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fox business' max gorden has been following the flames all week and joins us live from california. max, what is the latest? what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, cheryl, you're seeing the destruction right here firsthand. it is absolutely jaw-dropping. scenes like this visible in so many neighborhoods here in pacific palisades. around 10,000 structures have been destroyed, and right now fire fighters are going from house to house taping them, marking them, figuring out which houses are still inhabitable, which are destroyed, which are just damaged, really just taking an assessment of all of this destruction. right now between the palisades fire, the eaton fire and the other fires that are currently burning, around 36,000 acres has been chewed up. now, to give you an example of how much that is, that's around two and a half if times the size of the island of manhattan. just a jaw-dropping am of acreage. and then when you think about how many structures have been destroyed in that, lives have been just absolutely upturned. this was all caused by the santa ana winds that a blew in 10

max gorden in the brentwood area for us monitoring that. stay safe, max. i want to take a moment now and bring in the mayor of calabasas, peter out. crout. our hearts and thoughts, prayers go out to you. what is the situation in calabasas, how is your community handling this? >> well, good morning and thank you for your continued coverage of this horrific event. the city of calabasas is resilient here. at this point in time the palisades fire is not imminently affecting us, a although we've been threatened on multiple fronts throughout this ordeal. our emergency operations center is working around the clock, staffed 24/7. our public works department is patrolling the streets looking for hazards. our library has been open giving internet services and power the those who have lost power in the area. our hearts go out to the communities around us of that have lost so much, but calabasas so far has been very fortunate. we are without power, but the winds are blowing away from the city at this moment in time, and and we're just anxiously monitoring them like ev

but first up, tough stuff, max gorden is live in pacific palisades, california on the wildfires, max. story. reporter: 5 wildfires burning uncontrolled across southern california. we are standing in aftermath of the palisades fire. you can see how it has destroyed this mobile home park. this fire has destroyed 11800 acres, to east of us eaton fire killed 2 people. it is burned 10600 acres. these fires have been fed by strong santa ana wind, in one case one gust was 100 miles per hour, up to 60 miles per hour are expected through tomorrow. this firefight is not done yet. larry: thank you very much max gorden. >> tune in to fox business tomorrow morning 4 to 6 a.m. we'll have special live coverage of the california wildfires. by our team over at fox weather. we thank them. up next, fox news peter doocy is live in west walmart -- west palm beach. reporter: i'll tell you biden team, want to talk about president biden diplomacy on world stage. but they are talking about trump diplomacy and an antony blinken revealed he appears to take seriously about protecting american economic and nation

destruction, ahead of dangerous new winds forecast for this week, beginning tonight, "fox business" max gordenpacific palisades this morning with the very latest max. >> hey, maria. , the scope of devastation is absolutely incredible it is tough to see in darkness right now literally block after block is destroyed, just like this one, forecasters wash of more high you destructive winds could spread the flames, pds calling it i particularly dangerous situation, with winds between 45 to 70 miles per hour, santa ana winds that initially quaffed fires aren't as strong as we saw last week but still it is very, very dry, more santa ana winds is simply not what firefighters need right now. meanwhile, firefighters have been able to get somewhat of a handle on palisades fire containment up to 1% that is ab marked improvement as lines continue to grow around the fire, but they've been hampered by drones in instances, 48 encounters with civilianed flying drones over the fire areas, that had ground aircraft one situation, a super super hit by a drone out of the fight until alleviate today hoping to get in

hurricane helene then to fire damaged los angeles california, that is where we find "fox business" max gordenm castaic california where latest fires unfortunately tan off overnight, max. >> will cheryl we are aways north of los angeles in castaic firefighters have been standing guard overnight on hughes fire more than 10,000 acres, 36% containment right now, to shut down i-5 ford tens of thousands to evacuate, progress being made amidst high fire danger in southern california president trump is going to be coming into town, not a lot of details about this visit. but he is expected to touch down in l.a. around 3:15 pm local time, president trump wednesday threatened to withhold federal disaster aid from fire ravaged losing unless they changed water policies gavin newsom announce relief for wildfire assistance. >> i hope you have a chance to visit the folks, in altadena not just in palisades, and i hope he comes with a spirit of cooperation, collaboration that is a spirit we welcome him i said many times, open hand not a closed fist. >> price tag coming into vie according to los angeles economi

first, max gorden live in malibu, california. in the terrible wildfires. what is the situation, is it getting any better? reporter: well, larry, we have a grisly update. the l.a. county sheriff office confirmed human remains have been found in house that burn the down behind me, sheriff deputies responded last night to a welfare check, the remains were found. if true, this is the first death associated with the palisades fire. just an awful -- a lot of member of media gathered because of this discover, from where we are on pch, you can see the destruction. laying out. burnt palm trees and million dollar homes. once beautiful stretch of roadway now a hell scape to east of us eaton fire bunches, 5 people confirmed dead, deputies there say, that the death toll could ride with eaton fire as this tragedy continues to unfolded across southern california. larry: all right m m max gorden. >> to capitol hill, fox news aishah hasnie with something interesting, what a cooking. reporter: president-elect trump according to a source in the room with the senate republica

fox business correspondent max gorden is in pacific palisades right now. y, good evening, bret. awful scenes here in southern california as six wildfires rage out-of-control. fanned by those santa ana winds. you said there. 100 mile-per-hour gusts was recorded and through tomorrow, the national weather service says that gusts up to 60 miles per hour are still expected. right now we are standing in a mobile home park here in pacific palisades that has been disseminated you see trailers that have been burned to the ground, down to their foundations. a cybertruck here also ravaged. this fire, the palisades fire burning being fire. eaton fire scorching 10,600 acres a at least two have died in that blaze. a horrible situation as firefighters try to contain the blaze but the winds have been so strong and the vegetation has been extremely dry. firefighters say that folks here are not out of the woods yet as the fire dr remains high. bret? >> bret: max gorden in pacific palisades. thanks. >> these fires are stretching the capacity of emergency services to their max

fires burning this los angeles, 4 people are confirmed deads dozens remain missing folks business max gorden live from mandeville canyon los angeles county right now max. >> hey. good morning, maria, good news while auto fire zero percent containment firefighters say they have been able to stop progress it is 56 acres isn't threatening structures that fire broke out in day riverbottom firefighters to jump on any fire a particularly dangerous situation according to national weather service between 45 to 70 miles per hour, or expected today through noon tomorrow, we've seen one wind gust recorded at 72 miles per hour, luckily a lot of firefighting resources here you can see some behind me, 15,000 firefighting personnel in southern california, here to battle wildfires, right now where we are standing in mandeville canyon area on eastern side of the palisades fire 24,000 acres, 14% containment this is near where the fire made a run over the weekend toward the community of brentwood a lot of concern in this area, but i can tell you that from driving around neighborhoods here, there is a lot of fi

but first max gorden is live in pacific palisades, california, with the latest on the wildfires there. ccan -- any better news today. reporter: firefighters are starting to get a handle on some of the fires, 14% containment on palisades fire, eaton fire 30%, you see widespread destruction like this all over pacific palisades and communities here, there is another threat on the way, a particularly dangerous situation according donational weather service with winds between 45-75 miles per hour. very strong winds that will be very challenging for the firefighters any spark can light an inferno, but help has arrived. you can see down below the statementing area for palisades fire. we have seen engines from portland, from seattle, all over the place here to help out in the firefighting. but it is going to be a that willing one with the winds on the way. firefighter say residence here's in los angeles area, they need to be aware and ready to evacuate. we'll see what happens in the next day or two, this could be a dynamic situation, back to you. larry: thank you max gorden. now to capitol hi

max gorden is live nurse on the ground there. max -- on the ground there. like around you? >> reporter: yeah. well, stu, it's hard the fully drive home how much devastation we've been seeing. here in pacific palisades really every single neighborhood you drive through you see scenes like this, homes burned to the ground, block after block. you said it there, around 10,000 structures have been destroyed by these wildfires that have been ripping across southern california. five blazes alone in l.a. county. right now we've got about 35,000 acres of fire. that is a size more than twice the size of the island of manhattan. but really if you want to see the full extent, just look at this view right here. we've got this mobile home park in the foreground here. street after street, home after home burned down. you have the pacific ocean and then stretching down the coastline you have malibu, also affected by this fire right here, the the palisades fire. and then we're talking about the human toll. the death until now up to 10 people, i -- but officials say there co

max gorden is in pacific palisades. auto fire, please. >> reporter: hey, good morning, stu. well, the auto fire igniting last night. a lot of folks concerned, of course, because of these dry conditions and high winds. the auto fire now 100% contained, firefighters keeping it to about 56 acres in ventura county near oxnard. and there are a lot of fire-fighting resources on the ground here in southern california. around 15,000 personnel here ready to fight the flames and ready for this pds, the particularly dangerous situation, that's going to be unfolding today today into tomorrow. 45 to 70 mile-per-hour winds. there is a fear that more fires could break out and spread rapidly with these winds. now, where we are right now, we are in the palisades fire zone. immense scenes of destruction here. block after block, home after home, and the investigation into how this fire and other fires here in southern california started is now underway. the atf is here in southern california, specifically here on the palisades incident. 1

back to you. >> max gorden in malibu.he "fox report" in just about 25 minutes from now. import the latest headlines log on to foxnews.com. i am jon scott in new york. i am jon scott and now back to "life, liberty & levin." ♪. mark: will come back america but with a very, very important i called the save america janet was start to the house of representatives. you know, the speaker has a couple vote majority. with that 1001 egos and so forth. so you're basically herding the squirrels but herding them and a direction they need to be herded in we need to unite, and when these issues. any thoughts or recommendations given your own experience a speaker? >> first of all i want to say a mike johnson has the patience of job. i could never do the job he is doing too have the greatest admiration for him. but a break it into two different components there are 37 democrats who are either elected in a district that trump carried or the other elected in districts trump got within 5%. those 37 districts should be forced to choose betwee

and fox business' max gorden got to ride along with them to get a firsthand look at how they do it.anta monica above tarzana. max. >> reporter: hey there, liz. yeah, there's about 5,200 fire-fighting personnel if on this fire right now, the palisades fire. and we've been tagging along with some hand crews here in the steep and rugged terrain of the santa monica mountains. now, if you think of this fire as a battle, this is where firefighters made a stand. you can see all around me this pink retardant where fire-fighting aircraft were dropping as the flames were rushing on in. and then you can see the hand line that crews are now widening right now. this, essentially, is all part of the containment process in the effort to get this fire fully ec ting wished and fully -- extinguished and fully contained. i can explain this all day long, but who can explain it better is cal fire battalion chief bob simmons. tell us where we're standing right now and what we've been looking at all day. >> so what we're looking at here is all the pink, obviously, from the aircraft they dropped. they stop

stuart: max gorden, thank you, joining me out to media resident brian hitchcock, welcome to the show know you lost your home and it came at you real fast, tell us what happens. >> tuesday night when the fire kicked up in eaton canyon which is a mile northeast of us the canyon. it started blowing strongly east the whole time so we were as concerned at that time it was concerning that it was so low but it wasn't until the middle of the night within the winds shifted and started blowing more southwest and that's when the entire site opened with embers coming down all of our neighborhood in the video is some of the footage driving to get back to my house on wednesday morning. stuart: tough stuff. i want you to listen to what governor newsom said about his role in dealing with the fires. roll tape. >> are you passing the blame onto other people. >> how could it be with an independent investigation and we want the adjudication of the fact is not about finger-pointing. >> does the buck stop with you. >> on your governor of california i'm eyes will be the mayor california were all in this to

projects punishment forks business max gorden live from pacific palisades neighborhood with the very max. >> maria what is hard to convey especially right now still dark on west coast the extent of destruction home after home block after block looking just like this. lives absolutely up-ended he a homes burnt down to foundations all really left just chimneys maybe few burnt out vehicles left in driveways so many lives completely turned over by these fires you see communities that have been decimated, you said there in the beginning, around 10,000 structures destroyed by fires across southern california. around 35,000 acres scorched the death toll rising, now at least 10 people are confirmed dead that death toll would rise higher, the human element has also played a factor in this the past days yesterday super scooper one of the firefighting aircraft had to land make emergency landing because it was hit by a drone that was flying in the area illegally a civilian drone did damage to the wing nobody was injured but super schooler out of the firefight, 20 people also been arrested becaus

max gorden is in pacific if palisades this morning -- pacific palisades. new fire outbreaks overnight, max? >> reporter: hey there, stu. well, the kenneth fire has been burning, that's the newest fire here if los angeles county, as five continue to rage. now here in pacific pa palisades, we thought this area was relatively safe, that there was no more fire activity, but just senate past -- in the past few minutes we've seen a flare-up over that that ridge. we don't know what exactly is burning, but it appears to be some sort of building, some sort of structure. it just shows how fluid of a situation this is. yesterday we talked to one man who with defied evacuation orders, stayed behind in malibu because he wanted to protect his home. we talked to him about what this has been like for his community. take a listen. >> my daughter has 23 the kids in her class. 11 of those kids have lost their homes. it's not like a here and there thing, it's everywhere. and our whole town, city, it's just erased from the map. doesn't exist. >> reporter: it is the really hard

fox business correspondent, max gorden, pacific palisades with an update on the efforts there. yed. >> good afternoon. i am standing in one of those neighborhoods. this is a mobile home park really on the western edge of pacific palisades. we have been watching after home after home goes up in the flames flames. essentially eaten alive by this fire. you can see the home behind me here that has gone up in the past hour or so now level to the ground. and a really eerie scene has been playing out here to get can see on the hillside a home in flames just barely visible through the smoke. we have been hearing for loans and bangs as propane tanks and other combustibles explode. the palisades fire sitting around 5,000 acres. they eaton fire off to the east of us running near pasadena now 10,600 acres. two people confirmed dead and they eaton fire. all over southern california, you have very high winds gusting up to 100 miles an hour on some mountaintops between now and tomorrow. to the weather service we will have gusty winds up to 60 miles an hour. the lands combined with very dry veg

history max gorden is on the ground in pacific palisades with the major economic impact. >> where i'm standing it looks like a bomb has gone off walk after walk, home after home scenes like this homes that are been reduced to absolutely —-dash and burned onto their foundation. this isn't just any neighborhood this is a desirable neighborhood in los angeles each one of the homes representing a multimillion dollar investment and as a price tag of this firestorm continues to rise into the costliest in u.s. history. according to accuweather, the economic impact of these fire could be $150 billion. interstate where home insurers are pulling on dropping coverage, some don't have insurance at all and lost nearly everything. >> i lost two homes yesterday both fortunately uninsured. i thought i was going to lose this place was had our family's mementos and it in the other place the same night it is pretty hard to take. in the destruction continuing to grow the costly natural disaster hurricane katrina. maria: president biden already pledging full federal aid to fight the fires and he'll be goi

meanwhile, let's send it out to max gorden who is northeast of me. max, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: hey there, griff. this is in one of the mandatory the evacuation zones. you can see behind me this is a very populated area. homes amid very steep, rugged terrain, and this is where the fire is headed. you can see on this hillside we have fire engines staged here as fire fighters make preparations, last minute preparations to do structure protection on this ridge line. likely these firefighters are clearing away brush. they're getting anything that might be touching these homes like wood file piles or potentially -- woodpiles or potentially even decks moved away, really preparing for the front of this fire to move through. you can see how the smoke is pluming up dark in some places. that dark smoke could indicate -- [audio difficulty] griff: all right, max gorden, we will check back in with you as the conditions are difficult to broadcast from these areas. alicia, we'll send it to you. alicia: okay, griff. it's so good to see you out there. we're going to turn to to altad

max gorden joins us from los angeles county. bring it all together, please. 's it like where you are, max? >> reporter: good morning, stu. well, what's been most shocking for me is this is not necessarily what you think of when you think of a wildland fire. we're in a residential neighborhood here in pacific palisades, and and we are seeing block after block, home after a home burned to the ground. you can see cars burned to their hub caps in their driveways. just awful scenes here in pacific palisades. this fire now confirmed at 17,20 the 0 acres, around 2,000 structures now confirmed to be destroyed. while there aren't any fatalities on this fire specific i clue, fire officials say that many people were injured as they tried to's a cape the flames, a frantic evacuation as people tried to get out. these flames were fueled by the santa ana winds gusting at up to 100 miles per hour at some points. it's going to be windy later on today but, luckily, those winds should be dying down. to the east of us, the eaton fire has killed five people. that that fire sitting

maria: thanks very much max gorden, this story is just extraordinary. firefighters are working around-the-clock butter reportedly running out of water, tens of thousands have need their homes fires could cost estimated 50 billion dollars in damages, president trump is blasting california governor gavin newsom, for his he handling of the wildfires wrought on truth social one of the most beautiful parts united states of america burning to ground ashes gavin newsom should resign, this is all his fault. contradicts slamming newsom for a photo-op at palisades fire in video on your screen, anysome responded, however, to trump's criticism watch this. >> people are literally fleeing people lost lives, kids lost schools. families completely torn asunder churches burned down, this guy wanted to politicize it i have a lot of thoughts i know what i want to say. i won't i stood next to president of the united states of america, today, proud to be with joe biden he had backs of every single person in this community did not play politics to try i. >> congressional wil

fox business correspondent max gorden has been tracking the palisades fire, he joins us live in malibu with the latest. >> the sun is starting to sink low on the west coast a week after the palisades fire broke out with unbelievable destruction to this region and you can see all around me burnt out cars, multimillion dollar homes at the foot of the pacific ocean, once a beautiful place to live now turned into a health gate, this fire brigade around 24000 acres currently around 11% containment. firefighters have been making progress on the area, the fire that made a run yesterday that fire of brentwood high end neighborhood luckily it appears that firefighters have been able to make a good effort and those containment lines, the big variable here is the santa ana winds, those expected to pick up tonight and into tomorrow. wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour potentially even 75 miles per hour in some areas. it could fan the flames even further. another threat to firefighters and they have been flying drones and images of the destruction but is been hampering firefighting efforts. when

fires burning this los angeles, 4 people are confirmed deads dozens remain missing folks business max gorden

but we want to send it out to max gorden over near mandeville canyon with, get a live look at what's going on. max, what are you seeing? >> reporter: hey there, bill. you're on the west side of this smoke plume, miami now on -- i'm now on the east side of it, and you can see the fire activity behind me. this fire flaring up this morning, burning over in this ridge. you're talking about this steep terrain, and you can see how it is the exemplified right behind me. these canyons where the fire is burning and this massive plume of smoke rising up into the air, people here in los angeles waking up to a frightening scene this morning. fire-fighting aircraft has been on the scene. we've seen several helicopters making water drops, those fire hawks, but you can see just how active this fire is right now. at last update fire officials said this fire's currently 8% contained thed. no word yet on if this is going to affect those containment numbers. now, through all the fires in california they have burned around 12,000 structures, many of them homes. this has been an incredibly destructive eve

fox business correspondent max gorden out on the scene and worked with us for a couple of years. you a hand on this. you are literally the son of two firefighters. in the context of your family, have you seen anything like this? >> well, of course go to my parents encountered this as firefighting. i have encountered this reporting for fox weather and fox news channel and fox business. but it does something you can never fully get used to. seems like this. photojournalist thomas to show you the scene in this mobile home park. it looks to be a tesla cybertruck burnt to the ground and multiple homes here reduced to ashes. if you pan over here, thomas, we can see one of these homes are still burning. we actually talked to the owner of the home. he said his family had multiple family heirlooms inside. that you know, there is simply nothing they can do. shelter in place and the smoke began to emerge 10:00 a.m. yesterday morning. and then this fire whipped by the strong santa ana winds turn into an inferno engulfing the mobile home park and so many communities along the coast. it has be

we leave it there max thank you stay safe max gorden on the ground in malibu kenny reaction.lieve the pictures that i see, i mean when you see daylight you see, all of that pacific palisades wiped out absolutely heart break. >> really is completely, uni can't ins why it happened so aggressively i understand we had failed policy in l.a. but the fact that we did not have enough water why not? >> because the reservoirs not released into fire hydrant system in order to protect fish we prioritized fish over safety of citizens and land, crazy not clearing out brush, and so when brush gathers just sits there dead brush on the ground that is tinder for fires we need to completely rethink about how we manage land in california, how many times do we have to read over the years, about topanga canyon in flames keeps happening. maria: also when you look at how gavin newsom and karen bass are handling things today festival every time karen bass talks looks like she is smiling what is she smiling about gavin newsom bobbing back and worth like a lap dance what is going on with these two. ama

max gorden joins us from malibu. what are firefighters trying to do to stop the spread? reporter: hey there, stu. it's all about suring up those containment lines around the fire. we've seen an increase in containment on both the palisades and eaton fires and over the past day and a half we haven't seen any additional acreage added to these fires, so this is very good news, but we are dealing with a very dangerous situation down here in southern border with extreme fire weather very dry conditions and very strong winds. winds of between 45 to 70 miles per hour, and the winds have been picking up over the past hour and a half or so. now, i do want to show you this , because this is ongoing here, along the pacific coast highway. there's construction going on at all hours as workers now try to get gas lines fixed up, as well as try to clean up some of the debris. you can see this work going on right behind me here, and as this work is ongoing, questions now move to why these fires started. now, when it comes to the eaton fire several lawsuits have been fired against souther

ed an area twice the size of manhattan, that's according to fox business' max gorden.t least two reservoirs near the fires including for the palisades were dry and empty of water. at least ten now dead, 10,000 structures destroyed. and now democrats are turning the on each other. joining us now, actor and singer and former california resident robert dobbe. we appreciate you so much for joining us tonight. what do you make of this breaking news? it's good to see you with. governor newsom now calling for an independent probe into l.a. officials. it sounds like that includes l.a. mayor karen bass and their team. you lived in california for nearly five decades. have you ever seen anything this bad? >> no, i haven't, and thank you for having me, liz. gavin newsom should go back to the to the french laundry and have a nice if cocktail and retire with karen bass. look, in five decades, 46 years i lived in california. it was a great state, and i'm not blaming just the politicians. liz, the culpability has to to go to the hollywood community. because all those stars in malibu a

max gorden, fox business correspondent and former fox weather correspondent live on the ground with the. max? >> good evening, it's been a devastating day of fire coverage here in pacific palisades. so many scenes like this neighborhood have been wiped out by the palisades fire. right now an engine that just pulled up. looks like they are checking out hot spots that emerged. we continue to see flare-ups as this fire has grown to 16,800 acres. six fires continue to burn. eaton fire to our east has killed five people according to the los angeles county sheriff's office. that fire has grown to 10,600 acres. so many sceeption, so much devastation. so much loss as so many people will return to scenes like this max, thank you. joining me now another evacuee attorney brian claypool. i know you had about, what, 15 minutes at 5:00 a.m. to leave what did you leave with? >> >> this has been chaos. urban carnage. and we were blindsided. there is absolutely no preparation for this at all. nobody on tv last night at the neighbor's house. i was at the neighbor's house. the fire was getting closer. the

max gorden tells us what this means tonight. >> met tax announcing today that its approached a contentow bee have the opportunity to restore free expression and i'm excited to take it. >> according to the company, meta will end third party fact-checking program in the u.s., instead moving to a community notes program, similar to what x uses is certain topics like immigration and gender identity and increasing political content for those who want it. president-elect trump applauding the moves. >> honestly, i think they have come a long way. >> meta will also be moving content moderation and safety team from california to texas in what it says is in an attempt to avoid political bias. too much content sinced using automated systems those systems will only scam for illegal and high severity violations like terrorism, sexual exploitation and scams. >> reality is that this is a tradeoff. it means we are going to catch less bad stuff but also reduce the number of innocent people's posts and accounts that we accidently take down. >> newly appointed chief global affairs officer joel kaplan a l