. >> griff: happy new year. it 2025. >> happy new year, guys. >> griff: happy new year, america. hopefully you are waking up. particularly if you stayed up late. nicole saphier, joey jones and griff jenkins here. happy new year. >> nicole: i wore my sparkles for the occasion. >> joey: i don't know why we needed a ball. with that dress on. >> nicole: i have never felt so much excitement for a year than i have felt over the last month. >> griff: that is such a good point. i was thinking about what our new years resolutions might be. i think it's going to be just go big. >> nicole: go big or go home. >> joey: go big. >> griff: new optimism in the country. hopefulness in the country. whatever your resolution is whether it's to get healthier or save money, whatever. just go bigger. >> nicole: exaactually i'm goino go the exact opposite. baby step. griff. i don't like resolutions. i don't like to put the big pressure at the start of the new year. rather i'm like we can be doing a little bit more. what are things i can

griff. david: . griff: we're learning more about the cyber truck explosion in las vegas on new year's day and some of what the bomber left in a cell phone app. the latest on those stories, hey, christina. >> federal authorities described the man who blew up the cyber truck as livelsberger of colorado springs. it appears to be a tragic suicide involving a highly decorated combat veteran who was struggling with ptsd and grievances. and they believe he shot himself in the head before the explosion. an army ranger who knew livelsberger, shared his thought on the tragic situation. >> the guy was a great dude. he was fit, he was a good shooter, he was good communicator. he was a talented green beret and sounds like everybody liked to work with him. so, none of this makes sense and it's so heartbreaking. i truly hope that, you know, this is a wake-up call for service members to make sure that we're checking in with each other right now. >> even though authorities say livelsberger blew up the tesla

griff? ♪ griff: president-elect trump is spending the weekend at mar-a-lago after successfully if pressuring his party to preserve pike johnson's speakership. -- mike johnson's speakership. nate foy has more. >> reporter: hey, griff. president-elect donald trump and his team are working to fill out the leadership apparatus in washington, d.c. with people who will implement his agenda starting on day one of his second term. as you mentioned, that included supporting house speak speaker mike johnson, but it will also include uniting republicans around trump's cabinet picks who will face confirmation hearings starting in ten days. >> we need to not only put in president trump's people so we can implement this change, but we need to restore confidence in our basic levels of government whether that's national security, law enforcement or critical infrastructure. we cannot have any more lapses. president trump has picked some fantastic people, and the american people voted for him to put the adult

griff griff here is the problem 48 hours away from the 119th congress coming into session. first thing they will do is vote for speaker. we already know how tight the math is there is 219. you need 218. 219 republicans, # 18 to pass. we already know that thomas massi doubled down even with the trump endorsement he respects the incoming president but yet is he going it vote against johnson. and you have a handful of thin sitters representative victoria spartz and tim burchett hasn't committed how he will vote. this is either posturing by wish list of some things they want. some cases a committee assignment which is a bit selfish considering the g.o.p. disarray that would unfold if these members put their personal agendas aheaded of the grader good. if you do anything resembling what we saw last time 15 votes over four days throw a wrench in quickly getting to the agenda. that president-elect trump wants which is the border, the tax cut extennation and the debt cereal and all the other things. we are going to learn a lot come friday midday about exactly how that is going to g

>> griff: fox news alert. fbi on the hunt for more suspects saying it does not believe the new orleans terror suspect acted alone before killing 15 people on new year's. >> lawrence: we are learning homemade bombs were found inside the suspect's truck. sandra smith madison is in new orleans with the latest details. >> hi. investigators are combing through evidence in multiple states to figure out why this happened and authorities do not believe this suspect acted alone. it has been only 24 hours since 42-year-old shamsud din jabbar plowed a rental truck into crowds of people, killing at least 15, injuring dozens and traumatize ing countless people. we've been speaking to witnesses, this may be difficult to hear. >> just traumatic parts of human nature, what anyone is capable of, like bodies managing ed editoreled and strown, unrecognizable. >> blessed to be alive, grateful, but you are not happy. >> fbi says there was isis flag and multiple ieds in the truck jabbar was driving. how did the texas-born u.s. citi

griff? if. griff: it does.experienced with that couple experienced, total devastation that hits with minutes' notice. there's some clean-up crews going on the on. we'll continue to monitor things. people also being cautious of potential dangers ahead. alicia? alicia: thank you, griff. that's all for this hour. "fox news live" continues with "fox news live" continues with eric and arthel. i'm alicia acuna along with grifffeef jenkins. thank you for watching. ed by mee for more people managing diabetes with insulin. this is progress. ask your doctor today. ♪ here's to getting better with age. here's to beating these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need, and the flavor you love. so, here's to now... now available: boost max! tempur-pedic designed the ergo-pro smart base... ...to help you fall asleep -- more easily. it's the only smart base that features our exclusive soundscape mode™... ...that synchronizes a gentle massage, with relaxing sounds... ...to help you

gr >> griff: continue to find more information and bring to us as it unfolds. thank you.rgeant joseph trees, founder of blue lives matter, joins us on the phone. joe, what do you make of this tragic, horrific news uven folding on your screen 10 dead, i 30 30 hurt, and we're trying learn more. the fbi agent in charge saying it is not a terrorist attack empl. >> joey will agree, they have determine if this is domestic terrorism, it will be some form of terrorism, may not be typical taliban but it is something that is not normal. this situation reminds me of a few short years ago, october 31, 2017, an individual caused terrorist attack by renting a home depot truck in new york city killing multiple individuals from a aarj /* /* argentina. i was on that scene. you have to respect the families of the people killed, that is number one. it is difficult to go identify who these people are one by one. correct way, be able to reach out to the family to notify them. one thing i did not like, they came onboard and said exact hospitals the individuals went to. i would have said we hav

griff. griff: thank you, alicia. while we wait for that press conference from the mayor, let's go to altadena to the town counsel vice chair. nick, what is the latest that you are seeing there and the needs of your community? >> we had a community briefing yesterday that, luckily, we had a high streaming count which means that a we're getting a lot of information out there that included, i mean, the simple answer to your question is it's so much devastation. my, i represent a part of altadena that i would say easily over two-thirds of the area i represent is gone including my home, and it's just overwhelming to look at. i will be doing a drive through today if you feel like doing a follow-up, i can give you a better idea. it will be, the chair and myself, we'll have -- the sheriff is taking us through town to do an assessment, and we'll have a lot more information after that. are there any specifics you are wondering about or people might be asking about? griff: well, nick, i mean, the purpose for media like ourselve

. >> griff: first entering day two manhunt suspects connected to the u.s. isis terror attack in new orleans which killed at least 15 people and hospitalized at least another 30. >> lawrence: the fbi continues to investigate this morning. louisiana attorney general liz mueller telling this last hour. tsh clear the fbi is in charge of this investigation. the information we have received is coming through the fbi i have not received a lot of information from them. >> shannon: police are narrowing down their suspects after this cyber truck explosion that happened in front of a trump hotel it. happened yesterday morning. >> griff: officials are looking into whether the two incidents are connected as we are learning both trucks involved were rented through the same car rental aperture row. >> the company is cooperating with temperatures madison with more. >> good morning, griff, sandra and lawrence. lawrence here in new orleans are shocked. now, the fbi says it is expectation to turn its investigation over to local officials or exexcuse me turn the bourbon crime

♪ >> griff: a fox news alert. the new orleans terrorist suspect a u.s.raising new concerns about the terror threat across the country, including at our southern border where just months ago 8 tajikistan nationals with isis ties were arrested in several major u.s. cities after entering illegally. here with how to improve our national security incoming border czar tom homan. good morning, tom. obviously the individual shamsud-din jabbar was a u.s. citizen. there are threats coming across our border. first i want to get your reaction as someone coming into the administration that will protect our nation. your reaction to the new orleans attack? >> well like i said yesterday, what i think we are going to find out after the investigation, i think you got two u.s. citizens, i'm talking about las vegas and new orleans, i think you have two u.s. citizens with prior military experience. i think you will find they both have recent and foreign travel. they were both inspired by isis and both on a suicide mission. both of these incidents these men knew they weren't

. >> ainsley: griff jenkins is live, griff. >> griff: in malibu where i am, the destruction you're talkingbout, the death toll 24, that is expected to rise. along malibu, burned out wagon behind me. homes and businesses for miles of the pacific coast highway simply gone. nothing but a charred burnt out landscape that goes for miles up the road behind me. you have 150,000 people evacuated or displaced because of warning of high winds coming and future evacuations that may take place in 48 hours. socal is bracing, there is pds, peculiarly dangerous situation with red flag warnings. that is national weather service highest alert to invoke highest unlving for people to go. winds up to 70 mile per hour gust and low humidity rate of 15% in some areas, that is highly dangerous. you have firefighters working around the clock to tamp down the embers and brush fires in d densely populated areas. the captain tells me, all it takes is one to blow a mile or two miles into brush and has 65% chance of igniting a new fire and he says we are not out of the woods. if you get the call to evacuate, go and go

. >> ainsley: griff jenkins is live in malibu with the latest for us. griff?f: good morning, guys. it's 4:00 a.m. here on the west coast. and that is the hour that the officials said the red flag warnings, could reach up to 70 miles per hour will start to begin. but already we have a new fire. the auto fire blazing an hour north of us. let me take you to that video. >> this is a fast-moving, wind-driven brush fire. the firefighters battling in helicopters from the sky to put this down. this is happening in the santa clara riverbed between the cities of ventura and oxnard, california. we are told they are making progress and slowing its forward movement. but it is all within this gigantic particularly dangerous situation area. that stretches all the way from where they are down here where we have the two big fires pal said fire and eaton fire at 14 and 33% contained. respectfully. now, this is happening. as areas like ethan and eaton fire is still being evacuated. you guys were able to speak in the last hour with residents in altadena, that area is where 16 of

griff? >> griff: good morning, guys.he official death toll stands at 24 but that could soon rise as this case is still under investigation. we'll show you behind me. this is being treated like a crime scene. you can see the police tape and the l.a. county sheriff's deputies cordoning this area off. a grim discovery. we were out here yesterday. take a look at this footage, the california urban search and rescue team dog through the charred rubble for hours accompanied by the cadaver dogs and the mexican army who specialize, particularly in the search and rescue. they were digging through here and made a discovery of human remains. we were talking with california fire folks who were out here about how difficult this task is. here's a little bit of what they told us. listen. >> we are here with the international team from mexico. and task force three. we are validating that everybody evacuated in this section as you can see there is a lot of stretchers that have been destroyed. we are working throughout this whole area very

griff jenkins joins us from outside that very house. griff. >> griff: grim discovery indeed.rban search and rescue teams with dogs and mexican army were out here digging through the rubble. you see in video, they are using rakes and the search is c complicated, they have to lift stories of debris, some three or four stories high that collapsed on top of each other. the cadaver dogs began to dig deeper. we were able after they located remains, we were able to contact the homeowner who told us she had an elderly woman living with her and when the fires were raging and the evacuation order came she tried to talk the elderly woman to leave, who was a tenant. she would not leave. only 30 minutes after the homeowner departed she learned the house was in flames. the remains are believed to be that elderly woman. we spoke to cal fire sp spokesperson israel pinzone, who told us how important it is to have this mexican army unit with them and specialty they provide. listen here. >> you see behind us is international team that specializes in natural disaster and urban search and rescue

charlie: griff jenkins joins us from the pacific palisades now.treet by street, block by block here in pacific palisades which, will, you well know, it is scenes of delaware the station unprecedented. it really looks more like a war zone than anything else. i'll step out of the way and let you see more than one of the 5300 businesses and homes that have been totally destroyed here. as a you were mentioning, this palisades fire 11% contained the, but it's already destroyed more than 23,000 ache a aeros and 5300 plus structures. the eaton fire is only 15 contained and about 14,000 plus acres have been destroyed. and you're right, rachel, they are fighten a new front. it's in hand ifville canyon -- mandeville canyon. take a look at this video, plane after plane, helicopter after helicopter dropping fire retar adapt as the fire worked down the canyon approaching homes. we were in a backyard where just feet away flames were being battled from engulfing a house there. that is a problem. but9 another issue is the drones that continue to be launch. ed and

griff, it is day sex and the wildfires are still raging. >> griff: almost a week, winds are expected to rise. the death toll reaching 24 expected to climb again according to officials. where we are in malibu, you can see what was once afternoon iconic landscape of houses, now a devastated landscape of charred sdrungz. you see this burned out vehicle here. the palisades fire came and roared as far as it could, burned everything until it got to the pacific ocean. it comes as we're seeing more looters going into areas like this and being arrested. 39 looters have been arrested. sheriff robert luna talking about things they are seeing in the areas. listen. >> i saw a gentleman that looked like a firefighter. i asked him if he was okay, because he was sitting down. i didn't realize he was in handcuffs. he was degreed like a fire man and he was not. >> griff: a man with a blow torch taken into custody, he is an illegal immigrant. they are holding him on probation violation, not charged with anything like arson. officials worry because of policy they may not be able to take him into a detai

it looks totally different now. >> griff: ainsley and guys good morning.sley, everyone is on high alert bracing for more fires. as you see here in malibu, the crews working overnight to clear debris. take you quickly an hour north where a new fast-moving, wind-driven brush fire has broken out. being labeled the auto fire. this is in the santa clara riverbed between the cities of ventura and oxford, california. you can see the helicopters working quickly oxnard the latest update having some success in that. but it's significant, ainsley because it is in this red flag warning area that stretches all the way from that ventura oxnard area down here to malibu and the surrounding palisades area where we have seen so much disruption. this is a problem and we're heading into a day where we expect the wind gust to get up to 70 miles. meanwhile, another problem that officials are having that continues are these drones. the fbi says they are seeing 20 to 30 unauthorized drone operations every single day and that super scoorp hit by that drone the fbi now buying the p

griff, thank you. jenkins, fox corporation has made a $1 million donation to the california wildfire relief effort. you can help by visiting go.fox/redcross or scan the qr code on your screen. cleveland-cliffs and new corp.s considering a joint bid for u.s. steel. cleveland-cliffs hoping to acquire the company in a cash deal and sell off the river subsidiary to new corps. cleveland-cliffs ceo lourenco goncalves speaking yesterday but offered few details on a potential bid. watch this. >> the problem is we can't make anything happen until u.s. -- the current management, the current board of u.s. steel make the decision to abandon -- it's harsh, abandon the merger agreement with nippon steel. until they do that, we can't do anything. we have our hands tied. if i present an offer today, they can't take it until the deal is abandoned. anything that we try to execute is a speculation. the important thing is what i told governor shapiro on the phone. we have an all american solution. maria: over the weekend

will: all right, griff. one quick question for you, griff.o a california fire chief a little bit earlier, and we talked about the the direction of the fire spread as we wake up this morning. population centers. we had a map up earlier in the show. you brought us into this. you got the 101 and the 405, two major highways right there that seem to be bracketing the fire, at least the palisades fire. but along those highways, big neighborhoods. brentwood, westwood and then along the 101 sherman oaks, woodland hills. those communities as they wake up today, how under threat are those neighborhoods? >> reporter: they're under very serious threat, will. and you make a great point. so it's crestwood hills is an area we just were which is near brentwood. we know that that there have been a little bit of burning of homes, but the fire fighters have sort of waited so the landscape, as we talked about, is just match box. as the fires come down a canyon and the vegetation, but it buttresses up against these densely-populated areas, brentwood. and the fear

griff jenkins is live in malibu. hey, griff. >> griff: good morning, guys. not out of woods yet.hose winds are coming. we are this morning in malibu. let me give you a quick look along the iconic pacific coast highway. miles and miles of just charred destruction. you see what appears to be a burned out mercedes g wagon along where homes and businesses once were. nothing but destruction. there are crews working around the clock trying to clear this debris. but it is going to be certainly weeks, if not months, if not years. before miles of this iconic landscape and waterfront can even think about rebuilding and there are questions about even with the governor's executive order if that will indeed happen to the extent that it once was. let's talk about those winds. ainsley, you did a great job of setting up that firefighters are working around the clock on the ground and the air to contain those areas. 13% in the palisades. the pal said fire, particularly troubling because we were seeing it hitting the andville canyon area with those burning 14,000 t they are watching. it comes as t

good morning, griff. >> griff: good morning, guys.rim discovery here behind me at the malibu home that you see collapsed sitting in rubble. we were out here for hours as our cameras were rolling. the california urban search and rescue team accompanied with those cadaver dogs as well as a mexican army unit that specializes in search and rescue we later contacted the homeowner here who told us a tragic story. tenant, elderly woman living with her. and when they got the evacuation order to go. as the flames we learned that she refused to go learned that her home engulfed in flames just a tragic story in those conversations with the homeowner, she is very distraught about that remains but owe -- remains were found they talked to the call fire spokesman mexican army unit, plays in all of this. here is a little bit of what he had to say. listen. >> international team that natural disas disasters in urban search and rescue. they have training in wild land fire fighting. we are utilizing them to the best of their abilities and level of traini

. >> griff jenkins joins us from the pacific palisades now. griff.orter: good morning, charlie rachel and will and los will be dealing like the apocalyptic image to come let's catch you up the death toll is rising to 16 and palisades fire, main fire only 11% contained some 23,000 plus acres have been destroyed. try to put that in perspective central park there in new york is 843 acres. so you're talking about a size more than 25 times central park. there's some 5300 plus homes and buildings like the one behind me have been destroyed other fire we're watching the eaton fire 15% contained more than 14,000 acres destroyed. but on the ground and in the sky, firefighters continue to battle take a look. at the footage of the planes dropping that in mandeville canyon area they're fighting trying to break from the fires coming down the canyon threatening homes in areas like mandeville canyon and also in brentwood. densely populated areas, that is the focus of their threat now. the winds starting to pick up a little bit more where we are. now, the emotional c

griff jenkins is live in malibu. what are you learning, griff? >> griff: national weather service says we have entered that particularly dangerous situation red flag warning window, which is extremely rare, fire conditions, high winds, dry vegetation and low humidity and firefighters are battling a new blaze, the otissues tissues o -- otto fire, between ventura and oxnard, california. officials say they are making progress tamping down that area, but it is a sign of what they are facing in next 48 hours because national weather service noting wind gusts of 72 miles per hour in ventura county, all part eof the problem. they are battling blazes and dealing with unauthorization rised drones like the one that brought down the super scooper last week. 20 to the 30 drones are flying around and they are dealing with looters, coming in, stealing things like emmy's and thousands of dollars in people's homes. the new da for l.a., nathan hock 2k man said he will not put up with it here. >> we anticipated this would happen, people trying to exploit this for

. >> lawrence: griff jenkins joins us. >> griff: this property behind me is an active crime scene.ou see l.a. county sheriff deputies cordoning this area off with police tape. we were here ing yesterday as urban search and rescue teams accompanied by cadaver dogs. it is buildings collapse and they did make a human remains recovery. we spoke to cal fire's sp spokeperson, here is what he had to say. what you see behind us, that international team that specializes in natural disaster and urban search and rescue, they have training in wild land firefighting. we're utilizing them to the best of their ability and their level of training and working hand in hand with the task force team. >> griff: this is still under investigation and hu34man remai have not been identified. we learned after contacting homeowner, the remains are believed to belong to an elderly woman who lived with the homeowner. the elderly woman refused to leave and the homeowner evacuated. the death toll officially stands 24 from the medical examiner office, it could rise when this investigation is completed. out here,

. >> todd: griff jenkins live in malibu with the latest. griff.fk that is right, looters are out and increasing. in malibu, you see crews trying to get in to work around the clock to clear debris. utilities getting in, stopping gas leaks and putting out fires erupting in the brush. wildfires are spreading in v ventura, fresh fires breaking out. crews working to stop them. that is in the center of the red flag warning area of the dangerous situation that the as aletter is under now. we'll bring you up to date. let's go back to the arrests. 40 arrests in multiple evacuation zones for looting and other things, including gun possession. these are individuals that have no reason to be in those areas. l.a. times reporting in mandeville canyon area, firefighters are trying to stop the palisades fire, they stole $ $200,000 in one house and in the eaton fire, an individual stole an emmy award from a home. that is why l.a. new da dan hockmans they will not put up with this. listen. >> we anticipated this was going to happen, these people are seeking to expl

dana. >> dana: thank you griff. >> bill: from griff jenkins and jonathan hunt continues team fox coverage from a command center in pasadena. you are 40 miles east of griff. you are in the parking lot of the renowned rose bowl. what are they doing there, jonathan? >> the entire region obviously remains on high alert for the next few hours. the entire response is being managed from here, as you say, the unified command center in the parking lot of the rose bowl. this would normally be full of the vehicles that accommodate 90,000 people who come to the rose bowl. now every inch taken over by the fire department. los angeles county sheriff's department as well. they are hosting fox news for this exclusive today and extraordinary when you look at this how far it stretches. we have a tent city just ahead of me there which we can't show you. it is too dark right now. where all of these exhausted firefighters are trying to get whatever rest they can. talking of firefighters, there is growing controversy today over whether the leadership of the lafd did enough last tuesday when those terrible fire

griff griff jenkins is there. griff, do you feel the wind yet? >> reporter: good morning, stu. up, and we're not feeling those strong winds yet, but officials say don't let your guard down. the national weather service says we are now in that red flag warning window of the particularly dangerous situation of eds, the highest urgent alert they can put out for fire conditions. when you have high winds, dry vegetation and low humidity. but already an hour mort of me up in ventura county -- north of me, we can show you aerials, you've got firefighterses fighting what was a fast-moving brush fire called the auto fire that they've been pretty successful in tamping down to spot fires. but it's an indication of the dangers they're worried about in this window running, as you mentioned, through tomorrow evening. and it could also ignite here in the malibu or palisades area where those fireses, the palisades and eaton, are not fully contained. in palisades yesterday, we met a gentleman who stayed behind the to fight the fire. he'd been staying to put out spot fires, and he's a home build

maria: thank you very much, griff jenkins in malibu, california.e a 1 million-dollar donation to the red cross as california wildfire relief effort you can help by going to red cross or skating the qr code on your screen right now. meanwhile president biden delivering one of his final speeches as president from the state department yesterday, he defended his foreign policy decision including the 22 a botched afghanistan withdrawal. watch. >> reporting to the american people, the first president in decades who's not leading a war in afghanistan to his successor. in my view to end the war and bring our troops home, and we did. there is nothing i can say of my conversation both she and putin both were adversaries and competitors are crashing china and would've liked more than cs to tie down in afghanistan for another decade. and in the war was the right thing to do. i believe history will reflect that. my administration leading the next administration with a strong hand to play. we are leaving them. and america with more friends and stronger alliances

rachel: thank you, griff.dent-elect trump is blaming california's green policies for making wildfire conditions worse. he's been sounding the alarm on this since 2020. >> go to other countries in europe, austria, finland, numerous countries and i talk to the heads. they're in forests and they don't have problems like this. the head of austria tells me, you know, we have trees that are much more flammable than what you have in california. we never have forest fires because they maintain their forests. you could revert water up into the hills where you have the dead forests where forests are so brittle. they have tremendous water out there, they send it to the pacific because they're trying to protect a tiny fish which is in other areas by the way called the smelt. rachel: environmental progress founder michael shellenberger joins us now. michael, i feel like donald trump's been talking about the dangers and more importantly the solutions to california's wildfire problem more than gavin newsom. >> yeah, it's rea

this is from griff jenkins and david spunt.rives that truck, with a texas license plate, right through bourbon street. according to their sources, this person came through eagle pass, texas, two days ago, okay. we're gonna leave that up on your screen. these are just new photos. i just keep thinking from covering these things, and also from going to these big events and having fun. who thinks they're going to go out in an area that looks like it has security. 300 police officers. they had security in the area. then you end up having a car drive right down the street, killing at least ten people. they have a coroners truck out there right now. we have to figure what's coming after this, guys. >> alexis, our gratitude to you for bringing us these new pictures. fascinating look as things are beginning to unfold. we appreciate all of those insights as our continuing coverage goes on. >> continuing coverage of our top story. we're awaiting new updates from police after a car plowed through a new year's crowd on bourbon street. with

. >> lawrence: griff jenkins joins us live from malibu.ey, griff. >> good morning, brian, lawrence and ainsley. they are bracing here in southern california that death toll at 24. tragically they expect it could indeed rise again. we are that n. malibu. let me just show you around at the destruction. we are looking at you can see a luxury g wagon burned out. structures in the background just for miles and miles of the iconic pacific coast highway. it is charred destruction. homes, businesses, wiped out. road crews working around the clock to try and clear some of the debris that will take certainly weeks, it not months, maybe even years to get back to it this is because this palisades fire came over the hills and burned everything in its path until it met the pacific ocean. let's talk about the threat right now. they are bracing because of the high wind warning coming. and you mentioned the containment, the two major fires, palisades 1% contained. the eaton fire 27% contained. but the national weather service issuing a pds, a particularly

griff jenkins will get back to you throughout the hour, thank you. arthel: griff and eric, as the adroit santa ana winds picked back up the fire or weather weather alertsare in effect forh is 100 miles or so south of san francisco all the way down to that u.s./mexico border foxbusiness max and gordon is alive in malibu. what can you tell us from your perspective? >> we are taught what those winds you might be able to hear the winds in my microphone right now by the wind is starting to pick up here. we are starting to see blue skies a clearance of smoke in the malibu area. you are once again able to see all the way to santa monica and the greater los angeles area. it's truly surreal that's the only way you can describe it. you see waves of the pacific ocean crashing onto the burnt out remains of these once beautiful homes. these multi- million-dollar homes that burnt down here in the palisades fire. now we are on the western side of the fire. these homes went up in the early hours of monday or early tuesday morning. we see that most fire activity in t

. >> dana: griff jenkins is live in malibu. the sun is up. what do you see, griff? >> well, dana, i see widespread damage and destruction. charred remains of homes and buildings. you mentioned the looting there. there were four more arrests yesterday bringing the total number of looters to 39 in the malibu and pacific palisades area. let's look at this sun coming up here. whoever lived in these homes must have woken up every day and said i have it made. i have everything. well today they have nothing. you can see the steel i-beams and foundation is rubble. it goes for miles up the iconic beautiful pacific coast. you can see burned out s.u.v. another car there . it comes with this warning from the national weather service particularly dangerous situation. the pds warning is the highest the agency can issue intended to invoke the highest level of urgency for residents to evacuate if indeed these brush fires that firefighters are trying to tamp down with these high winds of 70 miles-per-hour for the next possible 48 hours. we talked to a captain with the l.a. fire depa

but first we turned to griff jenkins who was there on the ground in los angeles.ello griff. >> good morning street by street, block by block apocalyptic scenes like the ones behind me of homes and buildings charred and decimated as a death toll rises to more than 100,000 lost angelenos and evacuated from their homes the palisade of fire at this hour 11% contained more than 23000 acres destroyed to give you perspective that is more than 25 times the size of new york grand central park the other fire they are battling, the eaton fire 50% contained more than 14000 acres destroyed. yesterday la's mayor karen bass giving an update saying it now is not the time for pointing fingers. >> we need to stay focused but i will say that when the fires are out, make no mistake, we will have a full accounting of what worked, and especially what did not. >> and shannon, lives have been shattered the emotional component this building here was a preschool lined it with the tiles the children had painted, parents were out here, couple jon and cameron digging through the rubble trying

. >> griff: they may learn a few things when they do the preparations, hardening the target for the sugar bowl knowing the super bowl is coming. >> lawrence: praying for the state of louisiana especially new orleans today. hope they get answers on the potential threat that's still out there today. hopefully there is some sort of press conference to provide some type of peace as they continue the mourning process. >> sandra: lawmakers will be briefed at 10:00. we'll gate news conference later on today. >> griff: it will be odd rooting for the bulldogs and then the tragedy that happened remembering them. >> sandra: thank you for joinings. >> lawrence: more coverage coming up. >> a live look at new orleans. the f.b.i. is hunting for potential acome plugss in the deadly terror attack yesterday. new details on some of those killed. good morning, i'm rich edson, bill and dana are off. >> i'm molly line. this is "america's newsroom." officials have yet to name the 15 people filled. families are spinning out. among the dead an 18-year-old nursing student. former college football player and a youn

i want to bring in griff. i wonder if you could talk about this together. were talking about the moments before those nominating speeches. >> you can speak to this if you can, the historic nature of what we are about to watch. the g.o.p. conference chair will make the nominating speech. that is the next thing we will see after they decide what the core number is and if she will nominate johnson for speaker and that speech itself may be historic in nature because it will be an opportunity to talk about the mandate she believed the country gave republicans to govern with speaker johnson and may be opportunity to take a look back at what happened in 2023 and move beyond and try and say, we look like we couldn't govern then, this is our chance to get our act together and carry out the country's business. you probably have insight into the speeches. >> that will be by pete aguilar nominating hakeem jeffries as you look on the house floor. the g.o.p. conference chair, she will give the nominating speech for mike johnson and that speech back in 2023, it was jeffri

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griff jenkins for us in malibu. >> sandra: api oh four the l.a. county department.hank you so much for being here. please do provide us your update at the top of this hour here. >> we have 14% containment on the palisades fire. crews out there continuing to put all the hot spots out and continue to grow in the interior perimeter of the fire and making sure there is nothing odd or anything smoldering that could potentially flare up again with the upcoming winds. >> sandra: how would you describe the efforts right now as we know so many of these firefighters have reached a level of exhaustion, how are they doing? >> we continue to get some port and our numbers continue to increase. we have approximately 4,700 people on these fires right now. we continue to work day in and day out, making sure there perimeter increases and continue to increase given the situation and the amount of drought and the dry combustibles in the perimeter of the fire. >> sandra: that is an incredibly immense effort to manage that many people for such an enormous situation and obviously, we are

griff jenkins. thank you. i want to bring on the direct relief emergency response manager for a number of locations around the globe. he is based in santa barbara, direct relief gets much-needed resources to people who need them now in l.a. so aaron, tell me -- i'm sure you are hearing the warnings, too, and probably a bit of panic among people who maybe their homes haven't burned but now they're worried. what is it like on the ground to help and find so much need? >> thank you for having me on the program. the need is incredibly high. as you mentioned, direct relief we work around the world. we're a global disaster response and humanitarian aid organization. and we work in over 100 countries and all 50 states. we work in some of the toughest environment on earth. this is reminiscent of some of the worst places we work. this is an extremely dire situation. the level of devastation is huge. the amount of evacuees who are in need of medical assistance is very, very high. so it's absolutely our responsibility jus

. >> i'm going to bring in griff and kit goldsmith.they lost everything in the altadena fire from the eaton fire, andrew serwer and altadena, i should say from the eaton fire. and they're expecting their first baby next month. they are the brother in law and sister in law of the actress and singer mandy moore. kit, we were just talking in the break. you know, you're about to have your first baby in a few weeks. you were in the nesting mode, getting the nursery ready, getting everything ready for your precious baby, and now you have lost your home and you had to flee for your life. how are you feeling now? >> we are definitely, as everyone in our community and like truly unbelievable circumstances. um, i don't think we had enough time to process what we're all being confronted with and um, you know, 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 is all really hard to process, given that it's all just been in the last 48 hours, where this has kind of come down on us. um, i

and i'm so sorry, griff. you're, um, you and your brother are members of the band dawes. you were in the recording studio when you had to evacuate. it burned down, and you lost all your your instruments and equipment. i mean, it's homes, its memories, its livelihoods going up in smoke. >> yeah. i mean, it's a it's a test. and you know, what really matters? and it is exactly that it's everything that we've spent time, you know, we spent our life building. and i just try to remind myself that the things that i really care for, you know, the things that i really mean, my family, my animals, my, you know, i still i'm still a musician, even if i'm devoid of all my instruments and everybody in altadena and and the musicians in los angeles and across the country that i've been fortunate enough to, to get to know are so incredibly supportive. i've already had friends reach out and say, give me an address to send instruments to or, or let me know if you need our studio. so it is awful and dire. but on the other hand, it's been incredibly inspiring to see the support. you know, eve

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his vote to rearrange a palm is to miss griff designated as a terrorist organization by russia, the u. k. germany, china, and most of the art of world, despite the group's goal to establish a global, this law, mikaela se dominated by sharia law through force. washington and also have yet to blacklisted the controversy surrounding the conference in canada that has thrust the i going crudo government into a hailstorm of criticism. this is the story of the justin trudel government, and his weak public safety ministers under their watch. canada has become a safe haven for terrorist supporters. countries have designated his boot to rear a terrorist group. why are they allowed to host a conference in mississauga? well, the estimates group is also bombed in india. we got reaction to the developments in canada from new daily base, political on foreign policy expert super to come out due to he pointed to some glaring double standards in the west. only those that are not freed speech 3 as soon as often do best inside auto, monthly due to be bad. so this kind of the blue city on the winding and

. >> let's go live to our national correspondent griff jenkins. >> good afternoon. in pacific palisades, simply look. describing it as a war zone. my cameraman pulls back a little bit. you can see here literally street by street, block by block , it is just charred devastation. logue overthrew this direction and you can see the foundation completely destroyed all the way down to the carport. even look beyond that street. street after street, homes destroyed. nothing on the streets but the black char. you come this way and you can see to my left, the same situation continuing up this street. just along the ridge of the foundation of that house passed where the metal beam holding that house together, there were firemen here about an hour ago having to put out the smoldering smoke popping up because this is still a very active dangerous situation. things like nails and exposed power wires. that is why officials like l.a. county sheriff robert luna is saying it is simply too dangerous here for residents to come back. listen here. >> driving around some of these areas, l

i couldn't make it there, but my friend and colleague griff jenkins shot this video, and he gave it tod i had the grim task of going to that 99-year-old grandmother and showing them her house was completely and utterly destroyed. the poor woman, the family asked us not to name her because they don't want her overwhelmed with texts and messages. but she had lived in the palisades in that house since 1967 is when she bought it. extraordinary to think of the amount of memories she had there and the amount of loss she is going through, and that is, of course, a story that is repeated over and over again across the palisades. as you look down the street, there is really nothing left, kayleigh, and then there are a couple of houses here and there, you find, that don't have any damage at all. and that is what the looters are now targeting. as brian pans to the left here, and through the tree there, and you can see one of those homes that is undamaged. obviously people fled that home as fast as they could. they left all of their possessions there. that is the kind of home that these evil loote

so griff jenkins and david spunt have been working on this for hours now. we know the suspect drove a truck with a texas license plate in this crowd. it's unclear in the driver crossed eagle pass, texas, but the truck came from eagle pass about two days ago. we're working to get more on that. we know as you heard from the police, this person was driving at a high rate of speed going right down bourbon street. this was a packed area. not only are people there for the sugar bowl but people are there also to celebrate and bring in the new year. so 3:00 a.m. local in new orleans, this place was still bumping, people were out there and started to run for cover as they heard not only gun fire by a witness but also, you know, what was happening with that crash. he rammed his truck all through the crowd according to investigators. so also the fbi says that they are investigating this as an act of terrorism. several local officials are saying there's a possibility that the suspect did not act alone. we talk about what we do know and don't know. we don't know if anot

dangerous griff jenkins in malibu and first responders made a heart breaking discovery.s a tragic discovery, stu. here where the home once stood and all charred rubble and it's a crime scene and seeing the la county sheriff's cordoning this off with police tape and we were autohere, zoox take a look at this video and it's by the cadaver dogs and the army unit that specializes in searching after several hours of digging through layer upon layer of debris and they made a discovery of human remains and we talked with a spokes american about the didid i have cull task they're undertaking. difficult task they're undertaking. listen here. >> this is the disaster team in search and rescue and they do have training in wildlife fire fighting so we're utilizing them to the best of their abilities and their level of training. what's great is that everyone is speaking the same language and the objective. reporter: it belonged to elderly ten at that particular time stuart: your mother lived in that house. what's the rebuilding process looking like for you now? >> >> it's unknown and

because nobody was allowed appear, i was not able to get myself on friday but my friend and colleague griff data over the weekend and this is what he found, look at the video that video we had to send of the 99 euros granny's completely destroyed house we had to send to her family. she obviously absolutely devastated she lived in the pacific palisades for 60 years, six decades and now everything she owns all the memory she built up over the six decades completely and utterly gone, the family asked us not to username because they don't want her to be further overwhelmed with messages and text so were obviously honoring that but it's one example of so many hundreds here in the palisades, hundreds more east of us and altadena, this is what so many families have left of their lives. unimaginable devastation. and now they are nervous about what happens next obviously not in the palisades and altadena, not that much left to burn in the palisades but across l.a. in a big part of the hinterland beyond l.a. because of the winds that are really going to pick up late tonight and into tuesday morning.

griff jenkins, our friend and colleague was able to get to their property over the weekend and this is the video that i then had to send them to tell this 99-year-old grandmother the home in which she had lived for decades had burned to the ground. they've asked us not to use their names at the moment. granny frankly is so heartbroken what she has seen. they don't want her further overwhelmed by messages and texts. that is just one story among hundreds. you look at this home. street after street after street, block after block after block. the same story throughout the palisades. it really is just a tragic situation. so many people also, bill and dana, want to get back in here and want to start picking up the pieces. they can't. a lot of what is laying on the ground here is now toxic. that's the problem. there is all sorts of other dangers, looters people are trying to keep out as well. officials are cracking down on those. l.a. d.a. will hold a news conference this afternoon about exactly that and the arrests of some looters who came here to the palisades to try to prey on the misfort