uh, natasha. um, one of the things that's interesting about all of this is there seems to be certainly for russia and for european countries, the want cheaper gas will try and get more gas. is that all the low loopholes in the sanctions that have been exploited? i mean, the sanctions are pretty useless all by to them. so interestingly, that all know any direct sanctions preventing russian pipeline gas or russian liquefied natural gas from entering europe. we saw a domestic reduction in europe, russian pipeline gas in ports in 2022. that was not down to a direct sanctions and we are still seeing a strong deliveries of liquefied natural gas into, into europe, from russian terminals. so in, in that sense, and also the, this ad mentors day for, for the european gas market where ukrainian transit halted. but that was really not down to sanctions, but rather to the expiry of the russia ukraine transit deal and to ukraine's unwillingness to sign a new deal for that transit to continue. but it's a very in

natasha live in| good advice.cestershire and we have a live page up and running on the website and anne with the latest from our correspondents across the country on the latest, we mentioned the airport in liverpool shut at the moment, also, you can get details on what lincolnshire police are saying, they are saying the improved slightly overnight but there is still more flooding, that all on the bbc news website and app. heavy snow, freezing rain and sub—zeros temperatures are also facing millions of people across the united states. at least five people have died as a huge winter storm sweeps across the eastern us. tens of thousands have been left without power, with thousands of flights cancelled or delayed and disruption to schools, colleges and businesses. our north america correspondent, david willis, reports. across central and southern states, all the way to the east coast, america is experiencing some of its heaviest snowfalls on record. dumps of up to 16 inches in depth led seven states to declare a state

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where is where natasha is. it seems a bit a bit calmer, but that is the name of the game at this point. is is what these winds decide to do. >> that's right. and how they can move through the canyons, which can be those sort of narrow paths, those eddies, in a sense, air eddies that can be created that affects aircrafts ability to actually drop fire retardant, which is why they have been doing in some cases, as natasha is reporting, sort of pre dropping fire retardant in some of these neighborhoods that they anticipate could be at risk. and they're doing that to try to try to just in advance prep. of course they don't know where those embers will go. now the los angeles county fire chief today did say that they have enough water. and that's obviously so important. jessica, we know about the dry hydrants in pacific palisades behind me. and of course, the reservoir. and governor gavin newsom has now said he's launching an investigation into what happened with not just the hydrants, but also the reservoir, that it

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cnn's natasha chen joins me now by phone. and, natasha, i know this was a terrifying excerpt from the fire for you and the crew. you are safe now, but walk us through what happened exactly? >> yes. so we were assigned to cover the palisades fire and we were there from about noon until about just after 6 p.m. local time, when we had finished our last live shot. and i guess what, we hadn't quite surmised was exactly how bad it had gotten south of us on pacific coast highway. and that's the way we came in to get to our spot to cover the fire. and we knew that we had heard reports that the flames jumped the highway, but i guess we had not seen with our own eyes just exactly what that meant and what that looked like for us getting out of there. so at the end of the night, you know, we're i, we pulled up to a fire truck and kind of waved at a firefighter and said, hey, where do you think is the best way for us to leave to get out of here? he kind of shook his head at us and said, well, i guess you go south. and so that's what we di

we're going to quickly check back in with natasha chen. what are you seeing? natasha?well, anderson, i can see the flames down the pacific coast highway a little bit south of us that have been described as jumping the highway that is now the reason why this a large swath of this iconic pch is closed. this has been just the craziest wind event, and i cannot even imagine anyone standing out here in the middle of the night. if it's about to get worse. you asked earlier about water drops and dropping retardant on the flames in this area. yes, i did see that this afternoon. there were planes flying overhead, but i have not seen that in several hours now. and earlier, officials were explaining that if the winds pick up further, that's not something they can continue to do. this has been extremely stressful for a lot of the people who had to make it out this afternoon. luckily, we're seeing it more quiet now, partly because the streets are closed. so pacific coast highway is now. there's no way to go south in that direction because of the flames we see. but there are some peo

laura. >> oh my god, natasha. what now for so many people and i'm just still thinking about that father not leaving his son behind. natasha chen, thank you so much. you know, as fire crews continue to battle the flames surrounding los angeles tonight, earlier today, some people did start to return to their fire ravaged neighborhoods just pure devastation. >> i've never seen anything like this before. this is the second time we've had to evacuate since i moved here ten years ago. but this just blows everything out of the water. >> i ran through these neighborhoods. i've. i've said hello to these people. these. they don't deserve this. nobody. nobody deserves this, to be honest with you. but. this is. you can't. you can't. you can't quantify this. this is crazy. >> who has the words to try to even describe this and this devastation as it's continuing to sink in for so many people. many have been growing frustrated, to say the least, with city leaders for what they say was a lack of preparation and mismanagement ahea

our reporter natasha turney is in leicestershire, which has that flood water is expected to rise overfew hours, and it is causing a lot of problems in the local area. we have a few houses up this way, which have been affected, and this pub behind me here, we have had the brewery team this morning in trying to salvage what they can of the brewery equipment. that's flooded for the second time, then, in two years. this water level is expected to rise with the latest flood warning, but there are 300 flood alerts out across the uk, and one severe warning. now that is just up the road from here in barrow on soar, where they have evacuated people living in a caravan park because of that expected rise in the flooding, and it could be a possible danger to life. now, we have had a number of schools closed, the roads and railways affected, and a number of airports as well. manchester and bristol airport, they were closed for a while and then re—opened, but liverpooljohn lennon, that has been closed, we are told, until 10am this morning. as the flood levels dissipate in some places, in others the

natasha, what are you seeing? what are you hearing from people there? >> wolf, it's a lot of exasperation here today. a lot of these people are coming from the altadena fire. a lot of them have lost their homes. there are 1200 people staying in this shelter right now. and hundreds more coming in just looking for resources. a lot of them wearing the clothes they had on their backs when they left their homes, or borrowing some clothes, looking for a toothbrush, looking for any idea of how they can begin the process of filing claims when their houses have burned to the ground and nothing stands there but a chimney. a lot of people asking questions for why there perhaps weren't more urgent warnings ahead of time, or more timely notices. we talked to one woman who lost her home. she's wearing her nephew's sweatshirt and sweatpants. she said she actually stayed to fight the fire that was on her property. even when all of her neighbors had evacuated. and she did that because her home is more than 100 years old, she said. it's on the national historic register.

natasha, there's so much to unpack here, but i do want to begin with that visit by giorgia meloni to to mar-a-lago, because it certainly seems as though a lot of european leaders are trying to create ties with donald trump. but at the same time, it also seems as though he's meeting with european leaders who are similar inclined as himself. what do you make of it? >> no, definitely. >> we're seeing a lot of symmetry between trump and particular of the far right leaders in europe, and there's been definitely a rise of both leaders in the far right, but also the parties on the far right. >> we've seen this in not just italy, but also hungary, austria, slovakia and so forth, and trump and elon musk are forging closer ties. they share similar ideas on immigration or being anti-woke and along these lines, they have been connecting. now in terms of the case of meloni, she doesn't see musk or trump as a threat to her italian policies that are based on making things in italy and supporting italian companies. and she's hoping that this relationship will only strengthen italy. now, as far as tr

natasha, how is it now? where is it going? do you think?> bill, there's been some good news overnight, and that is that they prevented that fire from coming this way. that's the mandeville canyon below us. there are a lot of homes down below, and we still see on occasion some smoke rising in different spots. so there are active fires going on. and we do see aircraft flying over us at certain points trying to pick up water and drop more. behind us there, over the ridge, especially and down below. but the good news is that the winds right this second are rather calm. and then when they do pick up, we're noticing for the most part that it's blowing this way where things have already burned. and that is great for right now, even though we expect the winds to pick up more tonight into the coming week. and so that's where things could get a little bit unpredictable. but at this very moment, they might be getting, you know, slightly calmer situation, which is so welcome at this point. there are a lot of residents who are notably very frustrated tr

i appreciate you. >> kate, and are also our colleague natasha chen. she was reporting all day on the palisades fire yesterday, and as she and her crew wrapped up for the night, they then discovered that fire had essentially exploded all around them and their route out. you can see this is what they came upon and what they were driving through. as they were getting out, they got out safely. here's how natasha described it afterward. >> we were there from about noon until about just after 6 p.m. local time, when we had finished our last live shot. and i guess what, we hadn't quite surmised was exactly how bad it had gotten south of us on pacific coast highway. and that's the way we came in to get to our spot to cover the fire. and we knew that we had heard reports that the flames jumped the highway. but i guess we had not seen with our own eyes just exactly what that meant and what that looked like for us getting out of there. so at the end of the night, you know, we're i, we pulled up to a fire truck and kind of waved at a firefighter and said, hey, wh

natasha chen, thank you very much. natasha is in las vegas. i want to get some more on these breaking stories right now. joining us, the u.s. homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas. mr. secretary, thanks so much for joining us. i know you have a lot going on. we appreciate it. so this investigation and what happened in new orleans is now what in its second day. where do things go from here? what do you still need to know? >> well, the fbi is leading the investigation, wolf. >> as you know, of course, 14 innocent lives were lost in that tragic event. and our our hearts break for the families and loved ones. and we we pray for those who suffered injuries for their swift recovery. there's still a great deal of investigation. underway. the fbi has, of course, captured videos as the reporter indicated. we have located phones and and laptops. of residences are being searched. there's a great deal of investigation still underway. the conclusion has been reached. this is an event that was inspired by a foreign terrorist ideology. this individ

natasha chen, thank you very much.ning us now is cnn chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller. also, joby warrick, national security reporter for the washington post and author of the pulitzer prize winning book black flags the rise of i.s.i.s. john, first of all, in terms of the las vegas, what do you make of the writings that were released today? not intended as a terror attack, he said, but rather, in his words, a wake up call. >> i mean, it is what we've been talking about really over the last 24 hours, which is this was an individual who was going through problems at home, family problems, who was going through depression related to his work as a special operator in some of the most dangerous places and situations. ptsd. but there's also a piece of paranoia in there. he communicates with another friend where he says, i believe i'm being followed by the fbi and dhs, and i may not be able to cross over to the mexican border. he thought he was under surveillance. he was talking about revealing thing

natasha chen, thank you. please stay safe. for more on the city's response to these four major blazes, i want to bring in los angeles city councilman traci park. she's on the phone. her district includes the pacific palisades and councilwoman, um, was there enough warning for people to leave? is there anyone at fault here, or is this simply a matter of the fast moving nature of the fire and these horrific winds i can't hear councilman park, i assume we've had an issue there. so we're going to bring her back in a second. as i mentioned earlier in the show, communications issues during times of natural disasters can be difficult. california officials say right now they do not have enough firefighters to get these four massive fires under control. some of the firefighters on the front lines have been working 24 to 48 hour shifts. some of them are running into water shortages, many of them running into water shortages. how is the federal government? how is the biden administration going to help during this crisis? we're going to a

natasha chen julia vargas jones watching the fires as they're moving. but let's start with natasha.they're up in brentwood. she's just up the hill here on the edge of the palisades fire with the latest natasha. >> yeah, bill, in the last few minutes, we've actually seen quite a bit of activity. because down here in the mandeville canyon, they are doing water drops here. we're seeing that aircraft come through one after another. really, and then down to our lower left. once our camera gets down there, you can see that there are some hotspots, smoke rising from the canyon below. there are a lot of homes there. they've dropped retardant there. and so the hope is that the winds will play in favor right now to keep that in check. but as we've all been discussing, the winds are expected to pick back up. and so these few hours right now may be their only reprieve. they are bracing themselves for a lot more difficulty to come. so again, we're seeing a lot of aircraft come through dropping water on these hotspots that are popping up in the mandeville canyon. but for the most part this mornin

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. >>> and joining me now is natasha alford, senior vice president of the greo and author of american negra. natasha, trump pushing a lie in the wake of the horrific new orleans attack linking that to the border and immigration saying it was an illegal immigrant, quote-unquote despite the truth the perpetrator was an american citizen born and raised in texas who served for more than a decade in the united states army. how dangerous is this his rhetoric goes unchecked and uncorrected often when there's this kind of level of violence involved against our own americans? >> it's extremely dangerous, katie. it's not only dangerous, but i think what i fear is that it's become so normal that people in some ways expect it and perhaps are desensitized to it. this is part of a larger phenomenon in politics, particularly in the trump era where donald trump cherry picks events to fit narratives that are exploitative, that are politically advantageous but not necessarily true, right? and we know that the truth is complicated, it's nuanced, but there's no room for that when donald trump is trying t

let's go straight to cnn's natasha chen, who's in altadena. natasha.nderstand you have a devastating update for us yeah, laura, we're learning from the l.a. county medical examiner that there are at least ten fire related deaths. >> they reporting tonight. now, that number may climb, as we see more people, more authorities being able to comb through the wreckage of these multiple fires. and they did not give names for these ten people just yet. of course, they're wanting to notify next of kin. we know at least five people have died from the eaton fire in altadena here, where we're standing. you know, yesterday when we spoke with you, this area was on fire. one side of the street, then another side of the street that went on for hours and hours. tonight that fire has moved on beyond the hills. we can see some glow beyond the ridge there. but the neighborhoods are completely burned out. and it's just really devastating to hear families stories of finding out that their loved ones did not make it, including one woman who told the washington post that her

natasha. >> yeah. anderson. the evacuation center was full of people who used to live in these neighborhoods. and these are their homes that are no longer here. i met so many of them who are just heartbroken. exasperated. they're angry. they're trying to figure out what their next steps are. they were there just to get a toothbrush, to get some clothes because they, in some cases, left with nothing but the clothes on their backs. one woman we talked to said that she actually stayed behind in a neighborhood really close to where i'm standing, trying to protect her 100 year old house, and she said she did that for so long, past the point where her neighbors had all fled, that firefighters removed her from the premises. here's what she said about what she left behind. >> everything i've ever worked for my entire life was there. my work equipment, my brother's ashes, my daughter's momentums, my keepsakes, my deceased mother's photos and belongings that she passed down to me. it's all i have. i have nothing. i can't

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but natasha and we've heard from so many other people this is like something they've never seen before. so it's genuinely different. >> apocalyptic. yeah. and we're also hearing some more news coming in to cnn that residents in malibu have been urged to get ready to evacuate, even though they're not under evacuation orders. and part of the reason for that is that this could actually help avoid traffic congestion and delays. if an order is later issued. we've been talking, max, about, you know, the congestion on the roads, cars being abandoned. so i guess authorities are trying to avoid that sort of situation. >> and i was seeing how, you know, a lot of these are when it comes to the beachfront homes, the really expensive ones. the roads are smaller coming out of there to try to get to the highway. so all of those are being very tightly congested. >> yeah, they're almost hemmed in actually, by the pacific coast highway, which is part of the problem, i guess, for the teams as well, trying to get in to help with those evacuations. the, the authorities. >> um, now, a passenger on a flight

and i do want to go to las vegas now, where natasha chen is, and natasha, because i know that you have just gotten some new information about information notes that the cybertruck driver left behind. what have you found out? >> aaron, in the last ten minutes or so, investigators here in las vegas sent the full transcript of a couple of letters they found that they believe were written by matthew livelsberger. this these writings are covering a range of grievances. they he talks about political grievances, cultural issues, for example, not being a fan of diversity initiatives, expressed support for president trump and elon musk. that's the first time we're seeing direct mention of the former president. he also talks about conflicts overseas. he talks about domestic issues, societal issues, and there is also a letter addressed to fellow service members during the press conference this afternoon. there were some portions of these letters read to the media by investigators in hopes that it offered a little more context as to what might have been his state of mind. investigators, at the end

cnn's natasha chen joins me now from las vegas. natasha, what more are we learning?ll, jim, this is very shocking to the people who knew him, who have spoken to cnn, someone who used to work with him said that he had advanced steadily in rank in the military to team sergeant and then second in command to the captain. the special forces detachment, and mentioned that his background in special forces and explosives seemed at odds with what happened here behind us at the trump hotel on new year's day morning, where the materials found in that tesla cybertruck were fireworks and other things that could have been purchased in retail stores. the investigators yesterday at a press conference talked about the relative lack of sophistication of those materials compared to the extensive background this person had in the military. he became a father in april of last year. cnn has reached out to his wife but has not heard back. his social media presence was sparse, but a relative of his did say that when president trump was in office, he posted on facebook saying that he had a l

now, natasha, the scope is unbelievable. thank you so much we are only just beginning, really, to understand the magnitude of the loss. actor cameron mathison, he documented his gut wrenching ride back to his neighborhood in altadena. o. oh, god. >> oh, god. >> cameron mathison joins me now. cameron. i can hear the distress. i cannot imagine what you've gone through to even feel that way. as you're nearing your home. can you just. can you take us back to what it was like to be back in your neighborhood? what were you thinking? >> yeah, i mean, i've actually never heard those sort of sounds come out of me before, so it's very odd. it was just such a it's kind of a guttural pain and disbelief and shock and and fear. as i was approaching my property and not seeing the house and, um, but anyway, yes, i it was, it was early in the morning and i was asleep and um, i was woke up at five because they were covering. i saw on the news that they were covering. they were the reporters were on our block showing the houses around my neigh

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natasha chen in las vegas for us. natasha, thank you very much. joining us now, the former washington, d.c., chief of homeland security and intelligence, danielle harvin. danielle, thanks very much for joining us. the suspected man behind this explosion in vegas left a note saying it was a stunt to serve as a what he called a wake up call and shared other political grievances. it's worth noting this man was a supporter as we heard of president-elect trump. what do these new details tell you about his motive these new details shed some light on the fact that, in my professional opinion, this was not a politically motivated violence. >> this is a tragic case. as the las vegas police said of suicide. it's also worth noting, wolf, that just last year, the pentagon put out a report that stated that suicide was actually the highest cause of death among military active duty military members. they looked at a five year period and found that active duty military members were nine times more likely to die of suicide than of active combat, and so this provid

natasha, what are investigators learning about? about a possible motive here. >> well, jessica, they've been going through his devices and late yesterday they sent us full transcripts of two letters they believe were written by livelsberger. one of them was actually calling to action for removing democrats from the federal government, from the military, and including the possibility of occupying roads and federal buildings, not ruling out the use of force. that was one of two letters that were shared with the media. another one talked about political grievances, issues that he found with society, with american culture stated his support for president trump and elon musk. i'm going to read you a few excerpts that investigators actually read to the media during a press briefing in hopes that it would provide some context for his state of mind. here's one excerpt that says, time to wake up. we are being led by weak and feckless leadership who only serve to enrich themselves. another excerpt says, why did i personally do it now? i need

and natasha, you're in the thick of it. tell us what you're seeing. >> yeah, jake, this is a main thoroughfare in the city of altadena, and every single block that we are seeing is either on fire or has been burned. right now, these are main businesses that we're seeing up in flames. you have firefighters working on one side just beyond that bank of america on the other side that's fully engulfed there you can see flames even further on the next block. if you take a look, i'm just going to walk you around kind of 360 here. this used to be a restaurant and it looks like a dentist's office. there are still some flames hotspots here. we were hearing explosions in the distance down the block over here. let's take a walk over here. we have more emergency crews and more businesses on fire. now that one in particular, we've been seeing particularly thick, dark smoke and, you know, popping sounds. not exactly sure what business that is. you can see the plumes of smoke just rising in the air. it's a blood orange sun. now, in order t

cnn's natasha chen is joining us right now with more. what are you learning, natasha? >> well, fred, the ex-girlfriend, alicia garrett, spoke to our producer, andy babineau, in colorado. erin said she had dated livelsberger from 2018 to 19 and again from 2020 to about 2022. they had stopped communicating after that, but she suddenly heard from him again on december 28th. she said he had texted her about the tesla cybertruck he rented, saying, quote, i feel like batman or halo, a reference to a series of military science fiction video games. but she said she had no impression he was planning anything like wednesday's incident. eric said he suffered concussions, though it's not clear how many, and that he told her he suffered from depression while they were dating. u.s. officials familiar with livelsberger military records told cnn he had been diagnosed with depression, but was not deemed to be at risk of violence or suicide. now, what authorities have gleaned from notes they believe, he wrote on his phone, paint a much broader picture of his state of mind beyond any men

the line says the i'm is to protect critical infrastructure from attack. natasha butler reports from finland in nature bolted leaders meeting in helsinki. fighting back against the hype, readable in the baltic sea, they play men. russia folder in a number of sabotage acts on on to see cables and pipelines and received money. nato says, which with both the security in the region, it fell in full range of assets, including crickets and maritime patrol aircraft. we have a great today to launch the initiative to deploy new technologies to those efforts, including a small fleet of naval drones to provide and home surveillance and the church. they also discussed ways to respond to most of those so called shadow fleet of aging tank. cars used to evade west and oil and gas sanctions imposed on russia often faded ukraine. president, how effective do you really think some of the measures that are going to be proposed by grateful take nature? leaders can really be the electorate navy brief me recently that we have are roughly 2000 ships each day, the baltic sea. so let's face it re comp, ensure

natasha chen is there. she is in pacific palisades. and natasha, i mean, obviously it looks there as if it's darkness with the with the wind and the smoke. what is it like well, erin, we're trying very hard not to breathe in smoke and ash that's billowing everywhere. >> the wind is strong enough to knock things over easily. it is so hazy. you would never be able to tell that on a sunny day. this is supposed to be like a scene out of the barbie movie. but instead we are dealing with plumes of dark smoke. we've seen buildings behind us on fire. we've seen palm trees on fire. and as you mentioned, those residents that had to flee so quickly and in some cases abandon their vehicles. i talked to one woman, rachel silver, this morning, who came down the hill with her husband, three dogs and one suitcase, and she had to leave her car behind. here's what she told us. >> we were running down. you could see palm trees just like random palm trees on fire. so i'm sure leaves are burning and falling down. and it's it's literally apocalyptic. >> luc

cnn's natasha chen is joining us from altadena, california. natasha, tell us what you're seeing there. >> it is an incredibly heavy sense of smoke, and you can smell that ash in the air. this is what we've been seeing all day. this is an example of just one of so many homes we've seen go up in flames. block after block of residential neighborhoods. and we've also seen a lot of businesses along the main stretch here. the main part of town where you'd see restaurants and banks and dentists and dry cleaners. one after another, we've seen them go up in flames today, and it's not all consecutive either. sometimes we see one on fire and turn around, come back a couple hours later, and then the one next to it catches fire. it depends on where the embers are flowing, and we're carefully watching the wind direction as well, because it can quickly change in a minute. now, as you mentioned, there is a new fire tonight and we're hearing pops there. if you can hear that in the distance, a new fire tonight in the hollywood hills. and you can imagine just ho

let's go to the finish capital helsinki and speak to our correspondents. natasha butler. so natasha, what exactly are both taking they to lead is saying about all this while we're listening to the say why that this says somebody's in health thinking, what they're saying is that they are looking at ways to come back. hybrid will fire in the pool to see that they play mainly on russian out for those a series of on the move to sabotage act. from the past weeks, you've outlined some of the device recendes on that. if there's cables between finland and estonia, they're also going to talk about ways that they compressor respond to russia, so called a shadow slave. so this is a fleet of aging tankers. mosca uses a to move around oil and gas to try to face the western sanction for this. tommy has finished so far to say that they are continuing to investigate at the time to relax the se, se offer me, they said is also responsible for the, for the task that happened to the end of december on the 25th. when those papers would damage between fillings and the stages, they say that the

you say, natasha. what exactly? uh, uh, nato. uh, leaders uh, uh, from the baltic region. uh, saying about all of this for you just being listening to us. um they say voltag liters is a roy for this, somebody's in helsinki. and what they say is that they all go to discuss ways to try and slice hybrid move fast in the voltage sees unsafe. the lease is washes responsibilities mainly for those a series of sabotage jack. so you've outlined that to on to see infrastructure, so cables and fights running along the baltic sea, but they also go to talk about ways to back to respond to rushes. so cool shadow fleet. so this is a fleet of aging time cuz it's carrying oil and gas a full must go in a way to try to evade weston sanctions list, of course comes as finish authorities continued to investigate the legal, less time for that. you mentioned there is some houses here. we source in fact, just in a pool, not far from the house in ki, finish authority. say that it is both part of roches jetta fleet and was most likely responsible for the sabotage of cables to run between offended an

cnn correspondent natasha chen is joining us with more on this. what are you learning, natasha?well, fred, yesterday investigators in las vegas gave us the full transcript of two letters they believe were written by livelsberger. and they released this with the intention of maybe helping the public understand a little more context of his state of mind. what led up to the moment where he killed himself and exploded the cybertruck on new year's day, injuring seven other people who, by the way, thankfully have been treated and released from hospitals. so this one of the letters that was released to us yesterday is a call for action, where livelsberger is saying that we should get democrats out of government and military, including the possibility of occupying roads and federal buildings, not ruling out the use of force. now, another letter that investigators released shows grievances about politics, about societal and cultural issues, expressed support for president trump and elon musk. let's read just a few excerpts from that letter there. one excerpt says it's time to wake up. we

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natasha, what's the situation where you are? >> anderson we are in front of a bank of america and the main business thoroughfare and altadena here that is fully engulfed. you can see multiple engines trying to attack this right now. it's just one example of the many types of businesses we've seen go up in flames along lake avenue all afternoon. now, the building to its right is no longer standing there. we were actually watching that burn this afternoon just a couple of hours ago, and this bank of america was fine at the time. so you can just see how quickly the winds shift. the embers will float from one building to the next. i can tell you that going north and south on lake avenue, where you used to have restaurants and dentists and dry cleaners, not a block was spared. there may be some businesses still standing, but at one point or another, we've seen every single block. we've seen some flames and explosions all afternoon over the course of the last few hours. now lake avenue is just off of a very residential area. so while

natasha, thank you very much. at the very latest there from outside that trump hotel in las vegas out front now is the democratic congressman jim himes from connecticut. and he is the top democrat on the house intelligence committee. so, congressman himes, you've been briefed here and getting a lot of new information on both of these events. just let's just start here for a moment. if we could, with the new orleans situation, what can you tell us? what are you able to share about what the suspect was doing? we've now got that new poster. right. and he's sort of dressed well dressed. right. dress shoes, dress shirt. in the hours before the attack, what have you learned about what he was doing in those hours and days before he unleashed that rampage yeah, erin, frustratingly, we have a lot less information on the las vegas attacker than we do on the new orleans attacker, where three phones were recovered from the vehicle that the that jabbar used. >> one is already being exploited. and i'm probably a few hours out o