she was in ghana and it took a lot of time to get back to los angeles. when she did arrive the mayor had no interest in answering any questions. it's beyond outrageous take a look. >> do you owe citizens an apology for being absent when their homes are building. do you regret cutting the fire department budget by millions of dollars being mayor. do you have nothing to say today nothing to say to the citizens today. elon musk called you utterly incompetent are you reconsidering your physician? madame mayor do you have absolutely nothing to say to citizens dealing with this disaster. no apology for them. do you thank you should have been visiting ghana when this was unfolding back home. that's a real mayor of the people but the mayor and governor newsom and the federal government all failed the people of california much of the dried varnish across all of southern california and they have a science called forest street. you have control the burns and prevent fires from happening. the l.a. fire department is understaffed and underfunded. the mayor increased

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mayor karen bass should have canceled her trip to ghana before the fires broke out.ed to go to a foreign land where nobody speaks english she could have stayed in california. even so she called for unity during this crisis today but there is unity, karen. everybody thinks you are a [bleep] idiot. all right. back on it. look out tricky dyck there is a new worst president in town. according to a new gallup poll biden is the lowest rated of any president in the last 65 years other than nixon. but to be fair nixon compared to biden scandals watergate it looks like a broken tail light. when you rate biden the worst since nixon you were saying he is the worst ever because pollsters only ever ask about presidents that people have lived under going back to kennedy. unless you are a historian you are only capable of writing presidents in your memory. biden himself does not even remember his own presidency. so the worst since nixon is really the worst ever. and keep in mind the public cates biden even with most of the press covering up his dementia for this whole term. sure th

to nikki okrah, that's created an opportunity here in ghana's eastern region.rmers sell most of their mangoes in the united states. >> you have, you know, the u.s. market where millions of tons of dried mangoes and other products are consumed. then you need to get those mangoes from somewhere else. fred: okrah's non-profit, called chaku foods, agreed to purchase mawuko's entire crop this year, a big relief for the farmer since the price is locked in and should yield a profit. without this guarantee, her mangoes would go to the market at harvest time where, ironically, a bumper harvest lowers prices. okrah's company will track the progress of mawuko's and dozens of other client farms all the way to harvest, using geospatial mapping and data gathered through drone and satellite images. it helps manage the climate risk, she says, and can reassure prospective buyers, especially a promising new american one. so you'd like to see mangoes from here wind up on a shelf at trader joe's? >> yes. yeah, exactly. fred: from harvest to processing, there are still many steps b

the flight from ghana is 17.5 hours long. there not one moment where she was like, i wonder if they'll ask me about those fires when i land? yeah, yeah. what did she do? 17, 17.5 hours. you could watch dune two, four times or one judd apatow movie and still have plenty of time to prepare for that question. that was that was crazy. >> what was she doing on the plane? >> what was she doing on the plane? >> what was she. that's i'm going to ask that question tomorrow to one of our reporters. yeah, maybe it'll be that kid matt finn. >> she says she was on online on texting and being on the phone from there, i don't. >> well, yeah, we proved that by the press conference. she said url, url. yeah. not on the internet url. >> i was going to say the happiest person right now in america is brandon johnson because he's like, wow, nobody remembered that i was the worst mayor in america. we had another speechless press conference from the mayor in new orleans. like, there is a pattern and a crisis of incompetence, as you mentioned on the

she was in ghana when the fire broke out. when she did return to the u.s., the mayor docked any and all questions about her role in the disaster. the next day she refused to take any responsibility and didn't even know were to direct people on the web or what number to call. take a look. >> we have to protect lives, we have to save lives and we have to save homes. rest assured win that is done, when lives have been saved and homes have been saved we will absolutely do an evaluation to look out what worked, what didn't work and to correct or to hold accountable anybody, department, individual. my focus right now is on lives and on homes. >> do you think your leadership was effective while responding to this disaster? >> i just said of what i believe is the most important thing for us to do right now and that is going to continue to be my focus thank you. >> a little too late. they could've cleared the brush. the kindling for these fires. they could've had control burns to prevent these fires from getting out of control and the

after the first weather warning was issued to sn of ghana's new presi of ghana's new president. mayor returned 24 hours after the palisades fire began. at least 1,000 structures were already destroyed and more than 70,000 people evacuated. later that day, she toured the damage with california governor gavin newsom. they seemed in tandem, but 48 hours later, the governor sounded critical. >> i was getting different answers. when you start getting different answers, then i'm not getting the actual story. >> reporter: what does he mean by that? >> i don't know. i think that's a very good question to ask him. he has not raised any challenges to me. >> reporter: the mayor has deflected criticism over whether the city was adequately prepared, but today... are you happy with how the response is going, past and present? >> well, i mean, you know, everything could be better. there is no question about that. >> reporter: looking back, would you have taken that trip overseas? >> you know, i am going to focus today -- >> reporter: but please if -- >> on what we know. >> reporter: meanwhile,

she'd left on a trip the ghana just as the emergency began. if she had cut the fire department's budgets by $17 million. some firefighters couldn't be sent out because of a shortage of equipment. bass now blames the weather for the disaster. well, there is other news. in a half hour, the funeral service for jimmy carter quinns. presidents biden, obama and clinton will be there, and so will president-elect trump. the service begins at 9:30 eastern. the markets, closed today to on everybody the passion of america's 39th president. it is thursday, january the 9th, 2025. "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ ♪ stuart: all right. we are going to start by taking you to the heart of california's fire disaster. max gorden joins us from los angeles county. bring it all together, please. what's it like where you are, max? >> reporter: good morning, stu. well, what's been most shocking for me is this is not necessarily what you think of when you think of a wildland fire. we're in a residential neighborhood here in pacific palisades, and and we are seei

if he's lucky, bass is in ghana. newsom's calling a special session of the legislature to trump proof california via litigation. tens of millions of dollars spent on that. where was the special session for wildfires? where was any advanced planning? right. they had all the opportunity in the world to spend a fraction of the billions of dollars that karen bass has been spending on homelessness and on illegal immigrants, on being a sanctuary city. et cetera. on building up a big wildfire defense force. and they have not done that. instead, they focused on everything else. and this is gross negligence. >> and angelenos pay some of the highest taxes in the country. we hear these reports that there aren't enough firemen to go around. there's issues with the fire hydrants, with the water, with the water pressure. the director of dwp makes $750,000 a year. doctor, where are our tax dollars going? >> 14.4% state income tax i pay, i pay tens of thousands a year. i won't even say how much in property tax every year, 10.5% sale

reporter: 33-year-old rockson returned to his native ghana ten years ago and decided to put his educationk to use improving health care and technology to carefully stock the small drug stores. >> we built a team of data scientists and analysts that could actually take consumption data from these pharmacies in order to be able to do better planning. reporter: mpharma now has a network of some 850 affiliated pharmacies in nine african countries. its software monitors what's moving or what's needed in any store and can quickly deliver from warehouses like the one in ghana's capital, accra. beyond pharmaceuticals, mpharma added services, creating health centers, with nurses on staffand doctors on standby. so, when rosemary hammond came in with a splitting headache one recent morning, nurse patience ayitey checked her vitals and saw fit to double check with one of the 30 mpharma doctors available online. so far, there's no added cost for the clinical services, which are covered by revenues from drug sales. >> it costs us $350 a month, including the salary we pay for the nurse, the fractional c

who gives a heck about ghana? what is her butt doing in ghana? who cares about an inauguration in ghana? get your butt in town and take care of your people. and now we're dealing with what you're talking about in pasadena we have contaminated water, contaminated. people can't drink water, can't shower. what is she doing about that? s what is she doing about looting that's happening within 600 feet of where i hope my home is still standing? what is she doing about that? why didn't she have the national guard in place before this went down? alicia: before, right. >> look, i'm not trying to play -- this isn't about politics. this is about we live in an ecosystem in southern california where it's well known about fires, it's well known about mudslides and earthquakes. you know that that's what you get when you want to become the mayor of los angeles. and you want the play these silly games about wanting to build homes for the homeless in l.a. instead of taking that money and taking care of people in l.a. county who have worked hair whole lives to get

just as you're saying earlier here just go home take a rest go back to ghana do whatever you want butr intelligence by pretending to do anything useful in this crisis which remember gavin newsom has been in office six years as governor eight years as lieutenant years before that as mayor of san francisco. karen bass knocking around she's been in congress and the local politics. these people are responsible for the state of california. >> we have karen bass who is not going to go to the trump inauguration january 20th she went to the inauguration in ghana and l.a. paid for. >> we had two days of warning for this firestorm she was there for multiple days getting communications from her teem she knew what was happening shows the people of ghana over the people of her own city that's indicative of what are leaders do across the state every day they choose illegal migrants over us. left-wing ideology over us. choosing crony capitalist partners and private restaurants they are choosing everything except us and the brittany finally i asked this earlier but it's interesting because i really d

she's been absent and asleep at the wheel and was in ghana until yesterday.t have a real plan. you know, we had hydrants that were dry in the palisades, which is inexcusable. we really don't understand what the plan is to retrieve the hundreds of cars that were abandoned, mine included, on sunset boulevard. there was no evacuation plan. when we got the order for evacuation, we had thousands of people trying to leave through the same egress and it turned into gridlock. then the fire came down to sunset boulevard. it consumed both sides of the roads and the cops told us to get out of the car and to run for our lives. so i grabbed my dog and ran down sunset boulevard. >> sandra: just incredible. as we look at some of these live shots of the utter devastation in the pacific palisades. this is jonathan's hunt shot of these houses just leveled, all that's left in some cases is a fireplace. you mentioned karen bass and the leadership being called into question. pretty severely at this hour. she just led a news conference where she was still dodging questions after t

what was she doing in ghana? what were you doing there? why weren't you here? why don't you solve this problem? why was there no water? what is going on? and you had jillian michaels a few minutes ago talking about the fact that this has happened repeatedly. it has. if they are interested in climate change, for instance, let's lean into that. okay. climate's changing. your concern is co2 in the environment between 2020 and 2024, you just out. you just ruined all of the progress you've made with co2 restrictions in this state across 25 years, times a factor of two. just with these fires, these fires, if you're worried, actually worried about co2 in the in the air, these fires should your be your first priority. and in fact they're doing nothing to reduce them or make the next one less devastating. >> well, knowing the propensity and knowing the magnitude of these, these fires that happen so often out there, why don't they embrace the science of forestry? you know, why don't they clear the brush? why don't they have control burns? why don't they ensure that every

do you think you should have been visiting ghana when this was unfolding back home?todd: you had a long flight from africa to craft a response. yet, that is what she gives the reporter. where is the accountability, l leo? here is the leadership? >> it does not exist in california, todd because it is a blue state. a deep, deep, deep blue state. plus we have a left wing media that doesn't ask the hard questions. i applied that reporter, but the media here apologizes for the socialist democrats in the state. look, i can, these fires that are going on could have been prevented. when gavin newsom said he is not going to respond, this is a lame duck governor who wants to be president who has never addressed the issue of fire prevention. he knew this was going to happen. the idea you have pacific palisades and all that acreage burning and zero containment. where are the resources? zero containment. why? lack of resources, lack of water, lack of reservoirs. one last point because i live in the state. prop 1, of the citizens passed a ballot to create more dams. ten years late

will: mayor being there in inauguration in ghana. rachel: exactly. totally. charlie: breaking far past political discussion getting into people of actors and residents and la residents outraged by it and mel gibson on with laura ingram last night and hoe has a lot to say about it. >> one always suspects this might happen, but one thinks that the resources, you know, capabilities of men and women on stand by and able to cope with any situation that comes up but apparently some people were asleep on the job and mainly our leaders there but, you know, that's something they have to live with. but that's something that the community has to live with and it's really sad. someone should anxious for it, but we'll see. i think we know who the culprits are. >> now, any message from you to governor newsom or karen bass tonight? >> spend less on hair gel. that's it. >> yeah. >> what can i say to them? not big admirer of either but there you go. rachel: less hair gel a. lot of people criticizing newsom for finding time in the middle of the emergency to go on pod save amer

when she was at the event in ghana, it took her about two hours to get off the ground. to her credit she came back on a military plan, washington, d.c. and later transferred commercial aircraft to los angeles. do you think in hindsight that people who lead your community, all of them now, mayors, governors, could have done better? >> absolutely. i think they could have definitely done better just the awareness of knowing the santa ana winds were coming and there is always fires with these santa ana winds but for the most part it is always under control. >> bill: it's my understanding that people who live there will plan their travel to be at their homes when the santa ana winds come because they want to be ready. that's a common thing in los angeles, is it not? >> it is for those that have the money to travel. there are a lot of people that just stay back and, you know, they don't think nothing of it that nothing is going to happen. i'm one of those individuals who, you know, i will stay home and i very rarely travel. if i do have travel, i have the money to travel once

the mayor has been in africa for the inauguration of the president of ghana. what the heck is an american politician doing attending inauguration's and other countries? karen bass isn't going to her own presidents inauguration but she is going to the president of ghana's? why? and didn't make it back home until late this afternoon. a reporter caught up with her at lax, listen. >> on apology for being absent while their homes were burning? do you regret cutting the fire department budget by millions of dollars, meta-mayor? have you nothing to say today? have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today? >> jesse: nothing. biden was considering basque for vp. so who else is running things? this right here, ladies and gentlemen? this is the leadership of the l.a. fire department. i sure hope they know what they are doing. here's the fire chief. >> she took time out of her already busy schedule to tell us about her vision for the department's future. one that includes a three year strategic plan to increase diversity. >> people ask me what number you lookin

do you think you should have been visiting ghana while this was unfolding back home? >> bill: she will proverb at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. the whole issue about water. you know it well. did they screw up? >> they absolutely screwed up. you listen to the impassioned interview on tuesday night with fox local. he was on the water and power board. this is one of the things he campaigned on when he ran against karen bass in 2022 because he has seen this catastrophe coming and they have mismanaged this in every possible way. for her to stand there stone faced unempathetic with no answers at all. dana, you know this. you have to have something to say to people, to people who are hurting. you have to have something and she had nothing but emptiness. she should resign right now. i'm not kidding. yes, people are going through the stages of grief and tragedy and loss but the undercurrent there is absolute anger and there is no accountability. for her to say the tankers were full? where were they have when houses were burning. where were the tankers tuesday night? she didn't know

she was there for inauguration of a new leader in ghana.ors say she is in touch. a tough time to be away when your city is dealing with historic flames. >> bill: here is another one before we get out of here. close call. california man trying to fight the fires. this video shows him trying to take a hose to towering flame. has no chance at this. a photographer warns him to get back and then this happens here. >> dana: it broke. >> you need to evacuate. >> dana: that was the before and here is the after, same man. >> dana: god bless. this is unlike other natural disasters like with a hurricane you can prepare. you know it is coming. this one really caught people unawares. we will continue to cover this. the press conference by the l.a. supervisor starts in 10 minutes. >> bill: unfortunately the beginning of thousands and thousands of stories in california. our best to them. >> dana: harris faulkner will take you through the next hour. here she is. >> harris: breaking news, america's largest city on the west coast is burn

despite forecasted strong winds and extreme fire risks, she decided to travel to ghana not to attendinauguration. she was asked today if she regrets the trip but she did not give much of an answer. >> looking back, would you have taken the trip overseas? >> you know, i'm going to focus today on what we know. >> reporter: the mayor and la fire chief have been at all it's with one each other -- one another in public with passing budget cuts to the department did not impact operations while the chief says otherwise. >> we are still understaffed, still under resourced and still underfunded so with that and whether it's 7 million, 10 million. >> was the budget cut? >> it was and it impacted our ability to provide service. >> reporter: in the meantime gavin newsom is calling for an investigation into why the hydrants were dry. >> what the hell happened to the water system? all of us want to know and i don't want to wait because people are asking me. i want to know the facts, i want them objectively determined. >> reporter: the "los angeles times" is reporting tonight that mayor bass was at

she left for ghana on saturday when the u.s. weather service began issuing warnings about the windstorms that fueled those deadly wildfires. today, bass was asked about the impact of a $17 million budget cut to the l.a. fire department. >> there were no reductions that were made that would have impacted the situation that we were dealing with over the last couple of days. >> bass said that she is frustrated that many of the fire hydrants ran dry because the palisades water storage tanks couldn't be filled fast enough during the fire fight. yesterday, she said that the demand was so great because air tankers and helicopters had to be grounded due to weather. >> the devastation from the l.a. county wildfires is raising new questions for all californians about the challenges of getting affordable fire insurance coverage in the future. ktvu jana katsuyama joining us live now with more on what she's learned and how we all could be affected. jana. >> alex. today i spoke with the california department of insurance. commissioner ricardo

she had left for ghana on saturday when the u.s. service began issuing warnings about windstorms that fueled those deadly wildfires. today, bass was asked about the impact of a $17 million budget cut that was made in july to the l.a. fire department. >> there were no reductions that were made that would have impacted the situation that we were dealing with over the last couple of days. >> bass said that she is frustrated that many fire hydrants ran dry because the palisades water storage tanks could not be filled fast enough during the fire fight. she had said that the demand was so great because air tankers and helicopters had been grounded. tonight, dozens of firefighters from the bay area are on the fire lines. in l.a. county, strike teams are coming from every corner of the bay area, san francisco alone. having this video on social media showing some of the 31 fire personnel that have been sent to the palisades and eaton fires. they say that as as much as it can send, they're promising to send as much as they can without comprom

there is a incredible organization called the or foundation based in ghana.o in ghana, there a lot of waste colonialism, a lot of our recycled second hand clothes end up there way beyond what their second hand market can hold. and they end up on the beaches and in various places as profound, insurmountable pollution and what's fascinating about what the word foundation doing is, yes, talking about policy solutions. yes they're thinking about technological solutions. what can we make all this into? but also they are profoundly culture in countermand the second hand market where they lots of incredible designers figuring out do we do with all this stuff and so those are two examples of probably like 30 or 40 that are blooming across the industry. and when are like how could you possibly have any hope this is so dismal. i reminded that right now, 97% of industry profits are owned flow. 20 conglomerates. we have way than 20 great solutions. so i think they are easily replaceable in some ways. yeah. anyone else, if you have a question and just don't want to walk u

>>>>the mayor of los angeles has faced criticism for traveling to ghana on january 4th, after the first warning was issued. she returned 24 hours after the palisades fire began. biden, at least 1000 structures were already destroyed and more than 70,000 people evacuated. >>>>i mean, you know, everything could be better. there is no question about that. >>>>california's governor says the fires could become the costliest natural disaster in u.s. history, with strong winds expected to return today. the l.a. county health department has issued an air quality warning for dust and ash. n95 masks are being distributed at all local libraries. >>>>widespread throughout all of southern california. we've been monitoring it very closely. the air quality alerts, the red flag warning that's still in effect right now until 3 to 6:00 this afternoon. our fire weather outlook. you zoom in anywhere from southern california all the way to the border of mexico, all the way up into the santa monica mountains. we're still in that critical and elevated risk, widespread throughout these communities. while wind

mayor bass was also on a planned trip to ghana when the fires broke out. >> we will absolutely do anook at what worked, what didn't work, and to correct or to hold accountable any body, department, individual, etc. but my focus right now is on the lives and on the homes. >> adding to angelenos worries, many l.a. residents claiming their insurance policies were canceled in the weeks before the fire, especially those in high risk areas, drawing intense ire from citizens. insurers blaming soaring costs. but for many families, their top priority is making their way back to see what's left of their homes. >> is this your safe? it is. >> we wanted to get to it before the looters got to it. >> gail mcgowan had lived here for 22 years after her husband died. she was hoping one particular ring had survived the heat. my colleague matt gutman was with her. >> i mean, i got to save something. look at everything else. this is my home right here. >> 22 years here. >> yeah, 22 years worth of stuff. >> minutes later, the fire still flickering, mario heaving. the safe off the building. he left to get

s mayor karen bass, who has been on a work trip in ghana, was pressed by sky news at the airport. >> do you owe the citizens an apology for being absent while their homes were burning? >> mayor bass. >> reporter: late tonight bass addressing residents. >> i am making sure that we leave no resource untapped. >> reporter: tonight thousands displaced with the flames still threatening homes. >> this is the garage. >> reporter: in malibu steve wiggins says he tried everything to save his. >> i kept spraying all the embers. and then the next thing i know a 30-foot wall of fire was coming at 60 miles an hour and i couldn't see and it was all smoky. and i said, well, it's time to leave. >> reporter: he came back today to find nothing. >> we lost everything we owned. but it doesn't even look like a house anymore. it just looks like -- something. >> a lot of heartbreak. liz, the fire threat still very active tonight. >> it really is, lester. in fact, here in malibu you can see these crews continuing to work here as they try to put out the flames that are beginning to consume this home here on

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and when you have a real fire, when your hair is really on fire, i'm off to ghana or i'm faking a phonel with the president. and you think about these false alarms, what do you think there will be any accountability for that? you can't hold people accountable when everybody's incompetent. there is a crisis of competence in this country. it's not just la, it's new york city with crime. it's new orleans with terror. it's san francisco, los angeles, and they all have something in common. they replaced real priorities with phony ones, you know, which is again, fine in a non-crisis world, you can do that stuff. but when a crisis hit, everybody gets everybody gets punished because you are an incompetent. when they say it's di. when i say it's di, let's say i say it's di. it's not my fault you had. you know, i can blame the policy because you put the policy forward. you put it in my head, you boasted about it. you talked about equity and inclusion until you were blue in the face. and now when incompetence comes into question after pushing it so openly, it's our fault to have that thought in ou

i'll never forget the sharp. 2 questions he that made me question, was he just with me in northern ghana? >> because he knew everything about the people, the place the carter center uses health education using simple low-cost prevention methods and treatment options to provide access and reduce deaths. >> it also strives to improve resources for mental health around the world. >> rosalynn carter, who spearheaded mental health both domestically and around the world. the carter center continues to advocate and support communities improve access to mental health the carter center also helps those in countries where there are limited resources to reduce preventable diseases and also treat multiple diseases at once. >> reporting in atlanta seshadri. >> that was steve index reporting. no big night for star is born and raised here in the bay area. one san francisco native walked away with an award. the other in the headlines for a bit of personal news. yeah, we'll start with the winner. >> comedian ali wong got the golden globe for best performance in stand up comedy. she wasted no time giving

too two strong political parties and the whyed in the country >> leadership is not partying up in ghana as mayor of los angeles while city is on fire and not blaming the otbureaucracy as gavin newsom ws doing and palisades and reservoir out of commission and infrastructure and water pipes not updated. charles: wish we had more time. kennedy, states up and down. liz: kennedy, i'm going to la to check on my family in a week and i'll check on your home, honey. >> you're incredible. liz: folks, we're moving fast here and headlines behind the pretty, pretty significant rally including news breaking this afternoon that a deal has been reached to release the 98 israeli and american hostages held for more than a year by hamas terrorists. we're taking you live to israel where the government is gearing up for the deal. trey yingst going for that. going down for that and ceo of booze allen hamilton joining us live in a fox business exclusive and good news out of the middle east and nine consumer inflation data and giving the bulls real muscle and kicking off final hour of trade and dow 780 points

times" they are also reporting this picture, photo of karen bass, at an embassy cocktail party in ghana around the same time that the fires and evacuations were kicking in full force in the palisades. her choice to travel on this trip as warnings or ramped up days before she decided to go ahead with this trip. obviously she is getting a lot of criticism, spokesperson sings the time she spent most of the party making calls in a separate room. that's bring in our fox news contributor, steve agree to have you with us. we talked about this on the podcast, i want to start with you today about playing those sound bites, this is fire captain freddie escobar, 35-year-old veteran at the l.a. fire department, knows of the situation very well, president of the united fires fla city, watch this... >> at that commission meeting is that it is dire, somebody will die. >> it is a re-- champagne because that is what occurred. this is a woefully understaffed fire department. you cannot have a fire department that reflects 2025 or we will have a fire department that will will select the 1960s. >> martha:

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reason they did not preposition enough fire crew us in vulnerable areas when mayor bass was over in ghana know they allowed one major reservoir to remain out of operation that was critical. and that of course in some areas water pressure fell dangerously low and sometimes even ran out of water all together. even gavin newsom himself has a lot of questions he is doing an investigation. and at the same time, we know that diversity often trumped merit in hiring and promotions and it still does in california. we also know that millions could have been directed toward better emergency services that were, instead, spent on illegals that california happily welcomes in. >> and, of course, we know that that helped fuel homelessness which is skyrocketing still in california and at points also posed own fire risk people lighting fires outside for cooking and so forth. of course, we know that will strain the school system which now ranks a pathetic 34th in the nation, despite the highest taxes in the nation for the people who live there we know there is exodus of businesses already from california an

this is the same woman that come back from ghana and did not answer a direct question from a sky newster asking her in the middle of the emergency what's going on and should you have left. not a word. that is your scripted answer and any hollywood actor can do it and do a better job. i don't believe a word she says were aware gavin says. there actions speak louder than words and the camera rate there will tell you everything you can see. karen bass has no issue being mayor of los angeles. gavin newsom it's been nothing but an epic failure and let's get competent people in their and i hope the voters of california wake up to this. you put them in office i voted against them both. other voters will put them in and look at the consequences. this is the result of those decisions. was put some competent people in there who make real decisions that aren't so, having the reservoirs and something everyone will jump up and down a bit until this happens. we don't love your firefighters and police officers until you need them and then boy do you really love them. same thing with doctors and firs

africa although she promised voters she would never travel internationally as mayor and here she is in ghanale her city was getting scorched. inserted fireproofing hurt staid stated, there is a spectral legislative session that trump prove did, approving $50 million to resist trump, 25 million protected biden migrants from being deported, so the illegal alien call with a blow torch lighting the neighborhood on fire, gavin newsom will spend millions of dollars to stop us from deporting blowtorch juan who you will not believe what his excuse was for the blowtorch, he said he was lighting up a joint. now gavin newsom is calling for a marshall plan so the city will be ready for the olympics. >> with this rebuilding effort taking place,. >> my humble position, it's not just being naively optimistic, it only reinforces the imperative moving quickly, digging in the spirit of collaboration. that is what we are organizing a marshall plan, we already have a team l.a. quadra .0. >> you are organizing a marshall plan for the rebuilding of california, what is it? >> starting the leo, we're still fighting

cap does karen bass flew to ghana on the third and the national guard should been called out then andengines in strategic places around los angeles. jesse there are 100 fire engines in the shop for repair at this moment they should have been repaired and stationed around l.a. they been demoralized. they have twice as many calls per day from the fire department and half of them to put out fires and staffing is down by a third peer they were demoralized before this crisis be a these are the people we should be raising up and celebrating. they've just been demoralized by the terrible governments and lack of leadership at state local level. >> they got almost a hurricane type warning. win you see the screen five days out it's in the caribbean, for the governors are able to preposition the sandbags and evacuate. you see they had a warning and they didn't preposition anything and 100 fire for bushfire trucks were in the shop? >> it's incredible and that's part of what they needed that 17.5 million that was cut because at first you didn't understand what they need kathy needed the money for

reportedly on her way back to los angeles from ghana.n attending a presidential inauguration and received some criticism of being absent, not returning sooner while those devastating wildfires have been destroying neighborhoods in her city. critic scott a failure of leadership, of management saying the fierce winds have been well predicted. bass was elected in 2,022 but has been widely criticized a over the street crime in los angeles, also raising questions about her reelection hopes in two years time. stuart: back to the markets, you are seeing some red ink for the dow industrials, down 150 points, small losses for the s&p and the nasdaq. lou basensase has his latest stocks but, core scientific. >> it is up 50% since then. this is one of those under the radar ai plays, traditionally a bitcoin minor using data center space to sell, monetizing their data centers and have guarantee utility power contracts which is vital when we scale ai so they make money and two ways, as far as i'm concerned the only smart way to spec and later on bitcoi