the national correspondent, jeff paul, is live to show us what happened next. jeff, what are we learning and trace? >> we've both covered our fair share of wildfires out here, especially in california. but it isn't too often you sees inn you see heavy machinery moving cars as they try to push the flames back. that is what happened in the pacific palisades crews using a bulldozer to forcibly move a lot of cars off the roads as they try to make a path to allow fire trucks to come through. cars likely a van abandoned his people evacuated and went into heavy traffic. flames fast approached and drivers grab whatever they could and left their vehicles behind. and actor best known for his role in police academy said cars only created more problem is. >> they don't leave their keys and their cars and what happens is the fire trucks, at the street and they had no ability to move them. not only cancelled their visit today and he stuck overnight in los angeles because of the wind and president biden put out a statement saying he has been briefed on the situation offering a

jeff paul doing a great job out there. stay safe jeff.ore than 100,000 people remain under evacuation orders tonight, with at least seven fires burning out of control, several of which are still at 0% containment. the question now is, is there any relief in sight for the people of los angeles? we want to bring in once again, former l.a. county sheriff alex villanueva. sheriff, great to see you again. thanks for coming on. once again. a lot of people are going to be wondering how the heck all these fires started back to back to back to back within a 36 hour span. there are some who are going to point to, you know, the power utilities, some are going to point to potentially arson on the arson front with the criminal investigative side. where do you start in terms of that kind of an investigation? how do you get the ball rolling on trying to figure out if something was intentionally set? >> well, one of the first areas to look is at the point of origin of the fires when they're very first reported. and from that point, then you can start foc

jeff paul in las vegas. first to garrett tenney who joins us live in new orleans with the latest details there. hi, garrett. >> good morning to you. authorities are looking to see if these two incidents are in any way related. simply because of the shared similarities, both men served in the military. veterans. both men used the rental car appear turo to recent electric trucks to carry out these attacks and explosions we saw. but we did just learn a short time ago, david spunt at the justice department said the f.b.i. no longer believes the suspect in new orleans acted with the help of others. that he did this on his own. that is significant because that has been a top priority for investigators who have been trying to figure out if there was any kind of ongoing threat to public safety. hopefully we'll hear more why they now believe the suspect, 43-year-old jabbar acted alone. this last night and early this morning the f.b.i. and state attorney general said they had a high level of confidence others were inv

jeff paul is in malibu with new information about it for us. jeff, it can you hear us. >> reporter: doesn't matter what country are from a lot of people when they come to los angeles this is what they want to see they want to come to pch go to malibu and taken the ocean. it will likely never look the same a big part of the reason why is the palisades fire and what it's done to this home here. and several other homes in the area here. perfect oceanview you hear and see the waves it will never look the same now one of the things we are seeing tonight a lot of firefighters out and about driving up and down pch looking for any of the spot fires we seen this this all night tonight you see the flames they put them out and move on to the next home. we aren't seeing quite the amount of fires that were active in previous nights but a lot of the smoldering fires are kicking up some smoke the air quality isn't quite as good either. but what else i could say is from spending time driving up down here it doesn't matter how rich you are or what kind of home

>> bret: jeff paul live in vegas. jeff, thanks.resident-elect trump will face sentencing in his new york criminal trial on january 10th. judge juan merchan again denying trump's request to dismiss the case but promising today that he will not jail the incoming president. merchan signaling in a written decision he would sentence trump to what is known as conditional discharge in which a case gets dismissed if a defendant avoids rearrest. trump was convicted in may of 34 counts of falsifying business records. they involved an alleged scheme to hide payment to adult actress stormy daniels. president-elect trump will be able to appeal the ruling, he tells fox digital he, quote, did absolutely nothing wrong. calling it a political witch-hunt. >> power played by the new york, you know, justice system and i think is going slap in the face of the president of the united states that lawfare was a, you know, underhanded way to try prevent president trump from being able to be elected and then since he has been elected trying to undermine his

fox news jeff paul joins us live in vegas with more. jeff, good to see you. reporter: yeah, well, the biggest unknown right now and the biggest question that hasn't been answered is the why. the motivation surrounding the cybertruck explosion at the trump hotel in las vegas, nevada. that portion of the picture is still unclear, but investigators are filling in some other holes like the person who they think may be responsible. 37-year-old matthew almostivelsburger of colorado springs, colorado. now, they couldn't live that answer and identifying him as a suspect with 100% certainty just because his body was so badly burned but they were quick to point out that they found a military id hads with his name, a passport with his name and multiple firearms inside that charred cybertruck as well as evidence that he had sustained a cell-inflicted gun shot wound. investigators describe the incident as a suicide with a bombing that occurred afterwards but in terms of how complicated the explosions were the atf says most of the materials found inside were consumer-grade

. >> rich: jeff paul has the latest from las vegas. let's go to garrett tenney in new orleans. >> good morning to you. the top priority for investigators now is tracking down anyone involved in the attack. the planning but especially in carrying out of this attack. we have learned that investigation includes an airbnb rental in new orleans where a fire broke out hours after this attack. louisiana's attorney general said they believe the individuals involved used that as a home base to make at least soft improvised explosive devices found around the french quarter yesterday morning. we learned hours before this attack the 42-year-old suspect jabbar posted videos on social media about his support for isis and expressed a desire to kill people. new orleans police chief gave conflicting information to what we've been hearing from others. >> there are some people of interest that we -- i know the f.b.i. wants to screen as to whether or not they were associated or not. so this is not an accomplice situation as of yet. they are looking at any

>> jeff paul live for us in las vegas. jeff, thank you.le the "us weekly" jobless claims slid to a low projections for fewer interest rate cuts this year. new labor department data shows the number of americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week to a seasonably adjusted 211,000. well, the markets reacting to that latest data with a rough start to the new year. the dow dropped 152, the s&p 500 lost 13. the nasdaq fell 30. and up next. we'll get expert analysis on the investigations into the new orleans massacre and las vegas cyber truck explosion. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 5, new york, as the nypd searches for multiple suspects in a shooting left 10 people injured late wednesday night. police say 3 to 4 men opened fire on a group of about 15 people who were standing outside a nightclub in queens. all victims are expected to survive. fox 2 honolulu where law enforcement and elected officials are calling for change in how illegal fireworks laws a

we have fox coverage, matt finn live in altadena where the fire is 3% can saint but first to jeff paul live in pacific palisades where the fire just 8% contained and maybe even flaring up. >> reporter: trace, a couple things we are noticing tonight as our coverage of the palisades fire continues, we are noticing a lot of people trying to get across fire lines to get in to check on their home or their business but often times when they do get across, this is what they are met with, this is the facade of a business, an historic 1. that's the only thing that is left. just across the street, this is a clothing store i shopped at less then a month ago with my partner and look at what the fire did to it. this is the entrance, there is nothing left. it's the same story up and down every single block of the pacific palisades, pretty much everything reduced to ash and twisted metal. >> this is what is left of the home that i grew up in for 31 years. we just had -- we just had christmas morning right -- right over here, right in front of that chimney. and this is what is left. it's -- it's every

jeff paul join joins us now from las vegas. we know about this highly decorated soldier? >> reporter: well, the interesting thing is that police are only referring to to him as a subject or a person of interest. they are describing it as a suicide with a bombing thereafter. and the reason why they're not 100% confident in the id is because the body was so badly burned. but they did find some things inside that charred tesla to that lead them to to this man, 37-year-old matthew livelsberger. they were able to mostly confirm his identity through tattoos as well as partially burned military ids and a passport. they also found two guns inside purchased just two days prior and evidence that he had shot himself in the head. as far as why this all happened, authorities are investigating any possible ties to terrorism, but the overall motive remains unclear. >> it's not lost on us that it's in front of, you know, of the trump building, that it's a tesla vehicle. but we don't have information at this point that definitively tells us or s

jeff paul is live in pacific palisades with the very latest. >> trace, if you came to us an hour ago could have told you the conditions in the pacific palisades relatively calm but that has changed within the last 30 minutes or so. the wind is picking up nowhere near what we are expecting. tuesday morning as the santa ana window starts to move in again but still a concern only gets worse. and really the concern for firefighters not only new concerns working with some of the older fires they have seemingly put out reigniting. you look at this and think unfortunately it has burned to the ground. when the wind picks up the wind carries the embers of the area that have not burned yet. when you look here you can see the long line of roads and destructions at one point we are on fire so that only amplifies the concern that there could be more fires or these older fires. the only difference i would say between last week and this week is that there is a lot more personnel. we go up from santa monica, pca, through malibu, into here to kind of get a good idea of what is going on and the amount

jeff paul is joining us live in vegas with more. so jeff, what are we learning about the suspect?yeah, bill, we are learning according to the associated press the suspect is matthew lycos burger but according to our sources compete with u.s. defense officials, fox news has learned he was active duty special forces and most recently a green beret who was on leave from germany at the time of the incident. we also know that cybertruck involved, it was rented from the state of colorado. a short time ago the fbi confirmed, along with another team from the atf and local police are searching a home right there in colorado springs. they say this is in fact related to the truck explosion right here in las vegas. all of this happening as investigators try to figure out if there any possible ties to terrorism or if it is somehow related to the attack in new orleans. investigators there had this to say when asked about a possible connection between the two incidents. >> there is also an fbi investigation in las vegas. we are following up on all potential leads and not ruling anything out. how

to jeff paul in las vegas, where officials again holding this news conference, jeff, this is really interesting what they have been able to get off of a phone and technical information from this suspect. >> yeah, especially when you consider how badly burned that tesla cybertruck is, it's incredible they could get some of this information, but one of the overarching things i think you can take away from this press conference is the investigators some hit up like this, this is somebody who heavily decorated veteran, who suffered who suffered from personal issues and they mention ptsd who ultimately wanted to take his life. reading the apps notes, he said it is time for americans and veterans to wake up. they are being led by weak and feckless leadership that only serves to enrich themselves, had some both political and personal grievances in those notes, but he does say the people of the united states are the best people to exist. he also mentioned this is not a terrorist attack. it is a "wake-up call," and what better way to get my point across that a stunt with fireworks" peered one of the oth

. >> fox's jeff paul is in southern california, where fire crews are battling both the fires and strong winds. >> the canyon is literally on fire on both sides. >> there are now multiple major wildfires essentially surrounding the los angeles area. they're all fast moving and uncontained. the palisades fire is burning through coastal communities further north. the hearst fire is spreading rapidly in the sylmar area and in the east. crews are trying to get a handle on the eaton fire. thousands are now under mandatory evacuation orders. some say they barely had time to escape before the flames reached their homes. >> as soon as i opened my door, it was like, right there, it hit me. it blew me back. >> i was getting more and more frantic, as you know, the lights were getting darker and the sun was. the sky was getting more red. it was scary. >> california governor gavin newsom says some 1400 firefighters are now on scene. fire officials are calling the situation unprecedented. and they say containing the wildfires won't be easy. >> it really look like an apocalypse. you couldn't see there

fox's jeff paul has the story from las vegas. >> a cybertruck explodes outside the trump hotel in las vegas. inside, a lone driver who police identified as 37 year old matthew berger of colorado springs. after searching the charred truck, authorities found a military id, a passport, multiple firearms, as well as evidence that berger had sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. >> i'm comfortable calling it a suicide with the bombing that occurred immediately thereafter. i'm not giving it any other labels. >> u.s. defense officials tell fox news live berger was an active duty u.s. army special forces. most recently, a green beret who was on leave from germany at the time of the incident. but in terms of how complicated the explosions were. the atf says most of the materials inside were consumer grade and things everyday people can buy. >> the level of sophistication is not what we would expect from from an individual with this type of military experience that most of the materials inside that tesla were fuel to help fuel a greater explosion. >> while the motive is unknown,

jeff paul brings us the latest details. >> we're tracking the explosion of a cyber truck outside the trump hotel in las vegas. >> president biden says the fbi is now investigating the deadly explosion as a possible act of terror. it happened on new year's day. a tesla electric truck pulled up in front of the trump hotel and quickly burst into flames. the driver died and at least seven others were injured. and when police looked inside the remains of the truck, they found mortars, gas cans and camping fuel canisters. >> i don't know how they were ignited. clearly with what you see in there. something set him off, but i don't know what it was yet. we haven't been able to process the vehicle yet. >> now we're learning more about the suspect's movements before the fatal explosion. the truck was rented in colorado and driven here to vegas on wednesday morning. surveillance video shows the driver passing by the hotel about an hour before the explosion, then circling back and stopping before the truck ultimately exploded. the fbi and other federal agencies are now looking into the possibili

it's caused unimaginable damage, including in malibu, where fox news correspondent jeff paul is standing by. jeff, what are the winds like tonight? because i know the wind has caused a lot of issues for firefighters over the last couple of days. what's it like there where you are now? >> well, marianne, thankfully the winds have really died down compared to what they were two days ago, let alone compared to what it was just last night. but the devastation is far and wide. we're standing here along pch in malibu, and you can probably see the waves here. the waves. this was a beautiful beachfront home that is now burned to the ground. you can see some of the charred wood out here, some of the ashes. and this was a garage door of a family home here. and it will never look the same. you know, we spent some time driving up and down pch today, and it really doesn't matter if it was a multi-million dollar home, a mobile home park, doesn't matter how famous or wealthy the homeowner was. this fire spared no one. now, one of the things i can say that is a bit of a relief for the crews out here is

the national correspondent jeff paul is back live in pacific palisades with new information on that fire palisades, this fire it still 0% containment. a big part of the reason why is this, scenes like this. looks like an apartment complex and i don't know if you can hear it, i'm going to stop talking for one second. we think that is possibly a gas line that just exploded joe shortly before joining you on air. this is just one of the hard things that firefighters out here are facing. not only the fire but the things that are burning inside, possibly exploding. you can smell the natural gas in the air. either smells like propane -- propane or natural gas and you can hear that kind of hissing. there was an explosion earlier but this is what we are seeing all throughout pacific palisades. you see a house that's on fire and then you will see downwind another one start to set on fire. it's this constant back-and-forth that these firefighters are trying to put out some of these fires before they further spread. but once they get somewhere, another one starts and we have those strong gusts of wi

jeff paul is live in las vegas with the latest. >> we are learning more about the driver involved in the cybertruck explosion that happened in las vegas. according to the associated press, they are identifying him as matthew. he was an active duty special forces operations sergeant and most recently a green beret who was on leave from germany at the time of the incident. we know the car involved, it was rented from colorado. the fbi confirmed they are searching a home in colorado springs. they say it is related to the truck explosion in las vegas. that's happening as they try to figure out a motive and if there are ties to terrorism. >> everybody is interested in the word and seeing if they can say this with the terroris attack. that is our goal. we have a ton of researchers dedicated to this and we are doing it. because the tesla cybertruck was rented. the driver rented the truck and colorado where he drove to las vegas and pulled up to the valet area of the trump hotel. seconds later, witnesses saw smoke and there was a flash and an explosion. investigators discovered gasoline cani

tech and special operations officer robert busy new stands by about first 2 national correspondent jeff paulng live from las vegas pure jeff. >> reporter: yeah, jacqui lots of new information coming out of that news conference that wrapped up moments ago about the cybertruck that exploded right here outside of the trump hotel. no motive yet but police identified a suspect. 37-year-old matthew -- that came out of the press conference a little while ago they couldn't say it with 100% certainty because the body inside was just burned so bad. authorities also pointed out they found a military i.d. inside with the passport and multiple firearms as well as evidence that he had sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound. investigators describe the incident as a suicide with a bombing that occurred afterwards. in terms of how complicated the explosion was, the etf said most of the materials inside or consumer grade and thanks everyday people can buy. >> the level of sophistication is not what we would expect from an individual with this type of military experience. that most of the materials inside of

the national correspondent, jeff paul, is live to show us what happened next. ve both covered our fair share of wildfires out here, especially in california. but it isn't too often you sees inu

jeff paul is in las vegas and joins us now. >> police are only referring to the driver as a subject orerson of interest into what they're describing is a suicide. the reason they aren't 100% confident in the i.d. because the body was badly burned. they found things inside that charred tesla cyber truck that led them to 37-year-old matthew livelsberger. he confirmed his i.d. through tattoos and partially burned military i.d. and passport and two guns purchased just two days prior and evidence that livelsberger shot himself in the head. as far as why this happened authorities are investigating any ties to terrorism. overall the motive remains unclear. >> it is not lost it's in front of the trump building, that it is a tesla vehicle. but we don't have information at this point that definitively tells us or suggests it was because of this particular ideology or reasoning behind it. that's the purpose of the investigation. >> investigators spent time yesterday searching a home in colorado springs where livelsberger is from trying to find any clues regarding what pushed him to rent and drive

it's caused unimaginable damage, including in malibu, where fox news correspondent jeff paul is standing by. jeff? >> well, yeah. marianne. there is a light breeze tonight, but nothing compared to the very strong wind gusts that we experienced last night and the night before. and i have to say, the biggest news, i think for the folks out here who are fighting the palisades fighter fire is the fact that this fire is now 6% contained. and they're hoping that number just keeps going up and up and up. but the devastation from this wildfire is far and wide. we're right here along pch in malibu. that's the pacific ocean off there in the distance. and this was someone's dream home right there on the beach. perfect ocean views and has now been reduced to just charred pieces of wood ash. you can see this was the driveway and the garage door that's just been mangled by this fire. responders. >> and i think we just lost jeff right there. but he was just describing the scene where he is in malibu. he's saying that the winds have not picked up there, but they are expected to pick up possibly tomorrow

jeff paul and las vegas as the very latest. >> of the biggest unknown right now is the motivation behindcybertruck that exploded right here at trump hotel and las vegas, nevada. that part is still unclear. police are releasing the name of the suspect they believe was involved is 37-year-old matthew livelsberger of colorado springs, colorado. they could not say that with 100% certainty because of how badly burned the body was. authorities also pointed out inside the cybertruck, they found a military i.d. inside. a passport. multiple firearms as well as evidence that matthew livelsberger had sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the incident as a suicide with a bombing that occurred afterwards. in terms of how complicated the explosion was, the atf says most of the materials inside were consumer grade and things that every day people good buy. >> is not lost on us that it is in front of the trump building. it is a tesla vehicle. we don't have information at this point that definitely tells us or suggest us it was because of this particular ideology or any of the reasoning behind it. >>

rescue resident as well as the external affairs officer but first i want to do a quick debrief with jeff paul who discovered so many fires and we first learned there are consequences to the fire in the pasadena area with the eaton fire? >> it's 400 acres and the reason that's a concern is as we are talking about the palisades fire and exploded in a matter of hours and we haven't gotten an update for several hours and in terms of the eaton fire and that the cancel class and its due to the high wind and and it goes for and making that decision to stuff happening over the next couple of hours with two fires monitoring right now but god forbid bid conditions get worse couple of very wet what years is pretty dry for seven or eight months on this and if folks at home there the last couple of years we've had some rainy season which you go out you go to hike in the hills and juicy trees are group growing and some green and when things tryout that becomes feel for the fire. so any of these embers and flames earning right now. you see those flexes and that's the embers. then when they move in some trav

because, griff, i can tell you just from personal experience, i not only covered that fire along with jeff paul lost a business in that fire. and what was so striking was watching the fires in southern california was the wind-whipped flames and how quickly they were able to reduce to rubble an entire livelihood. we have friends when lost homes, and and what we can -- who lost homes, and what we can say -- that's some of the ring camera from our business we lost. as quickly as things are lost, it is that slow to to build back. we are praying and thinking about the folks in the los angeles area right now because there's some immediate help, but then comes the day-to-day building back. it does come, i will say that, it just takes some time. griff? if. griff: it does. and, alicia, it's really remarkable that you 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

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