[no audio] alicia: and it sounds like we have lost connection with orly israel. but we do appreciate his time and wish the best to his family. >>> moving on, president biden remaining in washington this weekend following a q&a with reporters last night on a range of topics including how he thinks the election would have gone if he had stayed in. lucas tomlinson is live9 from the white house with the latest. hi, lucas. >> reporter: good afternoon, alicia. that's right. first, we heard over the holidays if from anonymous sources that that biden thinks he should have stayed in the race, maybe could have won, then he said the same thing to susan page of "usa today," and and last night if biden told reporters he thinks he would have won the race. >> i think i would have beaten trump, could have beaten trump, and i think that kamala could have beaten trump and would have beaten trump. it wasn't about -- i thought it was important to unify the party. and when the party was worried about whether or not i was going to be able to move -- >> reporter: it's not clear what bi

our next guest his name is orly israel. he lives in the palisades with his parents he is 30 years old. when the fires broke out tea and different tried to come up here. tried to come up here had to save their home and fight to save their home in the heat. he will tell us how the fight went and how he finally got out and could not save his home. his story is next. >> got to get out of here. nothing we can do now, nothing we can do now, bro. can do now. can keep coming back. start to break away from uc with tremfya... with rapid relief at 4 weeks. tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation. at one year, many people experienced remission... and some saw 100% visible healing of their intestinal lining. serious allergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms or if you need a vaccine. healing is possible with tremfya. ask your doctor about tremfya today. ♪ at betmgm, everyone gets a we

. >> tanner scharff, a storm chaser, was at his friend orly, israel's home. >> we were just like, youer on all the bushes and on all over the house. we were taking, you know, cushions off anything that was flammable, just trying to do our best to make sure that the house was as fireproof as possible. but then, as you can see in the video, it's just it got to be too much. all right, dude. >> yeah. let's get out of here. we tried, we tried, bro. >> i'm sorry. >> running away. the homes, the trees all around them. on fire, too. >> there's nothing we can do now, bro. >> and then they pray. >> god protect this house in the name of jesus. protect this neighborhood, god. in jesus name i pray. amen. >> my eyes are still stinging from the smoke and the flames, and just praying that my house is still there, and knowing that so many people i know and love have just lost everything. >> 30 miles east of the palisades. the eaton fire killing at least five people, according to the l.a. county sheriff, the pasadena jewish center completely engulfed senior citizens in nursing and assisted living homes

and it was last night here, we saw orli israel, trying to use a fire hose to beat back the flames in his own backyard. the fire alarm going off. >> yeah, let's get out of here. we tried. we tried, bro. >> david: his friend tanner shaft trying to help him. trying to save the home. >> we tried our best. >> david: both were forced to flee. escaping through the front door. tonight, tanner returning to his friend's home. >> this is my first time back to the -- to the house from last night. this is orli's home. there is -- there is literally nothing left. >> david: while back at that home in pacific palisades, that father telling me he is grateful that he has his family. they lost everything, but they have each other. and he also believes tonight that every one of his immediate neighbors were saved, too. i think it's impossible for people around the country to look at this and understand the scope of this devastation. >> right. >> david: where everything is gone. but you've got your boys and you've got your wife. >> yes, exactly, exactly. and we figure out the rest. >> david: i'm glad you'

despite their efforts to save the family home, 30-year-old orly israel... >> yeah, let's get out of hereble. >> got to get out of here. >> maurice: video of their harrowing escape from tuesday night's inferno was posted on x. it's now amassed more than 8 million views. orly's father, david, watched it in disbelief. >> oh, my goodness. >> maurice: today, we drove with david and orly as they returned to their palisades home of 20 years for the first time since the fire. >> it was such a beautiful, beautiful curated house. >> i wanted to come back to my house and be there and see it in person and mourn it in person, and i wanted to do it with orly. >> maurice: you said mourning in person. >> yeah, i loved this house. this house was really a member of the family. and just to see the destruction is just... it's just gut-wrenching. >> maurice: hidden in the rubble, memories. >> this is crazy. it survived! >> bennington, vermont. we've had this for probably 40 years. >> maurice: the israel family has had to move to three different locations since evacuating, living essentially as nomads. what a

i want to check in with two folks, tanner charles and orly, israel. ly is a house in the palisades. there's some video of. i believe it shows i haven't seen it myself. of orly. uh, just trying to do what he can to. to save the house, to water things down. let's take a look and then we'll talk to them. bro, i don't know, all right, dude. >> yeah. let's get out of here. we tried, we tried, bro. i'm sorry. sorry. um, we tried our best. >> yeah, and when this tree falls over. >> i'm sorry, bro. i'll get out of here. >> oh, holy if that tree falls with it, no. >> just let it burn. and god protect this house in the name of jesus. protect this neighborhood, god. in jesus name i pray. amen. >> this tree is going to kill us. >> i there's nothing we can do now, bro. nothing we can do now. >> orly and tanner joining us now. how are you? how are you guys doing? i'm so sorry. we're talking under these circumstances. >> you know, every time i watch this video, i got to watch myself running away from the battle of a lifetime. you know, the the sound of these fire ala

and pray that this neighborhood god tanner charles and his friend orly israel barely made it out of israel's burning home alive. >> the two friends tried to save orly's home, but finally had to flee. >> you can see the sparks in the air. >> it's like a snowstorm, but the snow hurts your skin. every time i watch this video, i got to watch myself running away from the battle of a lifetime. we stayed there way longer than anyone should have and still lost. >> many los angeles residents armed with garden hoses, pool pumps and buckets, tried heroically to save their homes. but getting out with the fires close wasn't easy. it's fine. >> mom, just get out of the house. where are the car keys? oh. mom turn around. no! turn around, turn around, turn around, turn around. >> oh my god. turn around. mom! >> people just abandon their cars and people running down the streets with their babies and their dogs and running towards the ocean. >> there's only one road to get out. but at the time that we needed to evacuate, there was more fires on that road. >> for natalie mitchell and her family, we got to get

tanner and his friend orly israel, are going to join us in just a few minutes. >> george: let's go firstional correspondent matt gutman on the scene near the palisades fire. hello, matt. >> reporter: hey, george. this is obviously a state of emergency here in southern california. the worst wind here in over a decade. i want you to hear something. that hissing sound just happened a few seconds ago. gas, i think, pipe, that has exploded in that house behind us that just burst into flames within the past five or six minutes. hundreds of homes in pacific palisades, the epicenter of the worst fire, have burned, including much of the downtown area. i want you to notice how the embers are being cast by this fire being blown down range by this, i don't know, 20, 30 mile per hour wind. that's causing additional fire. this is completely out of control at this point. firefighters cannot get a grip on this fire. the wind is set to persist for many hours, even until tomorrow morning. it's not going to get any better. we don't know of any fatalities or injuries yet. i just want to give you the scope.

tanner, charles and his friend orly israel spoke to our anderson cooper earlier about their final escape. >> you know, every time i watch this video, i got to watch myself running away from the battle of a lifetime. >> you know, the the sound of these fire alarms going off everywhere in the house. every time this video plays is just crazy. and then we fought the fire until we, you know, my eyes are burnt. my face is burnt. we gave it our all. and also we stayed there way longer than anyone should have. and still lost. so yeah, you know, i feel like we fought a losing battle, but we fought it and i'm glad we made it out alive. >> were you able to get things out? i mean, things that were important to you. >> only the most important things. you know, this was a great experience. and going, like, i guess i don't need those suit jackets. you know, those basketballs or signed shoes. we got what we needed. and i don't think we'll need the rest i have what was it like? >> i mean, running out like that. what was it like getting out? because, i mean, some of the stories of people, you know, having

tanner charles and orly, israel also has a house in the palisades. e's some video of, i believe it showed. i haven't seen it myself of orly. uh, just trying to do what he can to. to save the house, to water things down. let's take a look and then we'll talk to them. bro, i don't. >> oh, all right, dude. yeah. let's get out of here. we tried, we tried, bro. i'm sorry, i'm sorry. we tried our best. >> yeah. when this tree falls over. >> i'm sorry, bro, i'll get out of here. >> oh. holy. >> if that tree falls with it, no, just let it burn. and god protect this house in the name of jesus protect this neighborhood, god. in jesus name i pray. amen. this tree is going to kill us. i. there's nothing we can do now, bro. nothing we can do now. >> orly and tanner joining us now. how are you? how are you guys doing? i'm so sorry. we're talking under these circumstances. >> you know, every time i watch this video, i got to watch myself running away from the battle of a lifetime. you know, the the sound of these fire alarms going off everywhere in the house. every

. >> capture the moments when tanner charles and his friend orly israel made their escape from israel's burning home. >> you know, i feel like we fought a losing battle, but we fought it. >> and i'm glad we made it out alive right now. >> frankly, we don't know yet. we eventually will. >> but worry is growing across the region. at least five deaths have been confirmed, but officials stress those numbers may rise. >> at one point, we'll be able to do a more thorough search of these impacted areas. some of them look like a bomb was dropped in them, where we will be able to bring in canines and other things to help us. um, hopefully not discover too many fatalities. that's our prayer. but this is a crisis and we don't know what to expect. >> we don't know. back here, live in altadena. what is happening here? but it looks like some of the residents in this neighborhood who are returning home. they found an injured dog. um, you know, so as people come back into altadena and into the pahome. t injured dog. um, you know, so as people come back into altadena and into the palisades to try to fig

. >> their parents, shlomo and orly, were immigrants from israel.bor, right on the water in miami. >> tonight, the three brothers remain behind bars until their next federal hearing later this month. >> the charges in this case against the alexander brothers are really serious charges of sex trafficking, very similar to what sean combs faces. very similar to what r kelly was convicted of. neither of those defendants were granted bail, and similarly, the alexander brothers are going to be held pretrial in jail at the same place. >> and when we come back, reality stars heidi montag and spencer pratt losing their uninsured home in the l.a. wildfires, getting a helping wildfires, getting a helping hand from fans. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. i'm under 7. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. i'm lowering my risk. and adults lost up to 14 pounds. i lost some weig

the war began, i would a bunch of chabad rabbis went to israel, and we met with all of the hostage families. one in particular that i spoke to was orli gilboa. she was she was expressing, i want to see my daniella again. she's 19 years old. these families have been suffering, suffering every single day. where is my child? are they alive? are they not? are they being raped? are they being fed? are they have no clue. and just to hold your child again. this is what we're all waiting for. i mean, good deal, bad deal that we can put to this moment. there's a human side over here right now, and the human side is that we want every one of the families to have a complete end to this horrible situation. and once these hostages are out, whether those that are being held in wherever they are or those that are, that the bodies that we can go and bury them, families need closure. i'm happy to go and say that this is going to happen, god willing, very soon. >> okay, aaron, i want to pick up on on something that you mentioned earlier in our coverage, the idea that this is perhaps not hamas playing calculating games here, but hamas simply in disarra

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