even 100 to _ area across los angeles. even 100 to 130 — area across los angeles. es per hour in this pink area just north of the city _ in this pink area just north of the city. this is the area where _ the city. this is the area where the fires are so we could see some — where the fires are so we could see some rapid spread of these fires _ see some rapid spread of these fires and — see some rapid spread of these fires and i— see some rapid spread of these fires and i am concerned about the embers that could be lifted into the — the embers that could be lifted into the airand the embers that could be lifted into the air and travel several kilometres away from the parent fire and — kilometres away from the parent fire and that has the ability to start _ fire and that has the ability to start new fires.- fire and that has the ability to start new fires. you have also been — to start new fires. you have also been monitoring - to start new fires. you have also been monitoring whatl to start new fires. you have i also been monitoring what we were talking about earlier,

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is a reminder now of our top story. multiple wildfire is in the los angeles area, are threatening some of hollywood best known landmarks. tens of thousands of residents have been told to lead firefighters are so far unable to contain several of the places. at least 5 people have been field rep is up. next i'll be back at the top of the hour with more of old news. i hope to see you then the, the untold story is going to be find it here repos here every weekend on dw the.

leader opened his weekly news conference offering thoughts and purrs to those affected by the los angeles area fires and said house democrats were prepared to fight any support necessary for those affected he took several questions on the latest news a democratic legislative agenda. this is about 20 minutes. >> good morning everyone. let me begin by expressing our deepest thoughts and prayers with the people of los angeles county. who are in the face of a horrific extreme weather events with their lives, property, homes and families being threatened in a very horrific manner. we are thankful for the service and sacrifice of the firefighters and first responders who are racing toward danger to save the lives of others. that's exactly why we must continue to support our first responders, our public employees and our government agencies that need to be there in times of need for everyday americans house democrats are prepared to provide any support necessary to this administration to the state government in california and to the people of los angeles county they navigate through these tragic fire

you're looking at live images now over the palisades fire in the los angeles area, which constitutes to which continues to grow in size and threaten more homes and more lives. and new cnn analysis shows that approximately 155,000 people were under evacuation orders in los angeles county as of this morning. firefighters right now cannot really contain the blazes because of the intense winds. let's go to our meteorologist, chad myers, in the cnn weather center. chad. when is it anticipated that the windstorm might die down and allow the firefighters to get in there and really contain these fires? >> the picture you just showed jake was the best thing that could happen. >> it means the helicopters are now able to fly. so the winds you see behind me 80, 90, 100mph. they are gone. and when that was happening, the helicopters, the firefighting crews could not at all get up in the air. they were all grounded. so now that we know there's a chopper here in the sky, we know that there's fire. one, two, three and four. i've seen that on flightradar24. they are in the air. they will be able to st

now here's a look at all the fires burning in the los angeles area. two of them, the lidia and woodley fires, both started today. the other major fire is still burning with 0% containment near pasadena. at least five people have died in the eaton fire. it began in the hills near pasadena, but the wind took the embers miles awaye into the urban core of altadena. in the last 30 minutes, fire officials updated the number of destroyed structures to 1000. so far. they include homes and businesses along lake avenue, among them several restaurants, dry cleaners, a hardware store, and a senior center. firefighters are stretched to the max. just moments ago, officials lauded their efforts and asked for help fighting the fires. >> they saved many, many lives in the last 22 hours. their efforts were heroic. >> they're exhausted. we need those reinforcements coming in. but they've done incredible work. >> with fire resources stretched, people are fighting the fires as best as they can. you see that here? grabbing buckets, trash cans, whatever they could find to f

anchor: our thoughts are with all of you in the los angeles area.ou very much. >> thank you, i appreciate it. ♪ anchor: there are signs of progress in talks to reach a cease-fire between israel and hamas. president biden and benjamin netanyahu spoke by phone today. the white house said biden underscore shifts in the areas balance of power, including a weekend iran -- weakend iran. efforts are underway for syria to engage with other nations. top diplomats met today to talk out the next steps which could include easing western sanctions on syria. this was the first of its kind since the downfall of the assad regime. the suspended south korean president will not attend the first hearing of his impeachment trial. he has been under protection from bodyguard since he was impeached last month for declaring martial law. the trial will go on even in his absence. the constitutional court is deciding whether to remove him from office. a nobel peace prize winner is hoping to make a gender discrimination a crime under law. she spoke on a summit on girls educatio

how we get there matters. ♪ ♪ is burning in the los angeles area continues tonight. angeles county coroner confirming 16 people have died as a result of those multiple fires burning. the palisades fire has grown to more than 23,000 acres and is 11% contained. the eaton fire, burning in altadena and pasadena, is now just over 14,000 acres with 15% containment. more than 150,000 people have evacuated their homes, and more than 10,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed. and tonight, officials remain on high alert as forecasters are predicting strong winds to fuel the flames even more in the coming days. fox's max gordon has the latest from los angeles. >> firefighters are making some progress in combating the deadly california wildfires. >> the palisade incident is now at 21,596 acres and 11% contained. >> but terrain is making it difficult for efforts to put out the palisade fire. the steep canyons in the area are blocking firefighters from putting down critical hose lines. officials are putting all hands on deck as they work to put out the flames. >> we have nat

the firebrigade in california has flock told the bbc the fires raging in the los angeles area are rapidlyfirebrigade in california has told the bbc the fires raging in the los angeles area are rapidly expanding. they are in these areas — palisades, eaton, hurst, lidia and sunset. the worst of those — and the first fire to erupt on tuesday — is in palisades. the only thing that is basically standing is the chimney and now it is nothing. everybody, no justice community, the everybody, nojustice community, the community next door, everybody up there who have lost everything, it is pretty devastating, i don't think la has seen anything like this before.— this before. full stop with the fire still burning _ this before. full stop with the fire still burning more - this before. full stop with the fire still burning more people| fire still burning more people are being told to evacuate their homes, pay to the agonising decision of what to take and what to leave behind. you look at something, and you think_ you look at something, and you think i_ you look at something, and you think i can — you l

the i'm quite richardson, thank you so much for joining us. tens of thousands of people in the los angeles area have been ordered to leave their homes as wildfires. a spread rapidly in the cities hillsides, fires, and different parts of the la area have been fanned by fast winds from a storm that hit southern california on tuesday. flames have consumed more than 5 square kilometers in western l. a. in the pacific palisades area alone with the blazes moving further westward, many buildings have already been destroyed, and authorities are now saying they are powerless to keep the fires from spreading . or it is a race against time to bring residents of an elderly cousin to safety. in the middle of the night, wildfires broke calhoun out to dana in the foothills, northeast of los angeles on tuesday evening. they are now tearing through the neighborhood the brush spies that started hours earlier in the coastal pacific palisades still out of control. the affluent area is home to many los angeles does including the coach of the basketball team, the la, cuz j reddick, the just want to acknowledge and s

. >> dan, it's hard to capture the magnitude of the fire still burning in the los angeles area. firefighters are currently battling five fires. the biggest devastated the palisades area between santa monica and malibu. the deadliest is on the other side of los angeles, near pasadena. at least five people have died in the eaton fire. it began in the hills near pasadena, but the wind took the embers miles away into the urban core of altadena. it's burned more than 10,000 acres with no containment yet. officials now estimate 200 to 500 structures were destroyed so far. businesses along lake avenue have burned, including several restaurants, dry cleaners, a hardware store, and a senior center. >> it makes me really sad to see such a beautiful neighborhood just get taken away in an instant. my mom and i were here at 5:00 in the morning, just watering down our house, protecting it, and thankfully it kind of saved us. >> people grabbed buckets, trash cans, whatever they could find to fill with water to protect their homes. the eaton fire is just 25 miles from the other major fire, the p

on out the desperate fight against multiple watch, the about a 100000 people in the los angeles area had been order to evacuate as well. fire has been out of control. at least 5 people have died and tens of thousands have been forced to free their homes. at least 6 files are burning in la county file, sorry to say 5th season, the winds of feeling the flames. president biden as often the federal assistance and the national guard has been deployed. official status situation is one of the worst that los angeles has ever experienced. a southern california is continuing to endorse some of the most historic fire conditions on record. extreme fire, whether driven by strong and erratic, wins, and low humidity have ignited multiple fires across our region. the f d is fully committed to continuously monitoring and adapting to the of all the nature of this weather event and stands ready to respond to any additional incidents that may arise. so here's where those files in los angeles have burning the palisades via is the largest and has been through 6000 tech, tens of land, mostly properties. an

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the angeles national forest is adjacent to within the greater los angeles area. and the fire started out with partners from the pasadena fire department and the angeles national forest, and then immediately joined by los angeles county fire department. and we have been in unified command since then. our number one priority is life safety. and so we are a very low containment. most of the firefighting efforts have been to protect people. citizens of the local area and trying to evacuate and then trying to save structures. so our containment efforts have been really less of a focus as getting people out of harm's way. >> and so very low containment at this at this hour. i mean, when chief garcia, as you look at this, you've been a firefighter for 30 years and you've seen horrible fires that have devastated towns, cities. have you seen it like this before? >> you know, i've had the fortune to public service across the country fighting fire. and southern california has very unique challenges. the santa ana winds, that surface that we saw yesterday were on historical l

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areas. brentwood, again to the west of los angeles. ndo valley, which is a sprawling area to the north of hollywood and i'm right nowjust north of the san fernando valley, and there have been fires close of getting these fires under control, the containment percentages, that these are the numbers that everyone across the city are looking out for constantly. how much of the fire has been contained? the firefighters are convinced that it's not going to spread any further, but those numbers are still very, very low. and the two big fires, pacific palisades, especially, the first one to start last tuesday, is still spreading and it's moving towards other densely populated areas. brentwood, again to the west of los angeles. also the san fernando valley, which is a sprawling area to the north of hollywood and i'm right nowjust north of the san fernando valley, and there have been fires close to here, to the west and to the east as well. and extraordinary situation where you have all of these fires right across this greater sprawling city at t

fire crews racing to contain several wildfires there in the los angeles area. e flames have damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses, forced thousands of people from their homes. fox's connor hansen is live in los angeles. we understand the winds have calmed down there a little bit. tell us where you are and what it's like there this morning. >> cam, dave, we're in pacific palisades right now, right on the edge of that palisades fire you've probably heard so much about. it's the largest of several wildfires right now ravaging different communities, different parts of the la area. but just to give you some perspective here, if you combine the surface area of all of these fires together, it would be the same square mileage of the city of san francisco proper. and just this fire alone. the palisades fire is larger than the island of manhattan, and it's destroyed more than a thousand structures, homes, schools, as you mentioned, businesses, parts of its downtown completely gone. it's just completely devastating, staggering to see how much has been lost

so much of the los angeles area has burned. >> and so many people who lived there never thought the fire would climb that far, that close to the coast. the fire crews have their work cut out for them. the good news is that some of the smaller fires, they are managing to get some containment. they are having some success getting progress on the newer fires. they will have their work cut out. the winds are not done. for moment, they have weakened just a little bit. but the swirl to the south of southern california is still there and it will squeeze the atmosphere. it has weakened the past several hours but it is there. the winds are going to increase again. take a look. we will track the hour by hour wind gusts. they are not nearly as strong as they were earlier in the day. they will pick up as we head toward sunrise. the stronger gusts will make it more widespread. talking about the potential for 70 plus mile-per-hour wind gusts. especially in the higher elevations. 30 to 50 mile-per-hour gusts. that is strong enough with all the dry vegetation and the ongoing fires to allow those contain

and this is key, the experts noted there is no shortage of firefighting water in the los angeles areaas of the time that trump made these comments, mid-week area reservoirs were filled at or above historical levels. now, you might have seen there were some dry hydrants this week in one part of la pacific palisades. that's real. that's significant. but that issue had to do with logistical technical problems related to water tanks in the mountainous community, not a lack of water in l.a. as a whole. hydrants elsewhere in the city kept flowing. daniel dale, cnn, washington. >> all right. joining me right now to discuss the president elect's inclination to name, call and criticize california's leadership at a time of such devastation. cnn politics white house reporter stephen collinson. stephen, great to see you. so while trump has long feuded with california governor gavin newsom, why does the incoming president see this as advantageous right now? >> i think firstly, because it fits into this conceit that we heard a lot on the campaign trail from the president elect, that democratic citi

still see 40 and 50 mile an hour gusts and of course, flying embers could spread more fires in los angeles area. >> lawrence, thanks a lot. well, as firefighters, thousands of them continue to battle these fires burning in los angeles county. there's also a growing health concerns related to the use of toxic fire retardant south bay company aiming to protect firefighters from toxic chemicals. kron four's jack moment. >> in santa clara with more. >> more outside the city of santa clara spyer department because like dozens of other agencies around california, they have fire crews in los angeles helping take care of those devastating wildfires. but it's not just fire departments. there are private companies who are also helping as well, including a startup based out of morgan hill, which says they have a new fire suppressant, which they say can revolutionize the way we fight fight. in a warehouse in port. this startup is ramping up production of its signature product. as we speak. it's being applied right now. it says see xp, sean, far is the ceo of komodo fire systems. it's a fire suppressant tha

many schools across the los angeles area remain closed today. and nearly 400,000 customers are without power across southern california. fema administrator deanne criswell says she will visit the region friday to assess the damage, calling the fires a very dynamic and dangerous situation. let's turn now to jennifer bjorklund reporting from the hard-hit pacific palisades. >> reporter: night number two of heavy winds here in southern california after a difficult day of firefighting. a difficult night last night and a very rough day the day before, when these winds started blowing and blasting fire down the hill here in pacific palisades. you can tell fire still burning behind my as the flames continue to go up the hill with vegetation and be blown back down the hill by the winds, which is unusu fire behavior for this extended amount of time. here in southern california, we are used to fires. we were prepared for this fire with teams coming in from all around the state. because we knew we had this weather system coming. but the behavior of this fir

these next 24 to 36 hours are going to be rough with this offshore wind areas of most concern ventura county and west los angeles. pardon me. critical fire weather does continue through wednesday by thursday. we do start to see, particularly in the afternoon things start to improve. so you can see where this wildfire danger is today. areas around places like santa clarita, very difficult towards oxnard. that's exactly where that particularly dangerous situation has been called as we move into tomorrow. you can see it's not much improvement. when we look at the afternoon, same story of where we're at today, then things get better. this is the wind right now. i'm in a row you through today and just show you how gusty that area near ventura and western la county are. this is as we get into tomorrow morning. so still very difficult throughout the day. then we start to get into thursday. now we start to see a difference. that's thursday at 12:30pm. that will be a big difference that will allow firefighters to get their arms around these fires again. but today it's really all about just maintaining what they have. aga

. >> president biden received a briefing on the fires in the los angeles area that if for some of the 150,000 residents to evacuate while burning thousands of structures. due to technical issues. [no audio] of the present biden's reacted to the briefing was available. >> good morning mr. president. [inaudible] >> good morning president biden for thank you for being here. last week we began receiving reports the national weather service about a significant weather event the 20 hit southern california. this is not something that is a surprise to us in southern california. it is something we were well prepared for. based on those predictive conditions of wind gusts up to 100 miles an hour, we began increasing our staffing of local, state, federal agencies. hundreds of firefighters began moving on a sunday afternoon from northern california into southern california but local partners began up to staffing their own fire station. helicopters, fire engines, hand crews to be better for an incident that occurred with those resources were pre-position and counties throughout southern california

victims all across the los angeles area are already receiving much needed clothing and other necessitiesea celebrity chef and restaurateur tyler florence is in los angeles to try and help, too. >> we know about wildfires in northern california. we know about this. we know what this feels like. and i think you're just looking at this is california, love. i grabbed two coolers. i grabbed probably 100 portions of just, you know, burgers and burritos, and i threw them in the car. and then we were just driving just all the way up the hills and interacting with, you know, fire trucks from all over the western half of the united states. but it was just it was just one of those moments where i feel like this is, this is what we're here for. >> well, florence also said many of the firefighters he served had gone without sleep for 48 hours and hadn't had a hot meal in days. he's joining world central kitchens relief team, which is feeding thousands of evacuees and fire crews as well. and today, the san francisco spca is heading down to l.a. to help animal shelters in that area. the nonprofit is wa

areas. landscape equipment. the los angeleson in damage and economic loss according to preliminary estimates from accuweather, state farm one of california's largest insurers canceled hundreds of homeowners policies last summer in the pacific palisades area seeing the worst destruction and l.a. history the insurance agency justified the move as an attempt to avoid financial failure as california sees more wildfire. the announcement coming nine months after state farm declared it would not issue new homeowner policies in the golden state private insurers has cut coverage for at-risk areas across the state in the last three years causing an insurance crisis forcing thousands to truly state back system called california fair plan for property insurance, joining benassi are ceo and insurance industry expert, thank you very much for being here, what are your thoughts on the insurance copies canceling the homeowner policies a year ago. >> this is going to create a ripple effect of devastation that goes beyond the loss of life and bui

again, another high value neighborhood in the los angeles area. i'm wondering if there's going to be new evacuation orders and, hopefully, not the scene that we saw unfold on tuesday with abandoned cars and the panic and the lack of resources and the lack of water. we're going to talk about that. but certainly i think local officials have more, you know, or there's more questions than answers right now about not just what we're seeing today, bill, but what we witnessed all week. and that is a city and a mayor and a golf that seemed -- a governor that seemed unprepared for what los angeles has gone through in the last four days. bill: well, and the problem is i think a lot of angelenos maybe had a little bit of false hope yesterday because it did look like this fire was starting to lay down. it looked like most of the damage had been done already. there wasn't a lot of active flame, the smoke wasn't too bad. and suddenly around 6 p.m. last night we started seeing huge, new black plumes of smoam as the wind shifted and the fire moved. so essentially

here are the current wind conditions across the greater los angeles area. you can see fairly light even a little bit sea breeze along the immediate coastline los angeles. but you get over the mountain tops and that's where we're seeing some of those offshore winds beginning to develop and now beginning to pick up as well. some of those gust to 25 29 miles an hour in ontario. so expecting those winds to wrap up overnight tonight, the humidity very interesting is that working out as well. you see downtown los angeles. they've got a seabreeze there. 59 1%. that is great news. that's what you want to see. you get toward chino. we're talking about 7%, of the corona and only 7% riverside. so dry conditions now mixing in over the mountains there in los angeles basin and that route when that offshore wind will likely pick up overnight tonight. so going to be bone dry out there overnight tonight and those offshore winds going to be ramping up dangerous fire conditions again expected tonight, although it's not going to be a strong as before we've got active fires bur

and this is the scene in the los angeles area right now. and you can see that the air quality is adversely affected by this as well. everybody keeps asking, why is this happening? the best explanation is we have this area of high pressure. it's a huge dome. remember, around the high we have the circulation of the winds and a clockwise fashion. then you have this area of low planted over southern california, nevada and in arizona. and the winds are counterclockwise. so when you have the counterclockwise fashion there and the clockwise fashion here, it causes a big squeeze on things. it's friction. so the winds get ramped up and dry out the atmosphere. the relative humidity drops into the teens. and then you couple that up with los angeles has only seen a third of an inch of rain inland, but only 3/100 of an inch of rain at the airport. that's 6% of normal for this time of the year. the last time they saw rainfall was 243 days ago, back on may 5th. so we've been graced with saturated soil. they have not red flag warning in effect now all the w

so they have dropped red flag warning. >> a los angeles area right now, but you can see they are now under a fire weather watch that was set to drop at about 6 o'clock. and that is still the case with san diego in areas kind of between la and san diego. but now there until 06:00pm on sunday that we're under a fire weather watch. and then after that, as you heard, it sounds like they may go back into that red flag warning as we head into monday and more wind is expected, but obviously very active area right now. still a lot going on. the wind right now has been giving them a little bit of a break here and that will be the case as we get throughout the evening. but notice as we start to move into saturday, you start to see things pick up a little bit inland and then a little bit more. and then as we get to the latter part of the weekend, that's where we could see some more wind. and here's why there's high pressure here. low pressure there. notice the low pressure has kind of scooted away. that does start to break that when gradient. but there's another low pressure system right now bri

fast-moving wildfires in the los angeles area have created extreme conditions for millions of people and are being blamed for at least two deaths. amna: as of this evening, there are about 100 homes without power and more than 400 homes evacuated. stephanie: across the los angeles region, the skies were covered in smoke as fast-growing wildfires spread from wind that gusted to nearly 100 miles per hour. pat and callie evacuated from their home last night near where the palisades fire raised. >> definitely very scary, feeling ominous. heard lots of explosions and flames up above us on the canyon wall. just devastating. >> this fire destroyed an estimated 1000 structures, including a high school as thousands of residents raised to escape amid heavy traffic. winds were so strong that firefighting aircraft had to be grounded tuesday night. earlier today, flights were back in the air as wind decreased according to l.a. mayor karen bass, but gusty conditions are expected to resume soon with a red flag warning in the region through tomorrow night. local officials said firefighters were resp

los angeles. it's a lot of the surrounding areas too.when we look at these numbers, this is fast forwarding to overnight. tonight you'll start to see those numbers really begin to rise. those 30, 40, 50 mile per hour wind gusts. and especially as we get closer into monday and tuesday, it's not out of the question to have some of them even reach 60mph in some spots. you look at some of these numbers and yes, the containment numbers have gone up in the last 24 hours thanks to the break that we did actually get. the hope is that they can make a little bit more advancement into these before those winds really start to get strong. as you heard that gentleman say, that 30 mile per hour threshold is really what they are looking for. because once it gets to 30, 40, 50mph, it just becomes simply too hard for the firefighters to really utilize all of the tools that they have. what all of these areas have in common is that they are all under severe drought. that's what this darker orange color you see on the map signifies. and to tell you how dry i

area. >> kron four's will tran has the details. >> if anybody in the bay area can feel sympathy towards the victims in los angeles, it's a renter residents because last year state farm dro ped about 2000 of their customers in this city claiming that they live in wildfire area and is simply was not worth it for them to continue coverage. and that covered that sparked all kinds of outrage from the community. and that's exactly what's happening right now in los angeles. not to mention entire california, but pacific palisades just to give you a hard example. well, about 1600 residents in that particular area. and they're still dealing with fires right now. insurance dropped by state farm just a couple of months ago. and they had to scramble for other insurance coverage. hopefully they did find a carrier. but this is a problem that is very indicative of california and could be a problem moving forward because from 2020, the 2022 insurance carriers dropped about 2.8 million customers. and in los angeles county, about 531,000 of them said, you know what, we're not going continue covering your house. so what's going to h

unprecedented destruction as a series of massive wildfires roar through the los angeles area.arts of the iconic sunset boulevard now reduced to rubble by the catastrophic palisades fire. at least five people have died and desperate residents rush to escape amid intense flames spreading out of control. a state of emergency is now in effect, and more than 150,000 people are under evacuation orders. four major fires grew the mammoth proportions wednesday, spread by strong winds, scattering burning embers far and wide. and now we're learning a new fire is burning there the hollywood hills. we begin with cbs' ashley sharp reporting from inside the fire zone. >> reporter: the deadly eaton fire ripped through the altadena senior center north of pasadena, where residents had to evacuate before flames swept through. as wildfires engulf large parts of los angeles county, entire neighborhoods along the pacific coast and inland have burned to the ground. >> please, we need your prayers. we need your -- your thoughts of healing. >> reporter: the eaton fire quickly exploded into an inferno,

start on last tuesday still spreading and moving towards other densely populated areas, brentwood, to the west of los angelesling area to the north of hollywood and i am right nowjust north of the san fernando valley, and there have been fires here to the west and to the east as well. extraordinary situation where you have all of these fires right across this greater sprawling city, at the same time. that's a big part of the problem in terms of resources being stretched to the limit. some political repercussions are beginning to start. we understand at the early stages there was no problem with the water supply, the fire hydrant were running out of water, now were running out of water, now we have the governor of california calling for an investigation into that and i can tell you, i've had a lot of people talking about this that there is a tremendous amount of anger and frustration. this is way that the fire has been dealt with and perhaps the attitudes of the authorities to some extent, having said that, equally i think a lot of people understanding of the situation that the firefighters themselves have be

those horrific fires in the los angeles area and the level of destruction is just gr what we're learning about the winds still to come and the investigation that just started. the news at 4 starts now. good afternoon. thanks for being with us today for kron. 4 news at 4. i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis this afternoon. firefighters. >> they're hoping for a break from those fierce winds fueling massive wildfires. >> in the la area and just moments ago, we have learned an 11th person has died as a result. this is a live look right now from the sky. these flames, as we said, killed at least 11 people charging entire neighborhoods, setting the nation's second largest city on edge tonight. and right now we are tracking 6 active fires. the archer fire popped up this morning, scorching 19 acres and prompting evacuation orders that havd been downgraded because crews did get those flames out of control. the palisades fire near the coast. that is now more than 21,000 acres with containment at just 8%. the eaton fire north of pasadena. that is 3% contained. it has burned more than 13,000 acre

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district has been affected by the eaton fire, one of the largest fires spreading in the los angeles los angeles area tonight. congresswoman, thank you very much for coming to the saturday show. i understand you just finished touring the area with fellow members of the california delegation. tell me, what do you see? what did you see, and what are you hearing from your constituents? >> well, my first tour was with the fema administrator on thursday. the devastation just was beyond belief. block after block of burnt homes to their. foundation. significant buildings that that were burnt to the ground, such as the altadena country club, the pasadena jewish temple, the altadena community church all gone. and when i saw that, i said, i have to make sure that my california congress members see this because we are going to have to push for disaster relief in our upcoming budget, and they need to be our allies in making sure that we get that money in, because it's going to be a long recovery. >> and before i'm going to ask you about that in a second. but right now, congresswoman, are you getting the resource

los angeles. on tuesday evening. they are now tearing through the neighborhood the brush spies that started hours earlier in the coastal pacific palisades still out of control. the affluent area is home to many los angeles does including the coach of the basketball team, the la, cuz j reddick, the just want to acknowledge and send thoughts and prayers to everyone in the palisades right now. it's where i live, my family and my wife's family. my wife's twin sister evacuated. i know that a lot of people are um, freaking out right now, including my family and from the sound of things with the winds coming tonight. i know a lot of people are scared when the fire started, some residents did their best to try to keep it today. tens of thousands flat the homes, causing traffic jams on the narrow roads. many escapes justin time. i've never seen the fires with this close to the fires. people left their cars and policies drive burning up the hillside, palm trees, everything's going. and the wind and the firemen are great. that property damages, property, damage losing lives, dogs, animals, horses, a lot of horses in the neighborhood. so. yeah, so that's, that's really the blazes raged a

los angeles county sheriff's department. there are more than 1000 buildings that have been destroyed as these fierce flames urges raging in the los angeles area. governor gavin newsom says the state has deployed more than 1400 firefighting personnel to battle the fire. but now the palisades and eaton fire. those are the 2 big are ones right now. they're at 0% containment. >> it's going to be okay. i you know the okay. >> video from that more destructive fire that's happening right now. that's the pacific palisades fire at this video just shows what looks like waves of flames outside of this home. the person taking the video and some others that were inside the house for trapped. this is a house in the pacific palisades. we have learned since this person posted the video that they were able to escape safely. we do now have some other video to show you. this is a bird's eye view of the eden fire. more than 10,000 acres burning in this fire alone. and we're learning that 5 people have died from these fires since these all started yesterday. this fire is close to pasadena, which is just east of los angeles. and there's just so much smoke in the a

news conference today giving us updates about the los angeles area wildfires. st wildfire is burning in woodland hills near the county line separating los angeles and ventura counties. investigators think that fire was deliberately set. it's burned just under a thousand acres, temporarily forced a neighborhood to evacuate, and it is 35% contained. >> now, the los angeles county coroner's office is now saying the death toll has increased to ten. the palisades fire, still the largest of the fires, burning nearly 20,000 acres, only 6% contained at this point. the eaton fire in the pasadena area has burned more than 13,000 acres, and containment there remains at 0%. and the hurst fire near sylmar has burned 771 acres. it is now 3,137% contained. >> and while the firefighters are starting to make some progress, it will probably take days or even weeks before they get this under control. >> ali rasmus joining us now in studio with the firefight against the two biggest fires burning there in los angeles. ali? >> yeah, the two biggest fires, the palisades and eaton fire

investigation into how critical fire hydrants ran out of water and "impaired" the fight against the los angeles area view and the events in los angeles. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. we start to see some subtle changes to the weather this after changes to the weather this what is being the cold( speu of winter weather so far. things are turning milder into next week. that will be pushing into the far west of the country, it should be dry with more cloud in the mix with more sleet and snow. with high—pressure building because uk and light winds. that will leave a legacy of cloud and mist and fog. northern ireland, scotland and parts of western england, but more towards eastern areas it will turn cold again. down to —15 celsius in parts of north—east scotland, not as cold as the previous night, but still cold. we start up night, but still cold. we start up again on a chilly note. frost and ice around. it should be drier with more sunshine around, wind and rain. temperature recovering across belfast and plymouth, another cold day for the east. as we had to sunday night, the milder, cloudier, w

fast and devastating wind driven fires continuing to wreak extraordinary havoc on los angeles and the entire area along the coast. this stunning image you are seeing at mount wilson california, "'s antennas are crucial to communications for 911 calls cracked television transmission and signals and information to everyone in the area and right now you can see they are threatened by the fire and that could cause a truly immense loss if they were to crumble or catch fire. the size of cities like san francisco or boston picture all of boston, if all of boston were wiped out by a fire, think about it for those of you on the east coast that's what they are dealing within los angeles. the sheriff of los angeles saying frankly we don't know how many lives have been lost at this point. >> bro that's a house. >> god protect this house in the name is. protect this neighborhood god in jesus' name. >> my bedroom right here. tom's room. here's our patio. >> martha: their homes up in flames and devastating. obviously they are just in shock reacting to the loss of everything they know in their neighborhoods and

especially, is still spreading and it is moving towards the densely populated areas, brentwood, to the west of los angeleswest of los angeles, also the san fernando valley which is a spawning area to the north of hollywood. i am just north of hollywood. i am just north of the san fernando valley and there have been fires close to here, to the west and east as well. extraordinary situation where you have all of these fires right across this sprawling city. that is a big part of the problem in terms of resources being stretched to the limit and some political repercussions are beginning to start. we understand there was problems with the water supply, that the fire hydrants were running out of water, now we have the governor of california calling for an investigation into that and i have heard a lot of people talking about this. there is a tremendous amount of anger and frustration at the way in which the phi has been dealt with and perhaps the attitude of the authorities. having said that, equally a lot of people are understanding of the situation that the firefighters themselves have been absolutely stret

los angeles county. and this includes several crews from the bay area. kron jack molmud tells us what they're doing. >> of all the horrific scenes shown from the thousands of acres scorched and lives ruined by los angeles fires. photos show with the panic and terror cemented into history. photos also show the heroism of firefighters from all over the country to kind of get in job to kind of help. >> so when you kind of have incidents like this, of the magnitude, you always want to go. you always want to >> that includes crews from the bay area. >> a lot buddies back from back home are down here, but they're just keeping busy carlos or to with cal fire czu. it's a song bird reunion seeing his bay area colleagues battling the worst set of fires. the state has seen. >> in a couple of years. and then this is what we call over. zoom or test shows us the staging area for cal fire trailers for interviews, press conferences and meetings. very much like a miniature city port is job is going to grocery stores or wherever people congregate and give them vital inform

the sky has changed its color in the los angeles area. a series of wild fines that started on the outskirts of the city has spread to several sub urban communities. the places have already destroyed or damaged thousands of homes. tens of thousands of residents have been order to evacuate as the inferno continues to rage. this is our, we get it, i'm driving towards on right now, and i don't even know what to say. i'm sweet. so some shots, just so sad for devastated communities, we lost $600.00 fire helps, and that was the fire, one of which was fine. and now i don't even know how we're going to be able to recover from this. and the battle against the flames remains and must have challenge dry weather and extremely windy conditions with speeds up to 160 kilometers per hour have time. but the efforts to contain the fires aircraft had to be grounded due to the strong winds. while the firefighters on the ground overwhelmed and the fire continues to grow, was 0 percent containment. we have over $500.00 personnel assigned, and unfortunately, we

>>>>as multiple fires continue to burn in the los angeles area, local fire municipalities are trying to learn from the tragedy. and if we didn't do that, i think it would be criminal. like we have to learn. we're always learning. berkeley fire chief david sprague penned a letter to the community in the berkeley scanner to recognize what is going on, try to inspire hope and acknowledge that there are more mitigation efforts that can help the community protect itself from a mega fire. we know it can happen here. climate change has only made it. made it more likely. both chief sprague and emil carstensen, who lives near the berkeley hills, vividly remember the oakland hills firestorm of 1991. it was very apocalyptic, and i feel like having experienced that, i know the graphic feeling, the the tragic feeling of all that, how things can change within a, you know, in a moment's notice. kasten says he walked outside on that day, and there was ash in his front yard. the sky was black. >>>>he >>still lives in the same home he did in 1991, and the fire risk is always on his mind, especially as

los angeles. firefighters are racing to contain this new fire that is burning very close to homes in the area of calabassas in hidden hills. that's northwest of los angeles. this fire they're saying started just about an hour ago at about 2.30. they don't know the size of the fire right now, but homes as we can see here appear to be threatened. so there are mandatory evacuations in place here. some of the footage was showing us that helicopters were dropping retardant on the fire perimeter. so they're trying to protect the homeless right now. but again, this is a new fire that has just started near calabassas and hidden hills. so we're getting lots of new details here into our newsroom about what's happening in southern california. we have to take a quick break, but we'll be right back. we're learning about a new fire that's burning right now in los angeles. this has sparked in the area of calabassas in hidden hills. it started about an hour ago. we're getting these live pictures now. firefighters there on the ground right now, possibly going door to door, trying to get people out because mandatory evacuat