joining us now to discuss the federal response to this disaster is "face the nation" moderator margaret brennanargaret, this is expected to be one of the most expensive disasters ever in california. we know the federal government is offering its help. do we have a sense of what that's actually going to look like? >> margaret: we don't have a number yet, no, maurice, but we do know president biden has pledged that the federal government will provide 100% of funding for the first six months, but he's only president for ten more days, and it is not clear yet if donald trump plans to change the policy when he takes office. he's been publicly critical of california governor gavin newsom this week. during the first term, he threatened to withhold disaster assistance to newsom, but ultimately did approve it. late today, governor newsom invited mr. trump to california to work on the recovery effort together. here in washington, republican leaders tell cbs they are not opposed to putting together another relief package if needed, and they discussed it behind closed doors this week. >> maurice: and marga

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. - [sighs] [door closes, buzzes] [dramatic rock music] [sighs] ♪ ♪ >>> i'm margaret brennan in washington nation's capital braces for the unprecedented in the new year, amid growing threats to our nation's security. as washington prepares to certify the 2024 presidential election. to bid a former farewell to the 39th president. and make way for the return of the 45th, who becomes the 47th

>>> i'm margaret brennan in washington and this week on "face the nation," as we begin what's now day six of the catastrophic fires in southern california. the situation is still extremely volatile and, therefore, still very dangerous. the death toll stands at 16 with 150,000 residents under evacuation orders. the long-term impact on californians' health and damage done to the environment are incaluable. it is impossible to tally the costs at this point. the causes for the individual fires are under investigation but scientists say there's no question that climate change exacerbated the factors leading to these cataclysmic events. the two big fires, the coastal palisades fire and the inland eaton fires, are still raging, and the national weather service has cited red flag wind warnings in the southern california area through at least wednesday. we begin with the very latest from our jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: nine states as well as canada and mexico have mobilized to the bone-dry hills of los angeles battling four active and sprawling wildfires menacing millions of people across

. ♪ >>> i'm margaret brennan in washington, and this week on "face the nation," the nation's capitolnprecedented in the new year amid growing threats to our nation's security. as washington prepares to certify the 2024 presidential election to bid a former farewell to the 39th president, and make way for the return of the 45th who becomes the 47th to the oval office. >>> extraordinary security arrangements are under way. all this as the struggle to make sense of the horrifying new year's attack in new orleans and the incident in las vegas continues. >>> we'll sit down with the heads of the house intelligence committee, ohio's mike turner and connecticut's jim himes. >>> on capitol hill, speaker mike johnson's job is safe for now, and in the senate, republicans take control with a new leader. south dakota's john thune. he's responsible for getting president-elect trump's ambitious agenda through the senate. >> will you tell him when you think he's wrong? >> i will. >> at the top of mr. trump's to-do list, what he promises will be the largest mass deportation in u.s. history. we'll ask

more "face the nation," i'm margaret brennan. >> >>> it's monday, january 6th, 2025. this is "cbs news mornings." monster storm. tens of millions of americans under winter weather alerts as snow, ice, whipping winds, and arctic temperatures march across the country. >>> four years later. security stepped up on capitol hill as lawmakers are set to gather today to certify donald

. >>, well, the west virginia speech in 1950, historian margaret brennan, talked about senator mccarthy's speech, he or she is. >> it was at the time of the lincoln day dinner, all across the country, republicans were fanning out speakers to speak at the great gatherings of the lincoln day dinner's, and so, mccarthy was assigned to wheeling. wheeling at that time was not a big city. we had 59,000 people. it was thursday, february 9th, 1950. the dinner itself was held at the mcclure hotel, colonnade room. it was to start at 6:30. it was the ohio county republican women's club and it was in the paper for days before how they were organizing. this was a big deal for wheeling. he was introduced by william callahan, was the regional republican bigwig. they described the talk that he gave as intimate, and humorous, and kind of folksy. he had an irish wits about him. he can be very ingratiating when he wanted to be, beautiful, big grin, and he pretty much talked about the republican platform, as it was laid out. he did not say too much. he talked about the war between good and evil, between a ve

. ♪ >>> i'm margaret brennan in washington, and this week on "face the nation," the nation's capitolake way for the return of the

i want to bring in margaret bre bre brennan.ic presidents. >> he did. he was put to use by those presidents where he had some frustrated relations at times, bill clinton being one of them. at times they butted heads but clinton send him on a number of missions to north korea, to other framings, because he was willing to think out of the box. i think of that biblical phrase blessed be the peacemakers. carter built a lot of his diplomatic thinking around his baptist faith certainly. as bob was talking about the age of some of those in the room, one of jimmy carter's mideast advisors was one of my college professors and spent a lot of time teaching us about what happened in camp david accords and the thinking outside the box, in getting people to a conclusion that's politically uncomfortable. and he brought that through obviously in a way that will outlast him and his life that continues to impact and shape the modern middle east we live in today and the diplomatic achievements that came since that time and what donald trump himsel