also coming up us defense secretary lloyd austin, meets for the last time with you friends, allies urging the incoming trump administration not to cut off military aid to keep the eye bring golf is good to have you. with this, we begin with the worst wildfire, as california has ever faced, thousands of firefighters are battling destructive blazes across the greater los angeles area. and they have not yet managed to bring the flames under control. the wind whipped fires or destroying homes and forcing residents to flee. at least 5 people are confirmed dead, and more than a 1000 buildings have been destroyed. fires rage in the hills across los angeles. as a highly comforter carrying water flies above the flames. in a few tile attempt to dump in the inferno fires in our burning and at least 5 different areas across the city and beyond. the latest in the heart of hollywood in the policy, it's a coastal region close to the malibu neighborhood. over a sizes and structures have been destroyed and the number is expected to rise. this was the 1st area to be ravaged by fire after the blaze broke ou

also coming up, lloyd austin makes his last trip to rob sean air base here in germany. as us defense secretary to meet with the cranes allies, to beef opposite countries air defense as before. and donald trump takes office and crowd gather in mozambique capital as its main opposition leader returns from exile, saying he's ready for talks on an election. cited for regularities, we speak to refugees from the violent power struggle, the mariana evans, dean, welcome. a new fire has broken out in the hollywood hills in los angeles threatening landmarks length, adobe theater, where the oscar ceremony is to be held in just a few weeks. firefighters are so far unable to contain several blazes raging across the los angeles area, burning homes and forcing residents to flee. at least 5 people have died and more than a 1000 buildings had been destroyed. home after home, consumed by flames. fierce winds up and propelling the inferno here and all to dina, controlling the blazes has been near impossible. i've lived in this area for over 20 years and we've seen fires in the mountains i

also coming up, lloyd austin makes his last trip to raj time air based in germany. as us defense secretary to meet with you, chris allies at 2 vs off the countries air defenses. before donald trump takes office, we're going to be changing the name of the gulf of mexico and then coming us presidents, donald trump threats to change the mass after already subbing his sized on canada and greenland. the marietta evan stain is good to have you with us. a new fire has broken out in the hollywood hills in los angeles threatening landmarks length, adobe theater, where the oscar ceremony is to be held in just a few weeks. authorities have ordered evacuations for thousands of people. firefighters are so far unable to contain several blazes raging across the los angeles area. at least 5 people have died and more than a 1000 buildings have been destroyed. home to home, consumed by flames. fierce winds up and propelling the infernal here and all to dina, controlling the places has been near impossible. i've lived in this area for over 20 years and we've seen fires in the mountain

also coming up on the program, lloyd austin is in germany on his last visit. as us defense secretary is due to meet with you cranes. allies on with president reload him, is zalinski to talk about basing up keeps military before the white house changes. hands and crowds gather in mos on beach capital is its main position. lee is ever tons from exile. he claims he's the president, but says he is ready for talks on a disputed election. the 95th is mckinnon. welcome to the program. a new fi i has broken house in the hollywood hills in los angeles, the threatening landmarks like the old, the fish where the oscar ceremony is to be held in a few weeks time. 5 fights has also fall. unable to contain several blazes raging across the los angeles area funding homes and forcing residents to flee. at least 5 people have died and more than a 1000 buildings have been destroyed at home after home, consumed by flames. fierce winds up and propelling the inferno here in all to dina, controlling the places has been near impossible. i've lived in this area for over 20 years and we

also coming up, lloyd austin makes his last trip to ron sean air base in germany as us defense secretary, so nice with ukraine's allies to beef of the country's air defenses. before donald trump takes office and deadly violence following mozambique disputed election force has many families to sweep into neighboring malawi, dw tossed the most and beacons who have found refuge, the mariana evans, dean. it's good to have you with us. a new fire has broken out in the hollywood hills in los angeles threatening landmarks length, adobe theater, where the oscar ceremony is to be held in a few weeks. firefighters are so far on able to contain several blazes raging across the los angeles area, burning homes and forcing residents to flee. at least 5 people have died in more than a 1000. buildings have been destroyed. home after home, consumed by flames. of the fierce winds up and propelling the inferno here and all to dina, controlling the places has been near impossible. i've lived in this area for over 20 years and we've seen fires in the mountains in the hills, but never anything like that ever.

. >> coming up, defense secretary general lloyd austin talks to reporters about support for ukraine in a meeting with defense officials with allied nations, supporting ukraine dozens work against russia. he also spoke about efforts to help contain the los angeles wildfires.

it is my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd j. austin iii. the secretary will deliver opening remarks, and then we'll have time to take a few questions. please note that i will moderate those questions and call on journalists. secretary austin, over to you, sir. and i know that all americans are thinking today of president jimmy carter. on this national day of mourning. he was the great some of my home state of georgia, a man of deep faith and a tireless champion of democracy and human rights. and i hope president carter's legacy will continue to inspire people around the world to find their own ways to serve. now all americans are also watching the terrifying wildfires that are ripping through parts of southern california. the department will continue to stand ready to two surge support as needed. that includes federal air assets that california can request to help fight the fire from the sky. and many u.s. military installations are in the area and they have personnel and equipment that can also be used to fight this blaze. please stand wit

has announced an additional $500000000.00 aid package for ukraine's military defense secretary lloyd austin may the announcement of the ukraine defense contact group missing in germany. the package includes missiles and equipment for flight to jets, to furnish while she pray. his appetite will only grow as if autocrats conclude that democracies will lose their nerve surrender their interest and forget their principles. we won't essential to his line. carter was never fully comfortable in washington. you prefer georgia and his hometown of plains, and there were times when he will lie next to his wife of 77 years. rosamond was for sure. i'll just either at the national cathedral in washington, syria is national museum, has reopened to alter it was closed when the acid regime will stop old activist ones and you had ministration to ensure the country is cultural. heritage is preserved homes in the home and reports from damascus. a lot of them also cdn of dyslexia i some the opening of the nation's oldest and largest museum is a welcome relief from was having half a sort of exhibition when it wa

votes on abortion had to go at personally same playbook o gain credibility have to acknowledge lloyd austin has been disaster, no one even criticized eliminate for afghan withdrawal or anything else going to the hospital not telling the president he was having surgery. >> i don't think that is going to happen with pete hegseth going into the hospital not being seen not telling anybody, by the way, biden did not notice he had cabinet meetings lloyd austin was there isn't nobody said a word about it. >> the question i have is who did know about it? like in the hospital did anybody know about it. maria: no, i don't think so. >> nobody knew. >> one thing hegseth said i love warrior ethos, wonderful to hear that we did not here that during obama apology tour but we are hearing it now, it is -- it is not only okay, it is good it its wonderful embrace to be proud to be american to be strong. maria: meanwhile, president trump foreign policy team will sit for confirmation hearings later this morning, secretary of state pick marco rubio cia director nominee john ratcliffe, attorney general nominee pa

banks: secretary lloyd austin disappeared for days and did not even inform the president's chief of staff that he was going to the hospital. with that on your watch --would that occur on your watch? mr. hegseth: no, senator, in any one of my jobs if i decided to go awol for a day or two in uniform, that would be a concern. sen. banks: i believe accountability minutes no one to this day has been held accountable for what happened in afghanistan. it is embarrassing for this country, it has impacted this country greatly, and i applaud you and president trump for bringing accountability back to the panic on. --the pentagon. chair wicker: the chair recognizes the dissing wished ranking member for unanimous consent request. sen. reed: i would like to submit an article discussing some of the issues of readiness -- there is been a comment that 5.9 million man-hours have been used for dei. the general clarified that that is an estimate out of more than 2 million man-hours that the department of defense invested during -- chair wicker: where is this published, sir? sen. reed: published by megan mye

caller: my thought is give pete hegseth a chance like they gave lloyd austin.hen you say loyalty, everybody that was under trump, biden administration was a loyalist. what is wrong with that happening for trump? you want people who are going to defend your country, sir. host: john in connecticut. guest: i don't think hegseth i'm being overly critical of pete hegseth here, i'm trying to lay out that he is a very different kind of nominee than will be seen in the past but obviously there are a lot of values, a lot of things that he brings that president trump values here. that ability to be a strong face, strong voice. we've seen this with other trump nominees. he definitely liked the tv performance of that side of this. i don't mean that in a denigrating way. he sees that as an important way to get his message out and get that communicated. and to the loyalist points, that was the caller's word, i believe i'm trying to say here i don't think he's going to be independent from president trump here. we have seen some level of independence. for whatever criticisms y

if you voted for lloyd austin after this guy went mia, didn't let the president know, there is no excusevote for pete. i think some of the pressure and the turn that you saw, pete did the work, number two, the voters calling their senators offices and letting them know, look, we want the full cabinet. this is not a matt gaetz situation. this is different. and you need to support the nominee that the president -- >> brian: did he really good on his one-on-ones. that's the key. if he wasn't good on one-on-ones. a few nominees during the bush years. this isn't strong. he has done just the opposite met over 50. >> ainsley: does that surprise you? we know him. >> brian: blumenthal game mode meet with you finally did have a meeting. evidently he is still dead set on trying to up end the candidacy. good luck with that president trump is going to the mat. >> lawrence: 100 percent. >> steve: you will see the confirmation hearings kick off two hours from right now. >> ainsley: navy seals out there, they might have been -- they might be inside now because we don't have the video. >> lawrence: not j

it stated that defense secretary lloyd austin acted improperly this year when he invalidated plea agreementshe three men. in august, austin moved to unravel the deals with khalid sheikh mohammed and two other men who would allow them to plead guilty to lesser charges, preventing them from receiving the death penalty. the three judge panel concluded that austin did not have the authority. yesterday, u.s. military court agreed. now, the three defendants accused of aiding, abetting and conspiring to carry out the attacks should be able to move forward with their cases. a record number of u.s. air passengers passed through tsa checkpoints this year. federal aviation agency says that nearly a billion people went through airport security checkpoints in 2024. that's about 5% more than last year. the tsa also broke a holiday period record in the last two weeks. agents say they screened roughly 40 million people. garvin thomas joins us now with what's coming up next. audrey. jess. right now at six. ready or not, time to ring in the new year. we'll show you how the bay area will say goodbye to 2024 an

i mean, i don't know, to be honest with you technically, but i think he's not going to keep lloyd austinnk that would be the sensible thing to do in terms of continuity. but he's been so hard on austin, cq, cq brown's been rumored to be gone too, i think. i think trump wants to clear them all out. i don't think he's going to waste any time, and he'll go pretty far down the list until he can find someone who's a loyalist and who's reliable, and who can start to execute his pretty radical, radical agenda for the country that starts with the pentagon. i think that's important for everybody to understand. it starts with the pentagon. va is also up next tomorrow. collins is nominated for va secretary, which is getting almost no oversight. think about how we used to talk about how sacred our obligation was to our veterans. nobody's even vetting this guy. and it looks like he's going to go through with a check mark. so there's a lot of flooding the zone happening right now. and i think it's a test of the press. it's definitely a test of the democrats and of course, a test of any reasonable repu

lloyd austin wanted to make clear. he is here to serve the american people. pete hegseth makes clear he is here to serve pete hegseth. >> this is entirely about lowering standards more more so than any senate confirmation hearing i've ever seen. this is a direct request. lower the standards below anything you've ever dreamed of, right? >> you know what's really remarkable about this? we sit on senate armed services and as you know, we have to vote on everybody who hits levels of general in the in the military and the kinds of things that pete hegseth had that have been documented. these were not just kind of rumors floating out there about taking people to strip clubs and getting so drunk at work, then climbing up on stage to dance with the strippers about having to be carried up to his room because he was so drunk at a work event. sexual harassment claims against him. frankly, that would have stopped the career of anyone in the military from making it to those higher echelons. and yet, the united states senate is being asked, and evidently republicans are re

the making of a legend premieres january 25th on cnn this morning, defense secretary lloyd austin has arrived in ramstein, germany. >> he will attend what is likely his last ukraine defense contact group meeting. this comes after president-elect trump said in a news conference that he understands why putin, vladimir putin, russia's leader, was concerned about ukraine joining nato. with us now is deputy pentagon press secretary sabrina singh. thank you so much for being with us. the secretary's likely last meeting with ukraine. contact group. what can be done in the final days of the biden administration to bolster ukraine's defense hey, john, thank you so much for having me on today. >> as you mentioned, this is the secretary's last ukraine defense contact group. i'm not going to get ahead of any announcements that he's going to make. >> but as you've seen us do over the last few weeks, we continue to roll out drawdown authority packages that basically surge security assistance to ukraine. >> we've seen this be very effective. it's a coalition that the secretary convenes with, you kno

current defense secretary lloyd austin commanded troops in iraq and afghanistan. president barack obama had leon panetta, whose resume included serving as cia director, white house chief of staff and a member of congress, as well as senator chuck hagel, the only vietnam veteran and the first enlisted combat veteran to serve as secretary. even donald trump had four star general james mattis, who also commanded troops in iraq and afghanistan. but with trump returning to the office next week, we get this guy, yo! >> independence day is almost here. we're getting ready in the household. we celebrate america, old glory and the freedoms our forefathers fought to establish. >> yeah, that would be former fox weekend host and army national guard major pete hegseth, who took the opportunity to introduce himself to the non fox viewing audience today and seemed to have some difficulty remembering all the people to thank, including our seven wonderful kids. >> gunner jackson, peter boone, kensington, luke, jett, rex. sorry, it's a lot of them. >> and gwendolyn, there's a lot o

as a now as an additional $500000000.00, a package for ukraine's military defense secretary lloyd austin may the announcement of the ukraine defense content group meeting in germany. ukrainian president without them is a landscape, was also in attendance. the package includes missiles and equipment for flight objects, amunition which can be drawing directly from existing us store files to furnish while she frame is appetite will only grow. if autocrats conclude that democracies will lose their nerve surrender their interest and forget their principles. we will only see more land grapes if tar, which learn that aggression pays. we will only invite even more aggression chaos in the war. but we are still determined to not let that happen. versus the economy is facing unprecedented talent as, as the war and ukraine, drugs on prices have sold and the central bank is expected to increase interest rates. yes. again, this yeah. out of there is dosage avari reports and the financial difficulty is millions of russians are facing in the door when the local food market in moscow has been around for

four years ago, president biden's nominee, lloyd austin, a good and honorable man, received 97 votes and we went through the debacle of the afghanistan withdrawal, putin invading ukraine, houthis endangering shipping lanes, israeli miracles with united states more of an impediment that help. i recruitment numbers have some dramatically -- sunk genetically. the southern border -- sunk dramatically. i say it is high time to get out of the box. one more thought. accompl -- the country long for respect and dignity. my hope is this committee hearing provides what they are asking for. disagree, yes. strongly of necessary. but come together to support the nominee, this nominee, pete hegseth, of the one president we have at a time. laying aside politic -- partisan politics. mr. chairman, yield. -- i yield. chair wicker: a free she ate your presence today. -- i appreciate your presence today. i have the honor of introducing congress and walls -- congressman walls. >> thank you, chairman wicker. chairman has a very nice ring to it. congratulations. ranking member reed, it is a privilege to app

also coming up, lloyd austin makes his last trip to rome, stein, air base in germany as us defense secretary still needs with ukraine's allies to beef of the country's air defenses. before donald trump takes office.

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also coming up on the program, lloyd austin is in germany on his last visit. as us defense secretary is due to meet with ukraine's allies on with president reload him. is lensky to talk about basing up keeps military before the war.

a couple days later he had lloyd austin confirmed and then a few days after that he had antony blinken, secretary of state confirmed. it is normal to prioritize national security nominees on the floor if you are senate leadership. in the case of trump nominees, they are some of the more controversial ones. after that it will be epicenter democrats in terms of whether they would build time or not because each nominee under regular order if you use the full-time, each nominee will take a few days. host: does marco rubio get to vote on his own nomination? guest: as long as he is still a sitting senator by the time the vote happens. he could technically wait to resign until right before he becomes secretary of state, of course. that could be interesting. i've tried asking to see what his plans are. he doesn't have any specifics to share, but that could be fascinating. he does not need his own vote. he's going to get 80, 85 plus votes in the senate. host: what senators stick out for confirmation time, who are the senators that tend to make a splash during these confirmation hearings? guest:

also coming up, lloyd austin makes his last trip to raj time air based in germany. as us defense secretary to meet with the crowds allies that to be solved the countries air defenses before donald trump takes office.

according to the pentagon, cheese lloyd austin, and that will include an anti aircraft missiles, ammunition air, to ground miss styles and other equipments to support the ukranian of 16. finer jazz now that's of course already in addition to the $126.00 other equipment to support de ukrainian f. 16 fighter just now that's of course already in addition to the 126000000000 already spent as disappeared in the ukrainian of this. now, so the big question of the moment remains whether ukraine will continue to enjoy this kind of support. once donald trump is inaugurated. now, the pentagon already said that so there will be only a few $1000000000.00 in a forage left for the incoming administration to decide. now, according to reports, the us will starting to have already admitted that the supply of attack comes ballistic miss styles of 16 fighter jets, and abrams, thanks to ukraine, have already failed to 3rd the tides in t a c. or meanwhile, zalinski. he's a relentless sends. it continues to ask for more and more assistance. now, he's on all of us on how we war together, how ready we are to own ou

the us secretary of defense lloyd austin, has decided to spend half a $1000000000.00 to fight wild buyers. well actually he's decided to spend half a $1000000000.00 for ukraine, but it gets worse. samantha power, who directs the us agency for international development as in unloading all kinds of supplies to you brain, including drones and other equipments. now, where did she get it from? well, according to the usa id website, a lot of the materials that have been going to ukraine have come from los angeles area fire departments. us aid has helped 16 communities, established volunteer fire brigades, equipping each group with protective gear, motor pumps, chainsaws rescue motor cutters, rechargeable spotlights, fire extinguishers and hydraulic rescue tools. folks in los angeles are certainly not thrilled now. lots of houses, nozzles, body, armor, turnouts, and protective equipment has been turned over from california to emergency services in ukraine. and even as the fires rage, us officials are still planning to dump even more money in your conflict. on the other side of the planet, the ma

ukraine with a new $500000000.00 package of military assistance according to the offensive in chief, lloyd austin. and that will includes an antique aircraft missiles had munition air to ground mister house and other equipments to support the ukrainian of 16 fine or just now that's of course already in addition to the 126 other equipments to support de ukrainian f. 16 fighter jazz now that's of course already in addition to the 126000000000 already spent, that's disappeared into ukrainian of this now. so the question of the moment remains whether ukraine will continue to enjoy this kind of support. once donald trump is inaugurated, now the pentagon already said that there will be only a few $1000000000.00 in a for it to left for the incoming administration to decide. now, according to reports, the us of thought it is, had already admitted that the supply of attack and was ballistic missiles at 16 fighter jets and abrams tanks to ukraine have already failed to sir, decides in keys favor. meanwhile, zalinski, he's a relentless sends. it continues to ask for more and more assistance. now he's on all

the defense secretary lloyd austin made the announcement of the ukraine defense contact group meeting in germany. ukrainian, president of loving me as the landscape was also in attendance. the packaging codes themselves and equipment for 5 digits to purchase while she pray. his appetite will only grow. if autocrats conclude that democracies will lose their nerve surrender their interest and forget their principles, we will only see more land, great. if tar, which learned that aggression pays, we will only invite even more aggression chaos in the war. but we are still determined to not let that happen. a serious national museum has reopened up. it was closed when the outside regime was toppled. activists want the new administration to ensure the country's culture and heritage is preserved and prevent any looting in other museums. i'm a how many reports now from damascus? a lot of them all for cdn. dyslexia and i from the opening of the nation's oldest and largest museum is a welcome relief from was having half a sort of exhibition when it was close last month. this gives you the presen

those moments and what concerns me is having a secretary of defense is that like when general lloyd austin five days and you didn't know where he was and did they did a both and he did like delicious didn't equally. [ cheers and applause ] >> i don't think that's helping it's a weird direction to take any question let alone all of it also a question he is a strong wart and how many guys of you have showed up drunk to the known pinnacle of fidelity washington, d.c., i guess i don't care about anybody else's marriage what they do and if somebody cheats on me i will kill you. and make it look like a diabetes with a shot of insulin but, yeah, like a shot of insulin undiagnosed diabetes i told him to go to the doctor and you can figure something like that out and just bit pulling and who cares honestly and these can barely outside the box to the craziest thing to be try something new and could it be to try somebody is not a cog in the military-industrial complex machine no the bring up somebody's personal life when you are buddies with bill clinton. >> greg: tyrus agree gia think he looked to l