so jacqueline, tell me, tell me about this study. knowing full well that you and i have probably both been up since at least 4 a.m., or maybe earlier exactly. >> i know it's really interesting data though. here, omar. it's a good reminder for all of us to keep a consistent schedule because what researchers found is people who had an irregular sleep schedule were 26% more likely to have a major cardiovascular event like a heart attack, like heart failure, like a stroke. and how researchers came to this finding is they looked at data on more than 72,000 adults in the uk. they tracked their health and their sleep for eight years, and they found that those people who did not have a consistent bedtime schedule, they didn't wake up around the same time each day. they saw this 26% increased risk. and this is despite differences in people's age lifestyle factors like exercise smoking or drinking alcohol so it really is a major, major finding when we think about sleep and our health, omar all right. >> let's just say you don't have a consiste

cnn health reporter jacqueline howard spoke with him. jacqueline, walk us through this miraculous surgery and how this all came to be >> after derek sadly attempted suicide, he did have 58 reconstructive surgeries to really treat that severe wound to his face. they were helpful, but his doctors said he really was a good candidate for a full face transplant because he had some difficulty speaking. he had some difficulty chewing. he was still missing a nose, portions of his forehead and that's when he was connected with the medical team at mayo clinic. and they replaced and reconstructed 85% of his face with this transplant surgery. and like you said, boris, this was more than a 50 hour long procedure involving at least 80 people. this was a huge, huge operation and here is derek with his parents on what that moment was like when he first saw his new face >> i had a face no less cheese after all that work and it looked like a person again. >> it was incredible yeah, they're finally going to grow that brother boris, he said he looked like a

cnn health reporter jacqueline howard joins me now. jacqueline i mean, this is big news. use these medications and they're very expensive. so this could be a huge relief for people. >> that's right. jim what this is proposing is to require medicare and medicaid to cover weight loss medications like outbound like wegovy for all patients with obesity. how this proposal is different than what's currently the case is currently with medicare and medicaid. these medications are covered for patients who are obese or overweight only if they have another underlying chronic health condition, like diabetes or cardiovascular disease. so this is really the biden administration proposing to treat obesity as a disease itself make these medications accessible for all patients with obesity. and like you said, jim these medications are expensive. they can cost about $1,000 a month without coverage. so having coverage would be a huge game changer for patients. the only thing here is, jim, this is a proposal we don't know when it will be finalized, what that timeline might look like if it's

so joining us now is jacqueline winspear.she's the author of the book the comfort of ghosts, who is being featured at the event on saturday. jacqueline, thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you very much for inviting me. >> all right. so you have an interesting series of books here. the comfort of ghosts is the final book in a series of books, and it harkens back to world war one and is working its way to world war two. tell us a bit about the book. >> well, actually, one of the books that's featured at the kidney foundation luncheon is the first book in the series. there's a new collector's edition, and indeed, the comfort of ghosts. and, you know, this started for me, this interest in the those two eras when i was a kid. my grandfather was he was wounded at the battle of the somme in 1916. he was shell shocked, gassed. and he, you know, his lungs would go, you could hear it. and i also witnessed the impact of that shell shock on him. but but more than that, you know, i grew up in a very rural area and there were

cnn health reporter jacqueline howard joins us now.l us about this new proposal. >> boris and brianna this proposal would require medicare and medicaid to cover weight loss medications like outbound like wegovy for all patients with obesity and this is different than what is the current approach where medicare by law is not allowed to cover drugs for weight loss. so this would reinterpret the statute to allow coverage for the treatment of obesity, treating it as a chronic disease. and we know that these medications are so expensive they can cost about $1,000 a month. so that's why expanding access appears to be a priority for the biden administration. but like you said boris, we don't know if this proposal will be finalized. we're hearing there's not enough time to make this final before biden leaves office. so it would kind of roll over for consideration under the trump administration and it's not clear whether the next administration will, in fact, finalize this proposal. so we'll have to wait to see what exactly happens next and jac

. >> let's bring in cnn health reporter jacqueline howard. jacqueline, how big of a risk are we talking about for us, we're talking about a 26% increased risk researchers found that people who don't have a consistent bedtime and don't wake up around the same time each day appear to be at a 26% increased risk of a major cardiovascular event like a heart attack or heart failure or a stroke. >> and this is based on data on more than 72,000 people in the uk. researchers tracked their sleep and their health for eight years, and that's how they came to this finding. and this was despite differences in people's age and lifestyle factors like exercise or smoking or drinking alcohol so this is a major finding when we think about sleep and our health. boris and jim and even if someone doesn't have a consistent schedule, what if they still get the recommended 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night and what if they work in news? >> i mean, that let's just admit here this is tailor made essentially for us, right here exactly. >> you know, when i saw this study,

cnn's jacqueline howard is following this story. so, jacqueline, what are you learning manu what we're learning is that the two batches of raw milk that have tested positive for bird flu have been recalled. >> one of those batches was recalled earlier this week. the other batch was just recently recalled. these are batches of milk that come from the company raw farm based in fresno county california, and this recall does seem to be connected to the ongoing bird flu outbreak that we've seen sweep the nation, impacting dairy cattle, and there have been no illnesses reported as related to this recall. but we do know that when it comes to raw milk, there is this risk of foodborne illnesses of harmful bacteria or viruses like bird flu. and since 1987, because the fda has tracked and monitored foodborne illnesses related to raw milk, there have been only about 143 reported outbreaks of foodborne illnesses tied to raw milk since 1987 because of regulations but we're hearing from many public health experts that they're concerned about this

peter: maureen callahan, has jacqueline kennedy's hospitalization at valley had been reported before and if not how did you find that? maureen: it had been reported on beforen -- it had been reported on before. kitty kelly, who wrote the book on jackie o., the first tell-all, reported upon that. that was during jackie's lifetime. she was working in the new york city publishing industry by then so i remember i reached out to kitty and asked her about that and she said i remember that. it is somewhere in my archives. i do room ever that. and jackie never sued or demanded a retraction, which i thought was quite telling. at valleyhead, jack had sent her there. again, this is what they do. rosemary kennedy is the ultimate example, being lobotomized, but if you are causing a problem, just send them to a mental institution. she received likely three electroshock treatments and one way. she suffered from lifelong depression. she also sort of -- she always sort of had that in her. it intensified after the assassination and she spent the rest of her life searching for a panacea for her grief a

cnn health reporter jacqueline howard is here with more on what she wrote in her blog jacqueline, boris and brianna she revealed that she was shocked when she was diagnosed with lung cancer. >> she says that she was healthy. she ran a few miles a day, she had never smoked and yet she was diagnosed with this disease and she says that she is not alone. we have seen here in the united states a rise in lung cancer diagnoses among people who do not have a history of smoking. when you look at the numbers in the past 42 years, there has been a 84% increase in lung cancer diagnoses among women but a 36% decrease among men during that same time period. and i will say, just in general, we have seen an overall decline in lung cancer in the u.s. because we have seen fewer people smoking cigarettes. but at the same time, we've seen a rise among nonsmokers and women are twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with lung cancer. when you look specifically at men and women who have never smoked. so this is the takeaway message from susan wojcicki's blog that we need to take a closer look into this trend

abc news reporter jacqueline lee was at the hearing. >> a line outside the courthouse early monday morning in los angeles public interest is so high in the menendez brothers case that there was a lottery for the 16 public seats inside the hearing. >> i'm really invested. i want to know what happens. >> it would just be huge to be able to be in the room when this potentially could be happening. >> erik and lyle, listening in on the hearing via phone from prison, where they are both currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole. their attorney, mark geragos, walking into court today. he's working to get their conviction in the 1989 murder of their parents, reduced to voluntary manslaughter. the goal is for an early release. they want the court to consider new evidence. the brothers were allegedly sexually abused by their father for years before the murder. there is also a new allegation from a former member of the boy band menudo, who says he too was raped by jose menendez. last month, the now outgoing los angeles county district attorney recommended the brothers be rese

. >> maureen callahan two other kennedy wives are featured in your book jacqueline kennedy who lived from 1929 to 1994 and joan kennedy born in 1936. >> yeah i will start with joan and i will end with jackie because jackie is really the heroin of the book. joan kennedy was conscripted into kennedy wife it when it teds sisters met her collagen said she was perfect. he's probably going to be senator probably a president even though he had zero interest in marriage and domestication o any kind he had to get married. joan finds herself on the fast-track and when she gets engaged to ted they had maybe been on three dates and he proposes to her with outer ring. she goes to her father joan and she said i don't feel right about this i do want to her father said i'm going to go talk to joelk the patriarch and we wl sort this out, don't you worry. he has this summit in joe's senior says no way. no woman rejects the kennedy man. so this marriage takes place and she too like mary like so many kennedy wives is left at home to birth babies to whether as her husband runs all over the world cheating

peter: maureen callahan, two other kennedy wives are featured in your book, jacqueline kennedy, who lived from 1929 to 1994, and joan kennedy, born in 1936. maureen: i will start with joan and end with jackie because she is sort of the heroine of the book. joan kennedy was sort of conscripted into kennedy wifedom. one of ted's sisters despite her at college and said she is perfect sisters -- ted's sisters spied her at college and said she is perfect. even though he had zero interest in marriage, and domestication of any kind, he had to get married. joan finds herself on the fast track, and when she gets engaged to ted, they had maybe been on three dates, and he proposes to her without even a ring, and she goes to her father, joan, and she says, listen, i don't feel right about this. but i want to do it. he says i will go talk to joe and we will figure this out. they have this summit and joe senior says no way. no woman rejects a kennedy man, no woman. so this marriage takes place and, you know, she too, like mary, like so many kennedy wives, is left at home to birth babies, to weather as

jacqueline lee, abc news, los angeles. >> visa has announced a round of mass layoffs that includes about 200 jobs right here in the bay area. the company is eliminating 192 positions at its offices in san mateo, and ten at the new mission rock hub in san francisco. visa says the cuts are designed to streamline its international operations. the company reported strong earnings last month, with quarterly revenue up 12% from a year ago, with voters approving the closure of a two mile stretch of the great highway. >> san francisco's plans for the road's future are taking shape. the city has submitted a plan to the california coastal commission that will transform it into a park. it includes a transformation for part of sloat boulevard and calls for a protected bike lane. this will mean, of course, less street parking, roughly 90 spots are going to go away. the commission is expected to vote on this proposal next month. >> the gym chain, fitness sf, is taking over a long vacant piece of property in san francisco. fitness sf will open its ninth location in the old lombardi sports building at p

they had one child, jacqueline.ent suggest fred may have taken part in the brutal long march towards the end of the war, when prisoners were made to leave the camps without provisions and walk across war torn europe during one of the harshest winters on record. and it answers a lot of questions now, and it's like percy said, he was very bubbly, very... he was fun. and that wasn't the dad i knew. the dad i knew was very quiet, very reserved. he died in 1993, and today actually would have been his birthday, and he would have been 104 alongside percy. so it is a real shame that he's not here with percy today. you do think it's important that these stories are remembered and shared? well, they should be. yeah, yeah. well, it keeps things alive, doesn't it? never forget. neverforget them. never forget. percy died peacefully at home on october the 16th and will be buried next week. thank you for your service, percy and fred. and thank you for these important stories. what is what we'll be covering across remembrance weeke

also ahead, the academy awards has officially announced the host for the 2025 oscars, i'm jacquelinehloe! hey dad. they will grow up. [cheering] silly face, ready? discover who they are. [playing music] what they want from this world. and how they will make it better. and while parenting has changed, how much you care has not. that's why instagram is introducing teen accounts. automatic protections for who can contact them and the content they can see. ♪ steer set to air on abc on march 2nd. abc news reporter jacqueline lee has the story. >> late night talk show host conan o'brien is hosting the 97th annual oscars, marking a first for the comedian. >> this is incredible. i've been handed an oscar. i'm an oscar winner. it's amazing. host. oh. i'm hosting. yes, i'm an oscar host. exactly. oh, but do icar still get to keep the oscar? no. oh. >> hollywood's biggest night, airing on abc, march 2nd. in a statement on x, o'brien writing, america demanded it and now it's happening. taco bell's new cheesy chalupa supreme, the comedian joining a list of oscar hosts that includes johnny carson,

jacqueline lee, abc news, los angeles. >> visa has announced a round of mass layoffs that includes about00 jobs right here in the bay area. the company is eliminating 192 positions at its offices in san mateo, and ten at the new mission rock hub in san francisco. visa says the cuts are designed to streamline its international operations. the company reported strong earnings last month, with quarterly revenue up 12% from a year ago, with voters approving the closure of a two mile stretch of the great highway. >> san francisco's plans for the road's future are taking shape. the city has submitted a plan to the california coastal commission that will transform it into a park. it includes a transformation for part of sloat boulevard and calls for a protected bike lane. this will mean, of course, less street parking, roughly 90 spots are going to go away. the commission is expected to vote on this proposal next month. >> the gym chain, fitness sf, is taking over a long vacant piece of property in san francisco. fitness sf will open its ninth location in the old lombardi sports building at pol

cnn health reporter jacqueline howard is here. so, jacqueline, i mean what did she say here yeah. >> outside of saying that she was shocked with this diagnosis, she did say that we need to do more research looking into why this trend is happening. a trend where we're seeing more lung cancer diagnoses among people without a history of smoking, and many of these people are women. and just to quote her blog post she wrote, quote, after my diagnosis, we stepped up our efforts as we quickly learned lung cancer was under-researched and misunderstood. lung cancer among people who have never smoked has been rising significantly and two thirds of people diagnosed with lung cancer with no smoking history are women so this is a trend that we're seeing play out. we also have this data point. omar, in the past 42 years, lung cancer diagnoses have risen 84% among women over that time period. while dropping 36% among men in that same time period. and of course, we know we have seen declines in lung cancer because we've seen declines in people sm

. >> cnn's jacqueline howard has details on this.so, jacqueline, how would this work alex, the way this would work, this proposal would require medicare and medicaid to cover weight loss medications specifically for patients who've been diagnosed with obesity. >> the biden administration says this would really target and treat obesity as a chronic disease. the administration says that this potentially could help about 3.4 million people with medicare, about 4 million medicaid enrollees but alex, remember, this is just a proposal. so we have to wait to see what will happen if it will be made final. experts say this will not be finalized before we transition into a new trump administration so we have to really wait and see what will happen with this proposal. under a new white house. >> yeah, the incoming trump administration may not be in favor of expanding coverage of these anti-obesity drugs that's exactly right. >> and we already know that trump's pick to lead the department of health and human services, rfk jr. he has said in the

cnn's health reporter jacqueline howard has the details. jacqueline, what ultimately, is this going to be recalled or what's happening with this toothpaste sarah, what we warning letter, the agency says that it has also found bacterial growth in some toothpaste products. >> it's mentioned a black mold like substance near manufacturing equipment. so there are some significant violations here. and we do know that some of the bacteria mentioned in this warning can cause human infections. so that's concerning to see as well. but i will say the company, tom's of maine did tell cnn in a statement that they are, quote, working with the fda and are remedying the issues raised in their may inspection of the tom's manufacturing plant in sanford, maine. so that's what the company is saying. and for now, sarah, these are warnings. so we will not see any recall as of yet but again, tom's of maine is a major brand and consumers looking for natural products are often seeking out tom's of maine products. so this is getting a lot of attention right now. >>

we have cnn health reporter jacqueline howard joining us now. jacqueline, this latest scare here, it involves the detroit based wolverine packing company. tell us about it. >> that's right. this latest recall is specifically for ground beef that has been shipped to restaurants. >> these restaurants are located across the united states. and as you mentioned, brianna, we do know that there have been at least 15 people getting sick as part of this outbreak. but this latest e coli outbreak really does raise the question, what is going on here it seems like we are seeing more of these kinds of outbreaks. and when you look at cdc numbers, it does seem to be the case. the cdc data shows that there's been about a 25% increase in certain types of e coli infections that were diagnosed through testing last year compared with the years 2016 through 2018. and i will say just in general, we know that every year about 1 in 6 people are diagnosed with a foodborne illness so this is something that we know has been an ongoing public health concern. sometimes food

cnn's jacqueline howard joins us now. jacqueline, what do people need to know jim, there are so many costco shoppers out there who will want to know about this. >> so this recall is impacting five states, like you said, involving more than 10,000 cartons of eggs. the supplier, handsome brook farms, issued this recall of its organic pasture raised 24 count eggs sold under the kirkland signature brand, and these eggs were distributed to costco stores in alabama, georgia, north carolina, south carolina and tennessee. what shoppers should look for the recalled cartons contain the best by date of january 5th. they also have that upc number that you see there on the screen. so that's what you want to look out for. and jim, the supplier, said that these cartons were not supposed to be sent out to retailers. so this does seem to have been a mistake the concern here again is the possibility of salmonella contamination. that's why this recall is happening. if you do have these eggs at home take them back to the store. do not consum

cnn health reporter jacqueline howard is following this for us so, jacqueline, i mean, what is the latestlatest here is that we now have two lots of whole raw milk that have been voluntarily recalled both of these lots come from the same company called raw farm, based in fresno california. >> and because these two lots have tested positive for bird flu, they have been voluntarily recalled. they have the lot numbers that you see on the screen here. the previous recall included a lot that had the best by date of november 27th. but now this second recall has a best by date of december 7th. and omar no illnesses have been reported so far as part of this recall. it really is out of an abundance of caution because these lots have tested positive for bird flu. but this recall is part of this overall bird flu outbreak that we have seen sweep the country, impacting dairy cattle in different states. and so far as part of that overall outbreak there have been 55 human cases ofirfl reported. but again omar, this is really testing for the virus and looking for the virus in dairy cattle products. the h

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our health reporter jacqueline howard is with us now. exactly how large a surge are we seeing? >> we are hearing some companies say they've seen a surge as large as 1000%. these are huge increases in sales. i spoke with the heads of two different telehealth companies. one of the companies call winx health he said they saw an increase in sales of the morning-after pill of about 966% in the three days after the election results were announced compared with the three days prior. and over at another company called wisp, they said just one day after the election , they saw an increase in sales of their emergency contraception pills of 1000%. again, these are huge increases and here is the ceo of winx, monica cepak , on why these trends are happening. >> women are concerned and are taking the agency over their reproductive health and preparing for whatever outcome the next few years brings. >> reporter: so, the reason why, like she said, these consumers seem to be stockpiling his medications is out of concern as to whether the upcoming trump administration will place additional restr

cnn health reporter jacqueline howard joins me now. jacqueline raw milk has become kind of a popular trendy for some folks, but my goodness, there are risks you have to think about it that's right there are risks that come with raw milk and this recall is just one example of the concerns out there. >> so these recalls that have been announced this week have been connected to whole raw milk produced and packaged by the company raw farm llc, based in fresno. the previous recall had a best by date of november 27th. the latest recall has a best by date of december seventh, and this recall seems to be connected with the ongoing outbreak of bird flu among dairy cattle across the country. so far, there have been no illnesses reported with these recalls, but the overall outbreak that we've seen across the country has been connected with 55 human cases. many of those cases have been among farm workers who had kind of direct exposure to infected dairy cattle but this is an outbreak that health officials are continuing to watch. and it's somethin

even when the e-cigarette does not contain nicotine cnn's jacqueline howard has the details on this. she's joining us now. jacqueline, what are you learning from this study kate, we're really learning two things that happen as soon as you vape. >> researchers found that number one, you see decreased blood flow in the arteries. and number two, you see decreased oxygen uptake by the lungs. so these are two immediate effects that researchers say happen. and in this study, what researchers did to come to these findings is they looked at 31 healthy volunteers who have a history of smoking or vaping and they examined each person immediately before they smoked or vaped, and then immediately after they smoked or vaped and after they vaped these findings. and even though this research right now, it's just being presented, it hasn't been published in a peer reviewed journal, for instance. but researchers say they're putting out these findings to really encourage for more studies to look into this. they say that this doesn't seem to be tied to nicotine because they saw these effects even when s

abc's jacqueline lee is joining us from camarillo, california, with the latest.ine, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. it is absolutely heartbreaking. many homeowners are returning to see there is nothing left. we have in front of what used to be a garage. there is a melted refrigerator, showing how hot this thing burned. firefighters are working around the clock to get this fire under control. this morning, the ferocious mountain fire scorching ventura county. flames spreading across more than 20,000 acres. nearly 3,000 firefighters battling the blaze with 14% contained. >> i'm not built for this at all. i was crying. it was pathetic. >> reporter: 200 structures charred beyond recognition. >> i can't believe it's gone. like, i don't know what to say right now. this is surreal. i mean, i know we live in a fire danger area, but this is -- it came out of nowhere. it was so fast. >> reporter: more than 14,000 residents remain under evacuation orders, and at least six people injured. many homeowners discovering the majority of their camarillo heights neig

cnn's jacqueline howard is tracking this for us.companies seeing and saying about this jump in sales ? >> well, kate, one company says , they saw a 1000% spike in sales, 1000% . that is how big of an increase we are seeing in these types of sales . i spoke with a heads of two different telehealth companies. one company called wings health said, in the three days after the election results were announced , they saw an increase of 966% in sales of their morning after pill, compared with the three days before the results were announced. at another company called this wisp , they saw an increase of 1000% in sales of emergency contraception just one day after the election. the ceo of wisp , monica cpap, here's what she had to say about why these trends are happening. >> women are concerned , and are taking agency over their reproductive health , and preparing for whatever outcome the next few years brings. >> and kate, it is still not clear what could happen under the next trump administration, but there is concern if additional restrict

. >> maureen calahan, two other kennedy wives are featured in your book, jacqueline kennedy who lived994, and joan kennedy, born in 1936. >> yeah. i will start with the joannd i will end with jackie because jackie is really sort of the heroine of the book. joan kennedy was sort of conscripted into kennedy wife them, one of ted's sisters despite her at college said she's perfect. ted needed a white because ted was going to go into politics. he definitely was going to be a senator and probably a president, and even though he had zero interest in marriage, the mastication of any kind, he had to get married. joan find yourself onn the fast track,ac and when she gets engad to ted, , they may be been on three dates, and he proposes to work without even ao ring. she goes to her father, joan, jesus listen, i don't feel right about this, i do want to do. her father says i will talk to joe the patriarch and we will sort this out, don't you worry. he goes and he has a soul summit and joe, sr. says no way. no woman rejects a kennedy man. no woman. so this marriage takes place and, you know, she,

jacqueline lee abc news, ventura county, california. >> now for the families whose homes burned downhe beginning of the rebuilding process often starts with a call to the insurance company. we of course, know that well, here in the bay area. reporter carlos granda, from our sister station in los angeles, looks at the challenges those homeowners face. >> the bowcock family home is gone, burned to the ground. >> it's amazing to see such devastation as they prepare to rebuild, they wonder what will happen with their insurance. we started that process yesterday and our our insurance cover is covering this airbnb. they they gave us, you know, this is how much money that you'll have for up to 12 months. unless there's a state of emergency, then they'll increase it. >> the governor proclaimed a state of emergency in ventura, and that allows the insurance commissioner to impose a moratorium. so insurance policies in those areas cannot be canceled for a year. >> the purpose there is to just give consumers and homeowners some breathing room to kind of to recover and to make sure that they have

abc news reporter jacqueline lee has more on that.>> this morning, the wicked winds that spread, ferocious fires finally dying down. >> if you think of what this looked like 48 hours ago, the first 24 hours of this was a significant extreme fire fight. i am so grateful for the responders here. >> the first day the wildfire in ventura county, northwest of los angeles exploding in size this week, growing to over 20,000 acres in just 36 hours. more than 130 homes have been destroyed. many others damaged and thousands more still at ris. some evacuated residents grateful to return home. what were your thoughts as you started driving through? >> i actually was i was really relieved. i was relieved to see all the support from the firefighters and the police officers, and it felt really safe. and, you know, of course, devastated and your hearts morning for that. but at the same time, it it was also really heartwarming to have all the support. >> now, the same weather system with those furious winds dumping feet of snow in the rockies, states

abc's jacqueline lee was with firefighters battling hotspots over the weekend and was told about a dangerousire condition. >> how long can a fire burn underground? >> until it reemerges so it can burn for days. we can still find hotspots and smoldering embers and hot material for a couple of days. >> the fire has destroyed 200 buildings, many of them homes. forecasters expect the santa ana winds, which fed the fire's rapid growth last week, to return tonight. but they are not expected to be as strong. >> 50,000 troops have gathered in western russia, poised to launch an attack aimed at retaking territory captured by ukraine. this comes as both countries just exchanged a record number of drones. abc's ines de la cuetara has the latest. >> ukraine and russia trading massive drone strikes, as ukrainian military sources say 50,000 troops, mostly russian and some north korean, amassed in western russia for an expected counteroffensive against ukraine. ukrainian soldiers currently hold territory in russia's kursk region and are already under pressure from russian military. moscow, seeing the bigge

abc news reporter jacqueline lee has mor. >> reporter hundreds of thousands of ukrainians are withoutther massive aerial attack on ukraine's energy system. putin trying to crush the country's power grid as temps drop during winter. the darkness weighs me down, this woman says. the mood is sad, but we have to wait and believe. we live with hope because it is much more difficult for our fighters and guys on the front lines now. president biden calling the attack horrific. russia and north korea expanding their mutual defense pact, effectively challenging the u.s, south korea and europe. putin claiming russia has ten times more missiles than all of nato's combined. ukrainian president zelenskyy saying in an interview to sky news that he would be willing to cede unoccupied territory to russia in exchange for nato protection if it means a ceasefire. >> it was a ceasefire guarantees that putin will not come back and in this case, i commended you about nato. yes, nato immediately, the part of ukraine and we need it very much. >> mr. >> putin accusing the biden administration of escalating th

here's abc news reporter jacqueline lee. >> a line outside the courthouse early monday morning in lost is so high in the menendez brothers case that there was a lottery for the 16 public seats inside the hearing. >> i'm really invested. i want to know what happens. >> it would just be huge to be able to be in the room when this potentially could be happening. >> eric and lyle listening in on the hearing via phone from prison, where they are both currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole. their attorney, mark geragos, walking into court today, he's working to get their conviction in the 1989 murder of their parents reduced to voluntary manslaughter. the goal is for an early release. they want the court to consider new evidence. the brothers were allegedly sexually abused by their father for years before the murder. there is also a new allegation from a former member of the boy band menudo, who says he too was raped by jose menendez. last month, the now outgoing los angeles county district attorney recommended the brothers be resentenced. the new da, nathan hoch

abc news reporter jacqueline lee in ventura county, where the devastation is evident. >> the wildfireng in size, growing to over 20,000 acres in just 36 hours, fueled by hurricane force santa ana winds. >> it's like trying to put out a blowtorch with a squirt gun. >> thousands of people under evacuation orders. >> people have the best intentions to stay and defend their home right up until the time the fire hits their home. and then you're stuck. and then our firefighters have to get in and pull you out. now, we're not fighting the fire. now we're not rescuing others. >> kathleen bowcock described the chaos as she evacuated her family from their camarillo home. >> there was black, heavy smoke with debris just flowing at us and i didn't know if our neighbors got out and my phone didn't work, so i couldn't. i didn't know if anybody was stuck. >> more than 130 homes have been destroyed, many others damaged, and thousands more still at risk. i spoke with one firefighter who explained the fire can also spread through tree roots. >> it will go through the root system and stuff like that, an

abc news reporter jacqueline lee describes some of the challenge. >> fire officials say the threat is not over yet. even though you might not see a fire, it's still smoldering underground. so they're trying to prevent it from reigniting. >> six people, including a firefighter, were injured in that fire. thousands are still under evacuation orders. up next, reaching new heights. bitcoin hits a record high. what experts say is causing the cryptocurrency surge. >> i'm spencer christian rainfall is on the way. i'll show you the timeline on its arrival and its departure when and then there's the gmc sierra. available with the connected driving experience.... and the world's first six-function multipro tailgate. gmc sierra. it's the truck. get 0% apr on select 2024 sierra 1500 models. that's over 89 hundred total value when you trade in an eligible vehicle. plus no monthly payments until next year. ♪ donald trump has embraced crypto in recent months, even keynoting at the annual bitcoin conference in july. it then surged in value when it became clear trump had won the presidential election.

jacqueline lee abc news, ventura county, california. >> for the families whose homes have burned downthe beginning of the rebuilding process often starts with a call to the insurance company. we all know that very well here in the bay area. reporter carlos granda from our sister station in los angeles, looks at the challenges those homeowners face. >> the bowcock family home is gone, burned to the ground. >> it's amazing to see such devastation. >> as they prepare to rebuild, they wonder what will happen with their insurance. >> we started that process yesterday and our ■our insurance cover is covering this airbnb. they they gave us you know, this is how much money that you'll have for up to 12 months. unless there's a state of emergency, then they'll increase it. >> the governor proclaimed a state of emergency in ventura, and that allows the insurance commissioner to impose a moratorium. so insurance policies in those areas cannot be canceled for a year. >> the purpose there is to just give consumers and homeowners some breathing room to kind of to recover and to make sure that they

abc news reporter jacqueline lee has mor. >> hundreds of thousands of ukrainians are without power assia carries out another massive aerial attack on ukraine's energy system. putin trying to crush the country's power grid as temps drop during winter. the darkness weighs me down, this woman says. the mood is sad, but we have to wait and believe. we live with hope because it is much more difficult for our fighters and guys on the front lines now. president biden calling the attack horrific. russia and north korea expanding their mutual defense pact, effectively challenging the u.s, south korea and europe. putin claiming russia has ten times more missiles than all of nato's combined. ukrainian president zelenskyy saying in an interview to sky news that he would be willing to cede unoccupied territory to russia in exchange for nato protection if it means a ceasefire. >> if a ceasefire guarantees that putin will not come back and in this case, i commend about nato. yes, nato immediately, the part of ukraine and we need it very much. >> putin accusing the biden administration of escalating

jacqueline lee, abc news, los angeles. >> and ukraine is reeling after the latest assault by russia.even news reporter tara campbell has more on how bay area families with loved ones in the region are responding. >> a devastating russian airstrike earlier this week, leaving more than a million ukrainian homes without power and loved ones here in the bay area bracing. >> we did just speak to my sister, who continues living in her home. they have no power. >> yulia zimmerman's sister lives in mykolaiv, the same city her mother fled early in the wa, still living with yulia and her family in tahoe and her heart still back home. >> we were able to talk to her because they gave electricity for an hour and my sister was able to charge the phone, so my mom was able to talk to her and get peace of mind. >> russia unleashing nearly 200 missiles and drones thursday taking out critical energy sites. >> end of november very cold. children kindergarten. i can't start thinking i live in tahoe and i'll just for two days and are painful. >> meanwhile, one bay area man doing what he can to help keep t

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