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one of the fire chiefs saying the fires were a widespread disaster and the la city fire chief saying retching emergency services capacity to their limits. the police chief who spoke their saying there were some heroic stories with officers getting people out just moments before buildings collapsed. the fire chief saying, we are absolutely not out of danger yet, 10% of schools also have closed. we heard that from the la police chief that fire conditions, they were unprecedented and also unpredictable with wind speeds. he said he had never seen anything like it of 75 mph. that is what they are dealing with. we will return for some of the questions in a moment or two. we willjust come away from that because that feed is breaking up a little bit. i want to also show you some extraordinary pictures that have come into was which gives you another glimpse of what we are dealing here. this is video taken by a passenger on board a flight that had been re—routed to los angeles international airport yesterday. that gives you a glimpse with the orange glows of the fires. an enormous area of the f

this is the scene live in la — where high winds are forecast to return until wednesday, with fears they will help the fires to spread again. la city karen bass says authorities are getting ready. the national weather service is predicting close to hurricane—force level winds, and so we are making urgent preparations. my top priority, and the priority of everyone else, is to do everything we can to protect lives. in the areas affected by the remaining three fires — the palisades, eaton and hurst fires — more than 92,000 people are under evacuation orders, and 89,000 more under evacuation warnings. firefighters made progress tackling some of the fires over the weekend — but more than 12,000 structures have been destroyed. and preliminary estimates suggest there could have been up to $150 billion of damage. 0ur correspondent, helena humphrey, sent this update from a donation centre in la. in the past few hours that i've been here, just more and more people coming, either donating things or people needing to pick things up — either they have lost their homes, lost everything, or they're in evacuation centres right now with very little

assigned detectives working on the multiple fires but we are working in collaboration with la county fire, la citytuesday and about a dozen others are missing. four large fires are still burning and officials say that the threat will remain high until wednesday because of strong winds. to all la county residents, . please be assured that we will continue to battle these wildfires from the air i and on the ground until they are fully contained. - we stand alongside all- of you as we begin repopulation of evacuated areas, - establishment of disaster recovery centres and - the rebuilding of your homes, your communities and your lives. i watching the fires develop, sitting kind of awestruck, seeing this kind of vision of apocalypse in one of the greatest cities on earth, burning, it was a cataclysmic fire. california will be probably asking itself big questions. you can't stop or prevent wildfires as such, especially in the climate that california has. it will have to look into various ways to manage the potential and the ways they tackle the fires in the future, especially as it's becoming a growing

the la city fire department has beefed up its staffing from what it had on january 7th, the day the palisades and eaton fires exploded from 15 extra man engines and 14 pre-deployed engines, then to 64 extra manned engines and 33 pre-deployed engines. >> to prepare for these winds, the lafd has deployed all available resources and strategically positioned fire patrols and fire engines in the high risk areas across the city of los angeles, where crews are pre-positioned matters as well. >> la city fire currently has 25 fire engines in the palisades area, with extra crews standing by at fire stations in shadow hills, woodland hills, west la and hollywood. the l.a. county fire department reporting that it currently has nearly 5200 firefighters assigned o the palisades and eaton fires, with extra strike teams pre-deployed to agoura hills, pacoima and la canada. the distribution of crews, something both fire departments don't take lightly.e departments don't take >> there's a lot of thought and decisions that have to come into play as to where we can properly place them so they can be utilized the

you know, la county fire. la city fire. to make sure that we support these communities in the best way that we can so that they eventually can come back and rebuild again. in morgan hill, robert honda, nbc, bay area news. okay. thank you robert. our team obviously continuing to follow the fires in los angeles closely when we're not on the air. our website is a great resource. we're posting all the updates around the clock. just go to nbcbayarea.com. you can also find the latest on our nbc bay area app. this is a really important time to have this. it is free. download the app. it's in the google app store as well. our other headlines on this monday evening. a growing number of false reports are triggering real fear for many immigrants here in t bay area. it centers around president elect trump's promise of mass deportations, possibly on his first day of office. that's a week from today. the l.a. times rorts that last week, ice agents made arrests in kern county. that's near bakersfield. after that, were posted in several ot

erik scott is a fire captain and paramedic with the la city fire department. fight the fires. the largest fire is the palisades fire, 23,000 acres and only 11% contained and we had a decent flare—up yesterday on the northeast portion, so we are reallocating resources from the ground and air to that area. ithink the ground and air to that area. i think what is driving those steep hillsides however and look at those homes that were right next to the ridge that was burning and there was a fire engine from almost in front of every single house and so, we finally have the resources that we've been needing. every home i looked at was undamaged and most of those fire engines said inaudible on the sides we are getting help from all over the united states. �* , ., ., climate change is said to be fuelling the devastating fires in la and it's not the only area that has seen massive wildfires of this scale — australia is also no stranger to bushfires with the most recent and the worst in the country's history in 2020. for more, we can speak to former fire and rescue nsw co

some progress has been made as firefighters continue to battle multiple fires across the city, but the lanty fire chief says that the threat of more blazes is still �*very high�*. the death toll has now risen — 2a people have been killed. at least 20 people have been arrested for looting, including two who allegedly posed as firefighters. earlier today, governor gavin newsom said that 1a,000 people are actively working against the fires in what he says could be the worst natural disaster to hit the country. so far, firefighters have managed to contain the kenneth fire from spreading. the largest fire in the palisades is contained by only 11% and is still spreading east, threatening the suburb of brentwood where vice president kamala harris has a home. the hurst fire is 89% contained at 799 acres and the eaton fire is 27% contained, covering 14,117 acres. our correspondent emma vardy reports. the race to stay ahead of the deadly fires enters the sixth day. helicopters fly just above the smoke, below the flames rage. just as progress is made, other areas ignite. in the fires wake, residents

la city fire fighters have stopped the forward progress of a brush fire. >> in the sepulveda pass area started around 11 o'clock last night near the 405. firefighters say santa ana winds moved up to. area steep terrainn says across the freeway from the getty center burned about 40 acres. all evacuation warnings issued last night have been lifted. no structures were damaged and no injuries were reported. as new fires rage acrossula the state assembly and senate just approved billions of dollars in emergency aid for the greater la area. yeah, well, there was unity over that vote. there was intense debate over another bill to quote trump proof california. tom wallace reports. >> to sign. these 2 billion dollars check to immediately and the communities impacted by these wildfires. >> thank you all very much with them in pasadena, governor gavin newsom officially signing off on 2 and a half billion dollars worth of fire 8 for southern california. the aid package includes 4 million dollars to speed up the rebuilding permitting process for impacted communities and 1 million dollars for impact

we'll hear from la city fire chief kristen crowley following that. we'll hear from la county fire chief anthony maroney. after that, we'll hear from la pd chief jim mcdonnell. then sheriff robert luna. and following that, we'll hear from la dwp general manager jim, the skin giannis as well as superintendent about albert. oprah follow. the mayor will come back to the podium and open it up for questions. i'll call on questions from the left. and with that, we're best. thank you. >> good evening, everyone. i stand here today with incredible sympathy and concern about the devastation and the tragedy that our city and county are facing. and i definitely want to send my condolences to the families who lost loved ones to the families and neighborhoods who lost property. this firestone firestorm is the big one in magnitude. >> hurricane force winds are usually accompanied by rain storms. but these are hurricane force winds that are combined with extremely dry drought conditions to provide context at 10:20pm, am yesterday. the palace, 8 fire was at 10 acres.

. >> and we're learning more about the la city fire department budget cuts that have come under heavy criticism in recent days last month. lafd chief kristen crowley wrote a memo to the city asking for more funding. she also criticized a 7 million dollar cut in overtime funds saying it would hamper the department's ability to respond to fires. chief crowley has since said that the scale of these fires would have led to significant damage regardless of the budget, a bay area, firefighters there down in los angeles right now, including santa rosa fire marshal paul lowenthal. all he and a large group of firefighters are on the ground there providing aid to the la cruz. he says extremely dry conditions in southern california are incredibly challenging. plus, the area is so vast. he also mention that there are many firefighters who lost their own homes in blazes here in northern california and fighting these fires is personal. >> there's obviously a lot of firefighters is as events like this continue to happen become a personally affected by these incidents. it's not unfortunately a common

la city fire on scene here on the ground, fighting it from the air. but the order thth could not be e e aiaimore clear out. now, r.r.laurel canyon to west mulholland drive to nythe north hollywood boulevard to the south. the one on one freeway to the east. those of the borders. if you are within that zone, you are e bobordrder ordered to leave by city fire and do so now. all right. we want to go to bob goldman. bob, are you with us? nice to have you with us again tonight. >> i thank you to you join you guys. >> a reminder again, if you were with us last night, bob retired captain with la county fire. 43 years n of experience fighting fires in all scenarios, a medic as well. bob, you're watching this unfold with yet another trouble spot for an already depleted firefighting force in southern california. we know there are a number strike teams and hundreds of engines coming from surrounding states. the entire american west moving into southern california tonight. what do you see here that concerns you as we know so many homes are so close to this? he >>

and the like the la city fire chief kristen crawley, that says that she has a, a pre positioned personnel and equipment in areas of critical danger. and we saw that as we were driving into this area in a part of the, the county called mandible canyon. dozens and dozens and dozens of fire engines and tanker trucks and of course, many, many firefighters standing by and waiting. there also have been, uh, thousands of homes destroyed and, and as i said, 92000 people left in limbo after being evacuated. so at the moment, right now, the big priority is containing any fires that might break out or expand as a result of these winds and where the very critical time everyone is uh, is extremely nervous about these wind events coming over the next several days. okay? visual, see what happened and dave, we, we show that. thank you so much, rob, that's rob reynolds for us at the pal sides funds. they are in los angeles. the kinds military says it's organized attack on russia is its biggest since the start of the bowl. nearly 3 years ago, most goes most goes, defense ministry says caves, actions will n

and the like the la city fire chief, kristen crowley that says that she has a 3 position 1st and now and equipment in areas of critical danger. and we saw that as we were driving into this area in a part of the, the county called mandible canyon. dozens and dozens and dozens of fire engines and tanker trucks. and of course, many, many firefighters standing by waiting in germany's in terra, minnesota, says syrian refugees should be allowed a single trip to that home country without as affecting the immigration status as he pays us. said it would give refugees a child. so the site is a permanent for tons of syria was possible felon. normally with folks refugees fees, if they travel to that country of origin, stomach cane has more from the german capsule button and on house there is a reaction to the proposal. what we understand from certain, well connected sources in the syrian community here who look into the legalities, certain aspects of life is here and say that yes it could. it has been suggested to them that this could happen pretty quickly. why is this happening? because there a

the los angeles county fire chief anthony moroni said fire danger is critical and the like the la city fire chief, kristen crawley. the says that she has a re position 1st to now and equipment in areas of critical danger. and we saw that as we were driving into this area in a part of the, the county called mandible canyon. dozens and dozens and dozens of fire engines and tanker trucks. and of course, many, many firefighters standing by and waiting to move an ac and full minus a rate surface from a mine and still fontaine, in south africa, rocks are spending months underground. they were immediately arrested. 36 bodies. what was i brought to the surface as rescue operations continued for seconds? dang. which also has the latest from the mind side when video, image of dead bodies and people who look like they were starving itself. lots of people, hey, it really showed how bad the situation is on the ground. that's where the receipt operation is. kind of the taking place. and since we been here, we saw people carrying body bags onto a truck for the off to party off to body ad way the rest of r

now like to introduce my trusted partner in public safety, _ trusted partner in public safety, la city fireey. good morning, everyone, - christine crowley. good i morning, everyone, thank christine crowley. good - morning, everyone, thank you, chief. here we are, so good morning. yesterday i spent the day in the palisades community and visited a number of fire stations, 23, 36 and 69, and had the opportunity to talk with their members for the first time on the scene at the palisades fire. even without running water, gas or electricity, your la ft firefighters are doing everything they can to help the community. although it was devastating to see first—hand the of this fire, it is tremendously uplifting to see the outpouring of support from all over los angeles region. there are donations of food, water, suppliers, literally spilling over and out into local fire stations that have become hubs for all of us to grieve, to have a warm meal, and to also gather together and support one another. your lafd firefighters will continue to work relentlessly around the clock. i will now provide a brief

. >> we saw this fire, i think, before la city fire got the call. they have been dispatched out here and that's fire three. that helicopter flying right through the shot right there. that's fire three that has just responded out here to get its first eyes on the fire. they're putting their eyes on this fire for the first time right now as we are doing so at the same time trying to get a lay of the land here and trying to wrap their heads around this one, because, as you mentioned, they have their resources are just stretched so thin. i think it goes without saying at this point. it is a dire situation in the city of los angeles right now. and to see a fire this size exploding the way it is ripping through nichols canyon here, or at least adjacent to nichols canyon, is just the most ominous thing i could think of at this moment. but i fear that this thing is going to grow and head, at least if it's at least the way it's going with the terrain, i think it's going to head up towards mulholland. but hopefully they can start dropping water in the next cou

this is not just la city fire on this. this is a mutual aid type of situation. i have seen los angeles firefighters. city of santa monica. the los angeles police department. thousands of officers strong is on the city wide tactical alert tonight. you hear about that in volatile situations. when i say it is different. that is because we are used to wild fires in malibu canyon. i don't want to minimize it, homes are destroyed and people's lives are up ended and sometimes ended. not in a place where there were tens of thousands of people living in los angeles, never in my lifetime can i remember standing in pacific palisades and having the entire community evacuated as much of this part of los angeles burns tonight. tomorrow morning will be a bleak scene here and we haven't seen the beginning of it with winds expected to reach the peaks later tonight here alex. >> jacob, give me a sense of what it is like to be in the greater los angeles area now. we are hearing reports of absolute chaos and evacuated areas, people abandoning their cars. bulldozed out of the way. p

. >> the la city fire department not only focused on full containment of the palisades fire or on possiblekend rain, causing more trouble. the department also focused on the current red flag warning, creating the perfect conditions for another possible catastrophic firestorm. >> a fire weather watch remains in effect tuesday evening through thursday evening, with gusty santa ana winds and very low relative humidity. >> leo stallworth abc seven news. >> of course, we're keeping an eye on the weather down there and how it could impact all the fire fighting. >> we are. the last thing they need is this rain at this particular moment. and of course, more wind. sandy. >> yeah, and the wind is going to be problematic first, and then we'll talk about that rain. dan and take a look. the red flag warning is going until 8 p.m. thursday. winds out of the northeast, gusting 40 to 60. even higher gusts and very low humidity going to cause some more issues. they've already seen three new fires down in san diego county. browns canyon, 59 mile an hour winds 33. at camp nine. you will notice as we head into

we have also activated a cal fire incident management team to support the la county and la city fire departments in their firefight. and what that is, is 66 specialized members from throughout the state of california who will go and assist those local government agencies and setting up the logistics plans and all the necessary infrastructure to fight this fire. >> you talk about it being two different winners. we had a lot of rain up here in northern california, so we are in fairly good shape considering the difference down in southern california, where things are dry and humidity is low, and then they have these high winds. but we certainly know in northern california, unfortunately, how these wind driven fires can work and how fast and how devastating and deadly they can be. is that experience helping those fire crews and the strike teams that go down to say, yes, we have done this before? >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, if you look at one of the biggest common denominators in large and damaging fires, especially what we experienced in 2017 and 2018, wind is the major factor that alwa

and the la city fire, for example, is reported in the last two years that 54% of their fires are homeless encampment fires. so you have potential sources of combustion all spread out throughout wherever these homeless encampments are. so there's no area of the county that's free from the threat of these fires. so people need to take it seriously, need to have a plan of action, need to prioritize what they want to save, and make sure they're packed and ready to go. when that moment comes. >> and, you know, as the sun comes up tomorrow, we've talked about what first responders are really going to be focusing on tomorrow. is it going to be more of the same or once it's light, will they kind of have a better idea of what they need to do? >> well, unfortunately, it's the conditions are not going to change when the sun comes up. the forecast is for these winds to continue through thursday, but they'll be peaking between now and five in the morning, and hopefully it'll be low enough where they can start wrapping their arms around containing the spread of the fire and then start working inward fr

he that la city fire helicopters coming in for a water drop is appears to be a hole right at the topdrdrthe ridge. from this perspective to look difficult to give you exact streets, but i can n tell you just in relation that the 405 freeway he's right here. so here's the 405 freeway as soso we pan east sorry, west towards the coastline and the pacific palisades that's where the easter portion of the palisades fire is and it's very densely populated area. there. brian and mia, possibly the mandeville ancanyon area. again, we'll get some confirmation throughout the coconfnfirirmamatitionon ththr morn as we ing and into the afternoo lift and we give you a iobetter sense of exactly what where the fire is and and the destruction that was left its path. but it's very widespread here through the pacific. it palisades were painting over here towards the west, 4 in the wilderness area where you see it's still very active. there as well. so still a very a a veveryry acacti active fight here in the palisades area and will continue to give you live images throughout the day. frank, send it back

. >> la city fire fighters have stopped the forward progress of a brush fire. and pulled in a pass.fire started around 11 o'clock last night. just east of the 405, 3 water dropping. helicopters were quickly on scene. fortunately to get a handle on that. they had most of the flames out within about 2 hours. the fire burned at least 40 acres. no homes were damaged. nobody was hurt. an evacuation warning in the area has been lifted. >> containment of the palisades fire rose to 72% today. it has burned more than 23,000 acres and is the biggest of those la wildfires with rain in the forecast okay. rails and heavy equipment. those are being placed in the burn areas today. all to help prevent mudslides, debris flow and toxic runoff. 11 people died in the palisades fire. meanwhile, that eaton fire and altadena which killed 17 people. well, that's now 95% contained after it burned. >> more than 14,000 acres. more than 10,000 structures were either damaged or destroyed in the fire. both the palisades and eaton fires started 16 days ago. our parent company nexstar media group is partnering wit

over 60 fire companies from a los angeles city fire department la county fire department and ventura ty fire department were initially dispatched to the specific incident. additional resources have been requested and are in route. the fire started in the city of los angeles and bird rapidly into the county of ventura, los angeles county fire department and ventura county fire department are in unified command. the lafd is now and he's sistine agency. they're currently immediate of evacuation orders in place south no one north of burbank, east of valley circle and west of county lane road and evacuation warning is in place. west valley circle north of saticoy east of woodlake and self of burbank now be providing a quick update on the palisades fire. current acreage is 19,978. there are currently 5,316 structures that were damaged or destroyed and unfortunately our thoughts and prayers go out to the families. we do have a confirmed 2 fatalities that are now due to this incident. closing. i want to make sure that we think the residents of los angeles for remaining vigilant and this new f

la city fire. so they have their own containment objectives. but. and being so close to the 405, i'm sure they're wrapping it up quickly. >> okay, that is good news. that was a smaller fire but it was near a lot of populated areas that people know well. the other fire near castaic lake, santa clarita. what's the latest from there? >> yeah. so that's a huge fire by castaic lake. and or in the castaic area. and for that one, we have 14% containment. >> a. >> little over 10,000 acres. it is actually what we might consider a more traditional wildland fire, uh, you know, running through the grass and brush, uh, pushed by winds down, uh, using the red flag winds that we knew were going to be present. and we have to point out that those are not gone. we will continue to have red flag warning through friday. so we're not out of the woods by any means yet. and there's a potential for another one next week. so we just need everyone to be braced and ready to evacuate if needed. >> any damage to structures? any word of injuries this morning we don't have any rep

some progress has been made as firefighters continue to battle multiple fires across the city — but the la, at least 20 people have been arrested for looting,

earlier today, the la fire chief told fox la that the city failed fire crews. >> did the city of los angeles fail you and your department and our city? >> it's my job to stand up as a chief and exactly say justifiably what the fire department needs to operate to meet the demands of the community. >> did they fail you? >> that is our job and that's why i'm here and so let's get us what we need so our firefighters can do their jobs. >> did they fail you? >> yes. >> reporter: mayor bass so far insists that the water shortages and the lack of water and fire hydrants did not have an impact on the palisades fire. trace. >> trace: matt finn live in altadena, we will get back to you as the news warrants. we see the flames behind you. meantime we want to show you live pictures. this is we are told the mandeville canyon area at which is also the brentwood area. brentwood would be just a few miles. it is kind of an adjacent town to the pacific palisades. this is a fire that has just crept up over the past couple of hours. we don't know the acreage yet but while we keep looking at live pictures

some cities technically l known as sanctuary cities such as la, obviously experiencing those horrific fires pledged not to use city resources for federal resources forfederal immigration raids. resources for federal immigration raids. 600 jurisdictions _ immigration raids. 600 jurisdictions in - immigration raids. 600 jurisdictions in america | immigration raids. hi: jurisdictions in america have the same policy. police do not want to feel they are part of the immigration enforcement apparatus. trump has indicated chicago is high on the list as a first place to go. which is quote a sanctuary city with a young african—american progressive mayor of the city. they want to pick fights. they want to say they are getting tough and democrats are weak. democrats will be smart enough to say they will go after bad guys but not families and needed workers. i saw a clip in minnesota, a farmer who voted for trump said he will not go after my work is because i need them. those are the kind of people trump says he is going after. we will see if that farmer who voted for trump will lose his business becaus

fires. critics are questioning la's preparedness for the fires and the water shortage faced by the fire crews there. la's fire chief says the city failed its firefighters. >> my job to stand up as a chief and exactly say, justifiably, what the fire department needs to operate to meet the demands of the community. >> police in la are bracing for a long and very expensive rebuild, but fema is reassuring the public that funds are available to help. >> president elect trump has also been highly critical of governor newsom's response to the fire disaster in los angeles county. and now the governor is inviting the president elect to get a firsthand look at the devastation. >> i want him to visit and understand the magnitude of the scope, what happened to the american people that happened to reside here in california? >> the governor extended that invitation to the president elect yesterday while getting his own look at the destruction in pacific palisades. and the governor is also asking for an investigation into why many fire hydrants ran dry during the height of those fires. >> these systems, obviously are not designed for a catastr

palisades fire that we've been heavily involved in with our partners, again, with the lapd and la city fire everyone else that's up there working. as of this morning, the fire was still burning in that area, and that's impacting our residents. evacuations are in effect continuously in effect for the city of calabasas, the city of malibu, los angeles city, pacific palisades and unincorporated area of los angeles county and topanga canyon. evacuation orders are approximately 37,000 residents under evacuation orders and approximately 15,000 structures at risk. again, that's specifically for the palisades fire evacuation warnings. approximately 20,000 residents are under evacuation warnings, and approximately 6500 structures are at risk. there have been minor injuries, and our partners at the fire department have talked about those and several, unfortunately, structures that have been lost, and we're still assessing those. bear with me. i'm almost there. there's a lot of information, very important information. there are several road closures which can change rapidly. the ten freeway at lincoln

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it's the same reason that we saw an image yesterday of one of our santa rosa fire engines working in palisades with an la city ladder truck and a hermosa beach fire engine. >> all that mutual aid agreement asked that the strike teams commit up to two weeks if necessary, and pg and e is also sending crews and equipment down to southern california to help restore the power. crews will provide mutual aid to the l.a. department of water and power. some will help with power restoration. other crews will check for fire damaged equipment. pg and e also sent two blackhawk helicopters to l.a. to support cal fire's firefighting efforts. and these wildfires come as the la area is under abnormally dry conditions, with no rain since april. not a drop. at four, we spoke with a climate scientist who said severe weather swings are a product of global warming. >> at this point, we have really high confidence that not only are these changes that are already occurring, but that we can expect further intensification as global warming happens in the future. you know, the more global warming we get, the greater the risks will be.

meanwhile, federal authorities are taking over the investigation into the cause of the palisades fire. la cityrs say the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives is now leading the task force that's made up of federal, state and local police. police have arrested a man for allegedly starting a brush fire in azusa. that's just east of where the eaton fire is burning. the small fire sparked just after 1130 friday night. witnesses told officers the man who started the fire was still there. when officers responded, they found him standing next to the flames and arrested him on arson charges. firefighters thankfully quickly put out the fire. and new this morning we are learning that two people were arrested after violating the curfew in the palisades fire evacuation zone near. vice president kamala harris's home in brentwood. the two men were not on the vice president's property when they were arrested, but the curfew was put in place to help keep looters away during the wildfires. and we have some astonishing new numbers from cal fire that give some context to just how devastating these

la's fire chief blasting city leaders, saying they failed them by not providing enough resources. the mayor responding today. our team across the fire zone covering every angle. >>> also breaking tonight, the snow and ice storm crippling the south. cars crashing on icy roads. thousands of flights canceled or delayed. an nba game postponed. when will it all fall out? >>> new tonight, special prosecutor jack smith, who had charged president trump, resigning today. >>> and back here in l.a., the street food vendors doing so much more than just feeding this devastated community. how they've started a movement to help. >>> this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz villard. >> and good evening. i'm tom llamas, in for jose tonight. we are live from los angeles, overlooking the palisades fire. this has been the most devastating of the five major fires raging across the city. and in the last 24 hours, it has taken a frightening turn. i want to your video from last night. this is just after that fire switched direction, heading down the other side of the ridge. and this is that fire today, rac

la city _ correct here? yes. i am not an expert on the la city budget . expert on the la city budget but i do understand that they were two pieces to the firethey added up to a moderate increase in the budget. i think the main thing here is that we need to have a national conversation about how western communities like los angeles and many others in the american west are going to protect their cities from the threat of catastrophic wildfires. this is something that i have been talking about for many years and we know what to do, but it would take a lot of money and will take a lot of effort and will take a lot of people. unfortunately, this terrible tragedy, i hope, is what is going to help us do what is going to help us do what we have to do. obviously, ou're what we have to do. obviously, you're going — what we have to do. obviously, you're going to _ what we have to do. obviously, you're going to be _ what we have to do. obviously, you're going to be dealing - what we have to do. obviously, you're going to be dealing with| you're going to be dealing with children who are —— people who are in trauma, people who have lost their lives, peop

fires is now up to 27 people. and the questions and concerns continue to swirl around the city of la. strategy and response to these fires. new data shows exactly where firefighters were positioned before the palisades fire ignited. investigative reporter eric leonard found the city did not assign any extra crews to the palisades neighborhood. this map shows wherere in the city the extra firefighters and equipment weree positioned. on the morning of january 7th, when extremely high winds were forecast. the map shows the nearest extra help for the palisades was about four miles away in brentwood, comprised of two firefighters on a brush engine. lafd provided the list of equipment and firefighters this morning. it shows even more firefighters and engines were positioned in the san fernando valley and along the northern edges of the city. we can get you that number yesterday. fire chief christian crowley was asked how much additional help had been placed in the palisades. she said careful decisions had been made about how many extra firefighters to bring on duty and where to put them. we

you've got la city, la county, you've got cal fire involved in it. they're all sitting in a room with the chiefs trying to make decisions. but remember when they're asking for resources that request goes to boise, idaho. national interagency fire council. and they make a determination where to put mutual aid resources coming from out of state and other parts of the state. so they've got their hands full to trying to determine where do we send these resources to which fire? >> yeah, that's certainly the question. another complicating factor here in all of this is the fact that you have millions of people across southern california who don't have any power right now. in many cases, the power shut off ahead of this windstorm to try to not spark any fires, which obviously, you know, we did have fires that started the what is the issue with these power outages? how does that complicate the firefighting efforts and what's the impact on the communities? >> it's kind of a double edged sword, because they're turning the power off to prevent wildfires, right.

city. >> and another restaurant is throwing their support behind the fire victims in la called the snug. it's in san francisco. it added a new menu item, a cocktail called the city of angels. for every drink it sells, that bar will donate $3 to the california fire foundation and the pasadena humane society. >> this is really important to the entire team at the snug, because all of us have friends and family that are in la that have been affected. the owner, one of the owners, is from los angeles. our bar manager is from los angeles and i'm from los angeles as well. we're just happy to do our small part to help as much as we can from up here. >> the city of angels cocktail pulls its inspiration from california with flavors of kumquat, rosemary and rose water. a tribute to the city of pasadena. on friday night, it doubled the sales of the bar's other top selling drink, well, cal fire issuing a warning to people who want to help. despite what you might be seeing on social media, cal fire issued this statement saying in part, an inaccurate social media post is circulating on facebook. the pos

la. there are still five fires alight around the city — two of them the palisades and hurst fires are 0%melapse of the palisades fire just how quickly it spread fanned by hurricane force winds. and this is another neighbourhood, altadena — this satellitle imagery shows the homes and buildings, street after street, completley engulfed. five people are known to have died but the la sheriff says that number will rise. 0ur correspondent emma vardy is in there. fire crews are a into their third day fighting fires friends and authorities are beginning to look into what started them. arson investigators we are told are now part of this but authorities have not drawn any firm conclusions yet. today the growth of the fires has slowed down but still many parts of the city will never look the same again. properties in both here turn to show. —— properties turn into a show. fire is burning right across los angeles county. this grow and spread has stretched county. this grow and spread has stretche: . , stretched firefighting crews -- the scale and the _ stretched firefighting crews -- the scale and

fire. >> new city council member zach unger says the la fires highlight the year round fire danger in california, and why oakland needs to find budget solutions to prevent the temporary fire station closures taking effect this year. >> we are a very vulnerable area. we have built deeply into the wildland urban interface, and we need to make sure that we have the resources both to prevent fires and then also to attack them when they happen. >> one other area of concern for residents is whether oakland could have problems with the fire hydrants, water supply and pressure as they saw down in los angeles. the fire chief says that oakland has 3200 fire hydrants, all owned by east bay mud, and there are plans to have meetings with the fire agencies to discuss that issue. reporting from oakland jana katsuyama, ktvu, fox two news. >> president elect donald trump could be coming to california to get a tour of the destruction as early as next week. the exact timing of the visit remains unclear, but trump's advisers are tentatively considering a trip to southern california late next week. following monday'

after trump in court, we have this report from every beacon that la fire chief crowley, two months ago warned la mayor karen bass and city officials in november, that the la fire department had about half as many firefighters as they desperately needed in the department did not increase in size for the population you say that but with a deadly wildfire hit la, just running for two months later the poorly hold the la fire chief memo from the government website. >> read the memo and she warned about their lack of preparedness talk about the funding them stripper her department so she got all of this and it was ignored and again this is a kind be responsible politics we hear and have here to govern it at firefighters were suspended without pay is they to take a covid-19 vaccine is some of them are invited back i'm not sure all of them came out but i suspect there were at least some people who would be in lines for the fact they were mandated to take the vaccine. liz: basically you have californians literally on, looking out of the ocean and realizing the water reservoir was empty and it doesn't insurers have left california

angeles leadership at this time about preparedness in light of approved cuts to their fire department by city hall, laaren bass is facing questions about an $18 million budget reduction that she approved last year. just last month, la's fire chief warned the decision would diminish the department's ability to prepare for and respond to large scale emergencies. now, mayor bass has said the cuts did not impact lafd response. a spokesperson for la fire reaffirming the mayor's stance. this is an absolutely unprecedented event. we have you know, we have another fire that just broke out. any fire department, even our size, is stretched thin. now, these wildfires in southern california come just days after two bay area fire stations temporarily closed. station 25 and station 28, both in the oakland hills, and they closed to help with oakland's nearly $130 million budget deficit. the closure for station 28 is slated for six months, but people who live close by are uneasy with the closure. the kelter fire sparked in the oakland hills last fall, while more than 20 years ago, in 1991, a deadly fire destroyed hom

confirmed 14 deaths and that is in our specific la county jurisdiction. 11 at the eaton fire and three in our portion or our jurisdiction in the palisades fire la cities. that's in addition to. so when you hear the coroner, our partners at the corner reporting numbers, that's a little bit different. missing persons i cannot emphasize because i'm calls. if you believe somebody is missing, please report it to your local law enforcement agency. right now with the sheriff's department, we have 16 missing persons reports. we have 12 in eaton and four in palisades. if there's any good news, there's no juveniles that are missing within those numbers. but i know just coming here this morning, it sounds like we just got dozens and dozens more. i have to reconcile those numbers. we'll report them at a later time. but. yeah. and then as i conclude, i know i talk about arrest. that is negative. some of the things we're talking about are sad. but in this time of crisis, the calls for people wanting to help and donate are enormous. and that's who we are in the county of los angeles, the city of los angeles. so i just want to throw this out. if you are interested in

las vegas. the city was on fire. this was a place that was electric. for those weeks that he was here in a way that it wouldn't be with any other performer. when he was here, it was his town. paget up with a whole other life. >> well, when you speak of the impact of an entertainer on las vegas, there's no match for elvis. every time he plays las vegas, the town consumes almost a new spirit. >> he just turned the town on his ear when he came here. he'd finish his midnight show, and we'd go back to the dressing room and hang out with him until 3 or 4 in the morning, and he just talked to you like you were just a buddy of his. he was a really, really cool guy. i liked elvis. >> elvis comeback show was a huge success. before elvis, the standard vegas show was an intimate sort of nightclub encounter. elvis was in a2000 seat auditorium that was really like a rock concert. elvis was pointing them in that new direction. elvis was also the first performer to create a regular schedule in las vegas. he came twice a year for four week stints, each time. before elv

it's the same reason that we saw an image yesterday of one of our santa rosa fire engines working in palisades with an la city ladder truck and a hermosa beach fire engine. it just shows that how those departments can quickly come together, work with one another, with the common goal of providing life safety measures to those communities and ultimately helping to wrap those fires up as quickly as possible. >> other than, of course, the weather, what's the biggest challenge in a scenario like this for them? >> they're seeing what we saw, especially in 2017 with the winds. when you have that number of large scale wildfires like we saw here in northern california, and they saw in southern california, the benefit they had was a lot of those pre-positioned resources. that's something that's definitely changed significantly since the firestorms 7 or 8 years ago. it allows those strike teams to be pumped into those critical needs quickly and efficiently, and allows then the next wave of fire engines to come in and be balanced throughout the needs based on what's occurring in southern california with the volume of fi

fires. unprecedented in the city of la and the nation for what we see. ~ . ., firefighters are trying their best. ~ , , . , best. we can see the pictures of firefighters _ best. we can see the pictures of firefighters getting - of firefighters getting extremely close. what can you do to help them?— extremely close. what can you do to help them? what we do as a non-profit _ do to help them? what we do as a non-profit organisation, - do to help them? what we do as a non-profit organisation, my i a non—profit organisation, my only mission is to serve the fire department. anything the budget did not support, anything that helps them do the job they do, we will find and ourfunding depends on job they do, we will find and our funding depends on the general public. this morning i was at palisades and what technology equipment. some computers and things were failing. here are wiebes, goggles, something as simple as i dropped, making sure they have everything they need to keep them safe and keep them healthy and keep them doing thisjob. i healthy and keep them do