amazing hetty chang reporting. everyone with a pool in a fire zone should consider that. well, up next, we're less than a week away from tiktok possibly being banned in the u.s. so where are people going? instead? what other app will be joined by scott b i guess what i'm looking for from you is, i mean, i know how the fire affected me, and there's always a constant fear that who's to say something like that won't happen again? that's fair. we committed to underground, 10,000 miles of electric line. you look back at where we were 10 years ago and we are in a completely different place today, and it's because of how we need to care for our communities and our customers. i hope that's true. [joe] that's my commitment. [ambient noise] the clock is ticking. you might know this. on tiktok, there are now rumors that elon musk may step in and buy the app. musk is everywhere, but tiktok called the report, quote, pure fiction. aside from the rumors, here are the facts the u.s. ban of tiktok is looming for many tiktok users, there's a new alternative. it's called red note, and there

here's hetty chang with our sister station in los angeles. he calls them his little fire engines, self-contained sprinkler systems that pump water out of swimming pools and onto your property. designed to protect your home from a wildfire. you fill up the pump head with water. that's called priming it, because these can't run dry and you put your fire hoses on, you make sure somebody is holding on to it and you start it up, hit the throttle, and you're in business. we profiled david wittman's product monday when this pacific palisades family told us it's what saved their home. this is my workshop. this is where i build. wittman's backyard patio in south pasadena is where he assembles these sprinkler systems. since he started his company, brushfire battle systems, in 2019, wittman estimates he's built about 80 units. i even have one on the big island of hawaii. after lahaina burned down, he called me soon. he's going to need more space. it's awesome. there's ananother pne call and help. we're going to do it. we're going to do it right. wittman

scott mcgrew this time it is pete hetty chang former sister in law. that's right.pete is married to his third wife. it's the sister of his second wife who is telling senators her former brother in law would often pass out at family events. in her sworn affidavit, she spoke of threatening and volatile contact conduct by hegseth against her sister, samantha hegseth. now nbc, spoke to samantha herself, who says there were no a actual incidents of violence. pete hegseth denies all the new allegations, as he has previous allegations, and when they divorced in 2021, the couple signed a court document which said neither claimed to be victims of domestic abuse. hardly the first time people have made allegations against hegseth. his own mother castigated him in a letter accusing him of mistreating women, but later withdrew those allegations. hegseth has said he will not drink if he's secretary of defense. not good enough for the top democrat on the senate armed services committee, who said this behavior would disqualify any service member from holding any leadership positio