal disaster money for southern california and what he expects to get in return. >> i want to see two things in los angeles voter id, so that the people have a chance to vote, and i want to see the water be released and come down into los angeles and throughout t

government to handle disasters differently and he's considering getting rid of the federal emergency management agency. fema, fema has been a disaster no matter where they >> president trump says fema is too costly and works too slowly and he argues the agency needs to be overhauled or terminated altogether. >> live in washington, i'm hannah brandt. so hannah, what is the president suggesting instead of fema for disaster recovery? >> well, he said he'd rather see recovery efforts be led by state and local governments and suggested that the federal government could give funding for these relief efforts directly to the localities. >> he also mentioned that he plans to sign an executive order doing a major reform at fema. >> alright, lot figure out there. still had a brett. thanks for the update. state attorney general rob bonta is responding to president trump's executive order that declares there are only male and females and the people cannot transition from one gender to another or be considered non-binary. but this is in part, quote, here in california, the lgbtq+ community is and will continue to b

thank >> president trump also says he may sign an executive order to reform the federal emergency management agency, fema for shorts. comment is the latest signal of how the president's planning sweeping changes now to the federal government's role in managing catastrophes saying he would, quote, like to see the states take care of disasters. scheduled to be in la county later today. he'll tour areas devastated by the palisades and eaton fires. >> it's 10, 0, 6, and tonight the bay-area comes together to remember the 7 people who were killed 2 years ago in half moon bay by a gunman who opened fire on 2 farms. tonight, there will be a candlelight vigil in their honor. >> kron four's will tran is in half moon bay with the story. >> they are remembering the past and they also want to remember them well into the future. you can see the sign right behind me. the city of half moon bay. they are looking for input for permanent memorial. and you can see that was a sign for people to show last night. in the meantime, there is a makeshift memorial and it has been here for the past 2 years. so many people rus

i am working all hands on deck with the federal emergency management agencies. we have every technical specialist working to resolve this issue and to find the root cause. i implore everyone to not disable the messages on your phone. this is extremely frustrating, painful, and scary. but these alert tools have saved lives during this emergency. not receiving an alert can be a consequence of life and death. as we continue to work on the root cause, i ask everyone that gets an alert to verify if they are in an evacuation warning or order to go to alert la.org/la governm government.org/emergency. the mapping is accurate on where evacuate warnings and orders exist. again, this is my top priority. this is the top priority of my partners at the state and at fema with the public alert and warning tool to resolve this issue as quickly as possible and identify the root cause. thank you. >> thank you, kevin. i'm going to make this very short. we have a full list of people that want to present today. you will hear information from our insurance commissioner. thank you for

government to handle disasters differently and he's considering getting rid of the federal emergency management agency. fema, fema has been a disaster no matter where they >> president trump says fema is too costly and works too slowly. >> and she argues the agency needs to be overhauled or terminated altogether. live in washington, i'm hannah brandt. and so hannah, what's the alternative? what's the >> other way that we could do some disaster recovery on a federal level. >> well, the president says that he'd like to see recovery efforts handled chiefly by the state and local governments suggesting that maybe the federal federal government can just give disaster recovery funding directly to those localities. and president trump also says he plans to sign an executive order totally reform means fema. >> kind of bread live for us in dc. thank you so much. now to this emotional reunion today as a palisades fire victim gets to personally thank the la county fire captain who rescued her and her dog. she expressed overflowing gratitude for saving their lives much. >> fire captain dix was awarded by the depa

government to handle disasters differently and he's considering getting rid of the federal emergency management agency. fema, fema has been a disaster no matter where they >> president trump says fema is too costly and works too slowly. and he argues that the agency needs to be overhauled or terminated altogether. just seen back to yes, so if he is, >> wants to do this, what is he suggesting instead of fema for disaster recovery? >> well, he says he would rather see disaster recovery be handled at a state or local level, suggesting that maybe the federal government can just fund the disaster relief efforts through them directly. and he also said that he's considering signing an executive order to significantly reform fema. >> hannah brandt live for us there in dc. thank you so much. state attorney general rob bonta is responding to another executive order signed by president donald trump. this once focused on the lgbtq+ community. his statement reads in part, quote, here in california, the lbgtq plus community is and will continue to be protected under a myriad of state laws and california's constitut

with the federal emergency management agencies. integrated public alert and warning teen. every technical specialist working to resolve this issue and to find the root cause. i implore everyone. to not disable the messages on your phone. >> theresa she joins us live now from the newsroom on the bay area rest situation in southern california, theresa, stephanie, so much going on, right? the wine country fire the camp fire in northern california. there has been so much that we have faced up here. that's deadly and dangerous. now, here's some new video and images coming into the newsroom. this is from the pacific palisades and act of fire fighting. i just spoke with santa rosa fire marshal paul lowenthal. he's in southern california. he and a large group of firefighters from northern california are on the ground providing mutual aid to less angeles crews. he says that extremely dry conditions in southern california are incredibly challenging. plus, the area is vast and new fires like the archer fire that you mentioned. that's just igniting and granada hills. they're stretchin

that and this is one of the first lines of the report, black americans receive less federal emergency management agency relief. >> that's fema, of course, the funding, on average, than their white counterparts who the president of the altadena naacp branch. what could be done to make sure that when the support comes, that it, um, gets to all the angelenos who need it? >> very good question, victor excuse me. >> heavens, i understand that the smoke there has been a challenge as these fires have been there, and we've talked about the the health issues. >> it has been, um, i, i had a meeting with fema two days ago, the national president of the naacp was also present. we are working very closely again with the urban league as well i'm sorry. >> that's all right. >> to prevent to prevent some disparate treatment. of those people and altadena. so we are going to monitor this closely. we've seen where people have had difficulty getting their, um, applications completed. and we're working closely with fema to prevent the community from not getting what they are due and what they need. >> yeah. wilberto richar

thank >> the president also says he is considering getting rid of fema, the federal emergency management agency. it would be a sweeping change to the nation's central organization for responding to disasters. trump made the remark in north carolina during a briefing on the months long recovery from hurricane helene. >> trump said fema has been a very big disappointment. adding the agency is bureaucratic and slow. here the latest numbers from cal fire on those wildfires burning right now in southern california. the palisades fire burned more than 23,000 acres. so far it is 77% contained. fire burned more than 14,000 acres. it is. 95% contained. the hughes fire burned more than 10,000 acres. it is. 56% contained and the laguna fire has burned more than 90 acres. there is 70% containment on that fire. taking a look at huff who is here with our future cast. a deal has going. >> yeah, you know, there's more favorable weather for the fires and la. well show that. so not only are we expecting rain down in southern california. we're also expecting some light rain here in the bay area. so it's played in

security secretary, she would oversee a number of key federal agencies, including immigration and customs enforcement, the federal emergency management agency, the secret service, and the transportation security administration. noem has no significant experience with homeland security issues, but has voiced support for trump's hard line immigration policies. she's also defended her fellow republican governors in their efforts to crack down on undocumented migrants in their states. joining us now to unpack all of the confirmation battles, politics reporter for the news outlet the 19th, grace panetta, my friend. thank you for waking up with us. we'll start with scott bessent, who i think had a really fascinating exchange there with senator elizabeth warren. this is a weird moment on the debt ceiling, where trump and democrats actually might have something that they agree on. that was one of my takeaways. what else did you see in the potpourri of hearings that you could have chosen to watch yesterday? >> yeah, well, the best nomination is really fascinating because he is going to be charged with implementing and playing a key role in tr

daniel dale, cnn, washington the federal emergency management agency working to help more than 24,000 people now affected by the fires. >> you'll hear from the agency's director after the break. >> plus, u.s. president joe biden enters his final full week in office. we'll look at what he's accomplished and what he's not been able to get done. >> kobe was global. people felt his presence. >> kobe the making of a legend premieres january 25th on cnn. >> time to press rewind with neutrogena rapid wrinkle repair. it has derm proven retinol expertly formulated to target skin cell turnover and fight not one, but five signs of aging, with visible results in just one week. >> neutrogena i mornings cough congestion. >> i'm feeling better all in one and done with mucinex kickstart. >> headache better now. >> mucinex kickstart gives all in one and done relief with a morning jolt of instant cooling sensation. it's comeback season. >> greatness hurts, but sometimes you gotta put on your game face. that's why tylenol provides fast, effective pain relief. >> that's tylenol, that's care without limit

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response to the disasters, and the president says he's considering getting rid of the federal emergency management agencywell, the president's suggested that the federal government could simply allocate money directly to individual states as disasters occur, rather than have that money flow through fema. mark navarro, a former presidential fema appointee, says while rethinking fema disaster relief might be useful, eliminating fema would deprive a number of states of important disaster response tools. >> so you could probably supplement california and replicate some of the things that fema does. but if you ask california first responders and the executive of emergency management, they'll tell you that there are certain things that fema does that they don't have the capability to do to staff or fund on a 24 hour, seven basis. >> of the roads here. >> and president trump has vowed to sign an executive order to overhaul or abolish fema. coming up in our 9:00 hour, we'll talk to former fema coordinator mark navarro about that decision right here in our studio. >> as some southern california residents make it

finally, the department of federal emergency management agencies to talk about the natural disasters as a result of climate change. hurricanes that brought destruction to states across the south to the devastating wildfires in california, and countless other severe storms and flooding events across the country. we need leadership at the department to assure our nation effectively responds to communities when disaster strikes them. the safety and security of our nation and the american people depend on the department's ability to effectively address these wide ranging threats. governor noem, thank you again for your willingness to serve in this incredibly important position and thank you for being here today. i look forward to having a comprehensive discussion about how you intend to lead this critical department through a series of national security challenges if indeed you are confirmed. >> this morning governor noem will be introduced by majority leader john thune and senator kevin cramer. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member peters and members of the committee. i'm please

states and local authorities on the ground, including help from fema, which is the federal emergency management agency. that's on the ground as well. this is really just a situation that's going to continue to evolve, and we are going to keep checking back on this throughout the broadcast. meanwhile, intimidating remarks from president-elect donald trump about territorial takeovers, but not a lot of details about how or about when i had reaction to his talk of land grabs. >> cnn this morning with kasie hunt tomorrow at 5:00 eastern. >> your best defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel. nothing beats it. i recommend pronamel active shield because it actively shields the enamel to defend against erosion and cavities. i think that this product is a game changer for my patients. it really works. >> how do you sleep at night on a mattress from mattress firm? >> they have the nicest beds and i wanted to upgrade. i sleep all night long, get matched at mattress firm, sleep at night. >> power etrade's easy to use tools like dynamic charting and risk reward analysis help make trading feel effortle

for more on the federal on, joining us now, the federal emergency management agency administrator deanneswell. administrator criswell, what's your understanding of the size and scope of the fires and damage as of this hour? >> jake, what we know right now is that this is still a very dynamic and a very dangerous situation. >> and what i want people to do is to make sure that they are continuing to listen to their local officials so they can get the best information on the actions that they need to take to stay safe. we know that the fires are not contained yet, that the winds are extremely strong still, which is limiting the ability for some of the aircraft to come in and support that. but firefighters are moving in. we've got firefighters from eight different states that have come in to support california, and we will continue to send resources in to support the people now that have been impacted by this disaster. >> so i know on sunday, governor newsom pre-positioned 110 fire engines, water tenders, specialty teams, 120 personnel, seven helicopters from northern california preparing fo

. >> the federal emergency management agency says it's received more than 16,000 applications for assistance because of the wildfires. a fema spokesperson says people who apply will receive a one time payment to help with things like water and food. meanwhile, the los angeles county supervisor promises to eliminate unnecessary red tape that could slow down recovery efforts. i want to stay on this story, so let's bring in peter devito, a real estate agent and a resident of altadena, california. he lost his home to the eaton fire, and he's joining me now from napa, california. i'm so sorry you're experiencing this. that's the first thing to say. the images have just been so shocking. i'm sat here just in shock. this is wild. what is the latest on your situation and how are you doing at the moment? >> thank you ben. appreciate it. i mean look right. like we're right now. it's a mix of all the emotions. as you can imagine from sadness and complete, utter devastation of our community. i have friends, i have clients that have lost everything and that are completely displaced or disheartened. you k