the katie phang show starts right now. >> this is the katie phang show live from telemundo studios in miami, florida. >> water woes, growing demands for answers on how la fire hydrants ran dry as raging wildfires reduced thousands upon thousands of homes to smoldering rubble. >> we'll go live to l.a, where mayor karen bass is set to address the media in just minutes. then first felon in chief donald trump is now the first convicted felon headed for the oval office. we'll break down the rights he's set to lose as a result of his historic convictions. plus chaos cabinet. next week's senate confirmation hearings for the incoming president's cabinet of curiosities, and how democrats are preparing to derail the process for some of the most controversial picks. and later, for facts sake, mark zuckerberg's meta is dumping independent fact checking and diversity initiatives ahead of trump's return to the white house. why president biden is slamming the move as, quote, really shameful. all of that and more is coming up. we're following breaking news out of southern california and the horrific

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our laws and confidence in their futures. >> back with me are kathryn christian, george conway, katie phangd david cay johnston. katie, what you just said is absolutely true. haha. ironic weight 100%. >> and i want everybody to remember too. he lost this trial, but he's able to afford lawyers that he's going to be appointing and putting at the department of justice to run the department of justice. >> i mean, if he thinks that the judicial system is so corrupt and that everything is rigged against him, then why even bother to have a department of justice? why not just dispense of even having that? >> he wants to be able to put people that have helped him by his version of justice, so that he can continue his path of corruption, but do it in an official capacity as the 47th president of the united states. >> catherine, you started this. let's talk about it. i mean, the three of these guys, todd blanche is going to be number two. you started talking about it in the previous block. i'm going to let you say more. these are men who just got through defending him. let me play donald trump. this i

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