uh, a full hold of pharma is on vide $22.00 in denise is palm on industry. so how might this really impact then live? because an and quite frankly, why is this a crucial for them? yeah, it is indeed that the small hung up modest by use and import them. rules in the it does is because of the 8 for the sample reduction of the palm while i'm from small hondas and around the quantity of samples to add as a way to pump and vision indonesia. and also maybe it's been a small home this and also with that the, uh, you know, uh this, this isn't i thing, we can say that it is like a leaf in a, off from them. and then on this mean also that they are a product. uh, you know, at least uh, m a. do not be uh, a great disconnect the demo that that brought up. is it nice. uh, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's a sustain and it's, it's a good, broad back, you know. and then that didn't, or they play at home from the environment. and they, you mentioned earlier about malays who having a similar sort of problem. we know malaysia and indonesia and out joining forces as a ta

that's a tall palm tree up there that was on fire just a second ago. you can see how parts of it are burning. it's you've got embers kind of in the trunk of that palm tree and then up on the fronds as well. so that's certainly a concern as well. you know, you get one of those palm fronds that is on fire and then gets carried in this wind. i mean, as we've said many times, they can go up, you know, as far as two miles. so you've got homes all up and down pch all up in these hillsides as well. i mean, we're right in the pacific palisades, santa monica, just this way. and then you've got malibu up there. so a lot of residential areas. and when you look at things like that, i mean, there's no way that firefighters can do anything about that without air support. i mean, that is so tall when you look at the height of where those embers are on that palm tree. so if you get those embers, you get those fronds that start flying around, especially in these winds, there's just nothing anybody can do. i mean, wherever they land, you're just at that mercy. i mean, t

when 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. >> we got in the car to go and then all the cars were abandoned, so i had nowhere to go. so i just had to get out of my car and start walking. and i've lived in malibu my whole life, and i've seen tons of fires. this is nothing i was i'm scared for my life. it was. it's terrifying. >> completely terrifying. and, you know, she mentioned those palm trees. they're beautiful. we associate them with california, but they're also flame throwers because once that top gets caught up in fire, you know how pliant palm trees are. they can just flow, throw that fire. and in these winds, those embers take off and they can land someplace else and start a fire. also worth noting that l.a. county is in a drought here. this is the driest start to the wet season on record period. we have not had enough rain. in fact, we barely have had any at all. the fact that we are looking at january and dealing with this just shows you how dire of a situation climate

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 currently, hundreds of firefighters are on the front lines battling these flames, trying to contain them. >> the largest fire, now nearly 3000 acres in size, is burning around the coastal neighborhood of pacific palisades, which is about 2023 miles west of downtown l.a. and another fire is also growing and is growing very quickly. this one a little further east, the eaton fire, has now doubled in size to 400 acres in less than an hour, and that is burning at a rate of over one football field a minute since beginning just a few hours ago, california's governor urging residents to heed the evacuation orders that they get and warns that these types of events are becoming far too common. >> hell of a way to start a new year. we were here not too long ago. the franklin fire a few weeks prior to that, the mountain fire. november, december. now january. there's no fire season. it's fire year. it's year round

palm trees are very pliant. and so what we are concerned about is we can see embers flying off of these buildings that are on fire back here. and when those embers take off in the wind, they can land on a palm tree. palm trees just become fire throwers. they can take that fire. and just because they're bending so much, throw that flame even more. we have been looking at some very large embers blowing off of this fire and coming this way. and it's coming. it's backwards in what we're normally used to, because the ocean is directly behind where we're standing. so normally we would feel the winds coming off of the ocean. they're coming. they're mixing right now, but they're coming this way. so this is why it's treacherous out here on the pacific coast highway. we know that homes have been lost. it's very narrow streets in there. this has been a long time since we've seen this area burn. that also means there's more vegetation there. and then on top of it, l.a. county is back in drought. this has been the driest sta

and then i know i keep saying this about palm trees, but palm trees, i love them, but they're scary in wildfire because they move so much in these winds. if they get caught in one of those embers and start to go up in flames, they can then throw that fire. this is part of the reason why i've talked to firefighters over the years, and they say, don't put palm trees on your property. and this is the reason why you see how they're blowing in the wind there. that is concerning. i can also see there's an equinox in this building here as well. so i don't know what's behind the building exactly, but i can tell by the way the firefighters are responding and law enforcement is blocking off the road. they are concerned they're going into action to shut this down. but we'll keep watching it. oh, and starting to blow up over on this side too a little bit. so we'll keep our eyes on it as we watch this. because sometimes it looks like things are done and they're not. they get smoky and then they build back up. the winds are not done here either. that's going to make this more treacherous. >> these f

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she is in palm springs now appear thinking for being with us here on abc news.this is a very difficult time for you. you tell us about your experience of the last couple of days and deciding to leave your home? oliva: of course. it has all been very confusing, overwhelming. i'm lucky -- i am just a renter. in the grand scheme of things, everything is fine. i went to my apartment when we realized that the fire was emerging close to where i live, and grab things that cannot be replaced, packed a bag, and went to venice, four miles down from where i live. and we decided that air quality was too bad to stay there as well. i'm here with a group of friends, we packed up our cars and headed to palm springs. again, the level of disaster is just ridiculous and i'm in such a lucky position to be a renter. i cannot imagine all of the families that have their homes, where they grew up and their childhood homes. my experience has just been nothing compared to most. caitriona: i know you say you didn't own your apartment, but do you know what has happened to it and to other h

and that's causing the embers from mainly the palm trees. to float a several miles down the road or across town. and that starting another spot fire and then that starts another fire, then that starts another fire. so the firefighters are spread very, very then right now. and all they're trying to do is just try to stay ahead of it. but there really is no way and with the winds gusting up to a 100 miles now there's no way they can fight that. people are trying to get to safety as soon as they can. and the roads are very, very narrow and very small in that part of southern california. so that's causing traffic jams. and that's causing a lot of panic for people trying to get to say, right, i mean, tens of thousands of people now under evacuation or does this that any health available for them? um, i mean how, how easy is it to escape from this situation? was not great. uh, yesterday we saw people uh, digging their cars and running down the street, holding suitcases full of their belongings because that's the only thing that they could do. fire

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just explain the amber cast that come off a lot of these palm trees. we just saw one go up a few moments ago and it goes up in a matter of seconds and the wind is s enough here. it is n what we sawstnight, but be warned and understand that the wind is certainly enough in this situation punh this fire down into that neighborhood and quickly overwhelm the resources, of course, there on the ground. and in there you see m structure protection. firefighters are are in the neighborhood now and the water drops continue again, that hollywood reservoir not far off and all they've got 2 helicopters that are able retrieve water from the reservoir. so their turnaround time to get a matter of minutes, they're so able to to make good quick work. but this is going to be a long k fight. nonetheless, due to the scope of this, the urban interface, so many people in such a congested area really the need r for you to get out and get out of eaea. . anand d the way of f they try to get certainly. i think that that's the key right there is to get out of the way. >> when they

clearly sending, i only want to hire people who are true believers. >> norah: nancy cordes in west palmch with that transition is underway. nancy, thank you. want to bring in our senior white house and political correspondent, ed o'keefe, and ed, you heard president biden mentioned the seeds are planted. he is talking about the idea, well, you may not be feeling the benefit of all of my big policy ideas, and i know inflation still exists, but the seeds are there and he will eventually feel them. >> reporter: that's right, as you mentioned, 39% approval rating, not the greatest number to go out with but what he is hoping for and what he is signaling his history is going to be kinder to him. in recent interviews, he has lamented the fact that when various covid stimulus checks went out in the early years of his presidency, he didn't sign them and put his name on them, to reinforce that it was him who was helping americans, believing now in hindsight that that would have helped in the short-term, at least shore up the belief among americans that he was doing what he could to help. and so s

people left their cars and policies drive burning up the hillside, palm trees, everything's going and the wind and the firemen are great, but property damage is 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 across thousands of acres in a mass of hours of g t firefighters to being called in to help set colleagues on the ground too. and now facing a bustle on several fronts, we got an update earlier from jason at camp of donia, a journalist with nbc and i heart radio. the issue here that firefighters are facing are what's called the amber cast. so an amber from a palm tree or something to that effect in the pacific palisades may get caught by the winds and then go up to about 3 miles away and started another fire. and then an ember from that fire starts a 1000000 fire. and then what it does is that spreads and firefighters really, really in right now, there's about and a couple of 100 of firefighting personnel, from firefighting crews around southern california who are there to hell. but we'

when i need to be in palm beach, i will be in palm beach. be a mom, to be a first lady, to be a wife. and once we are in on january 20, you serve the country. >> ainsley: first 100 days, what will that look like for you? what are you looking forward to the most? >> i establish my team. i have a few positions i need to hire i will not rush into that i will see when i'm in the white house and what is needed. i don't want to hire too many people on my team and spending too much taxpayer money. i want to make sure every position they are talented, they have merit. they know what they are doing. and as well as they are a team player. they don't have their own agenda so, they serving me. they are serving my office. and they are serving the country. >> ainsley: will you continue with your platform be best? >> i will continue with be best and also i will expand be best. i started in the first administration i didn't have much support from anyone. i invited all of the streaming platforms to the white house. i had the round table. and i didn't have mu

springs, palm desert area which is where we are now, where we go from here i am not sure.search is continuing for two sisters who were last seen in aberdeen city centre on tuesday. eliza and henrietta hoostee�*s brother has told the bbc they seemed "fine" in the days running up to their disappearance. 0ur correspondent catriona renton is in aberdeen and sent us this update. a lot of concern for the two sisters, who are part of a set of triplets. now, they were last seen at 2.00 in the morning on tuesday. of course, now we're well into saturday morning. we've seen some police officers in the last few minutes walking along the banks here of the very icy river. i don't know if you can see the chunks of ice floating on the surface of the water. that gives you an idea ofjust how bitterly cold it is here. and with those sisters having been gone for such a long time now, we are hoping for some updates about their safety and that they are, we hope, still safe and well. but of course, people are searching. there is this enormous search yesterday with the police divers looking in th

how did the interview, the drum and palm and report like this whole as an investigation into muskets support for the a f the bad boy? i guess you regulator saying they were closely monitored the situation for what they call potential misconduct. well, it seem of up to a 150 you official saying they're going to examine help us social network would promote mosques, interview with a if the leader spoke to boston for the european commission has at musk support for the potty could be and law for that might provide an unfair advantage on the run up to the election. a job with his child so much all as well. no surprise, he's lashed out. have a listen. since i've missed the crucial point is that mister musk has supported a right wing extremist party. that is something to not only disagree with, i reject it. well, the f that has been on there at 11 plus pressure from germany's leadership. however, it is pulling in 2nd place. so the quote and the german opinion surveys with support from about one 5th of the voters are the countertops hard. he's of even now prohibited a f, the representatives f

general black jack pershing is gray it is in the palm beach. police and fire honor guard unit representing the town palm beach, florida. this group consists of police officers and firefighters from the town of palm home to some of the most prestigious people of the world, including president donald j. trump. it's this past december. and this and that is the daughter of the 75th commemoration of the attack on pearl harbor. hawaii. and he's also played for hospitalized children, military veterans as well as the 19, 82,005 presidential inaugural parades and his holiness. well, john paul, the second. and society pipes and drums way back in 1960. is the largest police pipe and in the united states revise the price of all active and retired police officers of various rights. >> was it a back by letter? >> a look at this year's one that hits close to home for our vice president. we now welcome the middletown high school marching band and cheerleaders. it traveled all p% the way from middletown, ohio to proudly represent their school. our nation, outst

palm or remains crucial to indonesia. economy with exports valued at about $27000000000.00 in 2021. despite new concerns over its environmental impact. fi, do you have? i'm a, is the head of the forward assess of the indonesian palm was independent as association says that the block uses climate regulations to push out competitors. this i think from the us auto perspective is that this thing weighs in is kind of put off extra money is a, you know, that even paid the export of the biofuel, all based on loyal to you because we are, are the bomb while i'll buy a feel based on what or it is vacant, but the, this is pat is fatty. if he's in off of the bowl in the, over the cause i saw the by a fuel produce by the new countries. it can be a problem and i've seen it can be a problem. some problems cannot compete with the lay of fuel and based upon wyatt. that's one thing. another thing is that why did they give you? uh, i'm loyalty, so i'm watching in boston. is it because you itself has it's a reasonable energy. they inclinatio

matt flynn joins us from west palm beach this morning.t's the incoming nags gnat security adviser -- national security adviser mike waltz saying all about this? reporter: mr. walt is pushing for all of -- mr. waltz is pushing for all of trump's nominees to be confirmed and points to the new year's day attacks and finds is a coincidence both trucks rented on the same app and reminds people of the afghan stopped from making election day attacks and here in west palm, i spoke to president elect trump at new year's eve party at mar-a-lago and asked him how confident he was about his nominees and here's his response. >> i think we have great nominees and they'll do very well. most of them are thought of very highly and i think we'll do very well. reporter: and the first scheduled nomination hearing for trump's nominees is next tuesday, january 14th. pete hegseth for secretary of defense. hegseth's hearing is on the books but between now and next tuesday, any number of additional hearings could be added to the calendar, but before that can happ

and they have no strategy to and that i had all the interview with joe in palm. the report was that he knew. busy the investigation into must have support for the a f c a regulate and said they would close the months of the situation for what they call the tiger. so misconduct and theme of up to a 150 officials said it would examine how the social network would promote marks, interview the a, if the need to a sales person for the european commission has said. mark's support for the policy could be a lawful as it might provide an unfair advantage in the run up to an election. jeremy, is it charles the shows has less out have a lesson since i've missed the crucial point is that mister musk has supported a right wing extremist party. that is something to not only disagree with. i rejected betsy has been on the call somebody so from jeremy's leadership. however, it is now folded in 2nd place. but the cold and authorities of even put him into a f. the representatives from taking part in televised political debates about on a while it's these prime is giorgio maloney h

. >> 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. >> officials in los angeles have declared a state of emergency. california's governor is urging residents to heed the evacuation orders and warns these types of events are becoming far too common. >> a hell of a way to start a new year. we were here not too long ago. the franklin fire a few weeks prior to that, the mountain fire. november, december. now january. there's no fire season. it's fire year. it's year round. >> joining me now on the line is david acuna, battalion chief and public information officer for cal fire. thank you, sir, for talking with us again. i want to get the latest from you on weather conditions and of course, the size of these two major fires raging across l.a. county. and now another one in the san diego region. >> hi, rosemary. well, you are correct. we do have the two major fires that are rolling through los angeles. and actually a third also in los angeles area called th

i don't know if you can see through the smoke behind the palm trees. there are now these very tall vertical trees. i. i don't know much about shrubbery. i don't know what they're called, but they're huge, tall trees. they are now just like flames shooting up into the air. this second house now, i mean, that's that is just gone. that car, i believe that's the explosion we heard a short time ago that i, that i recorded. look at all these embers. just i don't know if you can pan up, but look at all these embers just flying up. you see them in the smoke, all of that. those can those the winds are a little or have died down here. but those can just get picked up by winds for miles. this is what the section of harriet street looks like right now. their, um, their power company folks are trying to restore lines, which is certainly a good sign, but this these are the palm trees that are still standing. palm trees are really hardy. i'm not clear if these will actually make it, but they're very hardy. they do have a thick bark and said to have high moisture leve

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, palm beach, florida. >>> the fbi has arrested a virginia man after finding a rifle and a stockpile of more than 150 homemade explosives, some of which they say were marked athletal. it is the largest seizure of finished explosive devices in the agency's history. brad stafford was charged with unlawful possession of an unregistered short-barrel rifle. according to a detention memo, prosecutors argued his release poses an extreme danger to the community and the people he lives with, which includes two young children. an attorney for spafford did not respond. >>> a warning to viewers, the video is disturbing. surveillance video captures the moment a 45-year-old man was looking at his phone on a platform when he was suddenly shoved onto the truck tracks as a train pulled into the station. the victim suffered a skull fracture and broken ribs. he is in critical but stable condition. the 23-year-old suspect is in custody and charged with attempted murder. >>> turning to puerto rico, where a huge power outage wiped out electricity for nearly the entire island, and i

we will send it back to you. >> martha: nate, thank you nate foy and west palm beach west palm beach. alina habba, one at the top attorneys for the incoming president and his legal cases. she will now serve as a counselor at the white house to president-elect trump. i think there is a little bit of disappointment that we will not see incoming president outside on that platform taking the oath of office. i wonder if you do know if they will be walking at all at pennsylvania avenue. will people be able to see them outside? >> my understanding at this point and obviously it is a moving target both first and foremost go to the president is only concerned with safety. but is actually cold and i am in d.c. dramatically colder than new york and a cold front coming. we don't want anyone uncomfortable. he will be sworn in the capital and projections on the screen as my understanding. he will speak at a different location where holding a rally the day before so that people will get to see him as well. so, it is not just -- it is not just about him that more about the american people. he wants t

but this these are the palm trees that are still standing. palm trees are really hardy. i'm not clear if these will actually make it, but they're very hardy. they do have a thick bark and said to have high moisture levels, and a number of them did seem to survive. so we'll see about that. but all the houses here have been destroyed on the the northwest side of harriet street. a number of houses did not burn. even the house here on the corner. but brenda mata's house did burn, and it was one of the last houses on this part of harriet street to burn. this is the house she loved before the fire. i spoke with brenda a week ago, moments after she arrived and saw what happened. >> this is her retirement. this is our nest egg. this is where we moved in when we got married. this is where our son was born. this was our house and this was what we worked for. >> this is what's left of brenda's house. now, more than 7000 structures burned in altadena. it's hard to imagine the scale of it from the ground far in the sky. a satellite image shows what this corner, harriet and glen and t

springs, palm desert area which is where we are now, where we go from here i am not sure.fires, social media has been a means of sharing critical information — not least about how to keep safe. 0ne app that's being used by many is tiktok. but its future is in doubt — at least in the us. representatives from tiktok appeared before the court on friday, as the us government argued that without a sale, the app could be used as a tool for spying and political manipulation by the chinese government. here's how residents of los angeles are using tiktok during the fires. this is all that is left of homes after the fire raged through the area. the fire has already burned more than 10,000 acres and is the second largest in the loss angeles area after the palisades fire. and extreme wind event push these flames unprecedentedly fast. we wind event push these flames unprecedentedly fast.- wind event push these flames unprecedentedly fast. we are at the ymca in _ unprecedentedly fast. we are at the ymca in santa _ unprecedentedly fast. we are at the ymca in santa monica, - unprecedented

these were the most expensive homes out of palm beach county have seen the list, outside of palm beach these were the most expensive homes anywhere in the world. i think a lot of them are not going to go back and build it. plus, they don't want to be part of a construction site shepherd they're building a home, another wins a building, they're building in front of them, behind them, alongside them. think it is a tragedy. it's an incredible tragedy. it's also a tragedy or a tax base. the governors know exactly what i'm talking but i like to hear anyone talk about that. if you are the governor of a state's there are thousands of very rich people that were paying a lot of taxes and were not happy about it. were not happy about what happened to california which is all of the advantages of greatness. they've had horrible politicians. gavin is largely incompetent. i think the mayor is largely incompetent. probably a lot are stone cold and competent but what they've done is terrible but would anyone have a comment on that? when you talk about losing the tax base, you aren't losing a loss. you

the bottom of the palm tree was burnt, the top of the palm tree was not.out every single drop of water on there, it would have gone up in flames. and then it could have potentially taken out the whole block. stuart: it's just so logical, isn't it? you've got a fire around you -- >> it is. stuart: -- you've got a huge pool of water sitting in your backyard, why not use the pool of water to put out the flames? it's just a logical thing and yet i don't think many people did it. >> you know, stuart, one of sad things is from our house we have views of nice homes. we looked down and we see four burnt-down homes and three full, three pools full of water. stuart: oh. that's almost tragic, isn't it? >> sad. stuart: that is absolutely tragic. >> yeah. stuart: how long do you think it's going to be before your immediate area is rebuilt? >> well, i think, i think the first stage would be getting all utilities back and everything cleaned up, so i think that would probably take about six months til the infrastructure is back up. we're very lucky that we're on the top o

a lot of these great big houses were knocked down in palm beach and about all of them. and you build 10 mansions on one side but we saved it. this was built as the southern white house and she gave it to the government. and by the way, jimmy carter gave it back and said it's too expensive for the united states. i didn't realize that. actually, jimmy carter -- nixon was through watergate and nixon came down and came here once and thought it was incredible but had a thing called watergate if anybody remembers that. so he had other things on his mind, to put it mildly. and jimmy carter felt it was too extravagant for the country so fortunately for me he gave it back to the foundation and i bought it from the foundation. reporter: on reconciliation, some republicans are saying in trade for a massive bill you and they share the interest in, they want to see big spending cuts. do you agree with that? mr. trump: i'm ok with spending cuts. i'm on the record for spending cuts. the debt ceiling was given to us and shouldn't have been but put into our lap. what i want in terms of

nate foy starting us off live in west palm.s very much. >>> to capitol hill where president-elect trump's swearing-in ceremony has been moved undoors due to bitter colr cold temperatures expected monday. david spunt has more. >> reporter: mike, good morning. the entire security plan was thrown out. that's the security plan that included an inauguration that was set to be outside on the west front of the capitol with tens of thousands of people outside, but that's all changed now because of the weather. still, though, there is a height ened security posture, and there are some changes that had been made. let's go to some video of some of the fencing that's a been up here in the nation's capital since earlier this week. we have the anti-climb fencing, that a black fencing that really layers on top of each other. you remember these fences were around before and long after the inauguration back in 2021. but that was kind of an anomaly following the attack on the capitol january 6th, 2021. most of the fencing should come down after

to west palm beach and nate foy carbonate trump transition, nay?esident-elect donald trump hosted italian prime minister last night alongside his pick pr secretary of state, marco rubio. with just over two weeks until inauguration day the president-elect is already working to ensure the leadership apparatus that he wants is in place in washington d.c. ready to implement his agenda. >> coordination president trump and his administratin his admine going to create a leaner, faster more efficient federal workforce. >> house speaker mike johnson won reelection after prisonlike donald trump made phone calls on his behalf will golfing and west palm beach. >> president trump is hitting a 500 of the time we talked red very good discussion how to advance the trump agenda. >> trump posted michael be a great speaker or country will be the beneficiary. trump warns of looming democratic attempts to block his cabinet pics. defense secretary nominee face armed services committee generally 14th trumps pickford national intelligence will meet tomorrow with senator m

cnn's jeff zeleny joins us from west palm beach, florida. go to jeff zeleny, i want to go to justin trudeau the prime minister of canada, is stepping down as the leader of his party. >> i have the privilege of serving in this office. that is why, since 2015, i have fought for this country. for you. to strengthen and grow the middle class. why we rallied to support each other through the pandemic. to advance reconciliation. to defend free trade on this continent. to stand strong with ukraine and our democracy. and to fight climate change and get our economy ready for the future. we are at a critical moment in the world. [speaking in a global language ] [speaking in a global language ] to defend free trade. and the unswerving support of canada for ukraine. as well as the fight against climate change. we are really going through a very critical period at the moment. >> you all know, i'm a fighter. every bone in my body has always told me to fight because i care deeply about canadians. i care deeply about this country. and i will always be motiv

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cnn's steve contorno is live for us in west palm beach, florida, near the president elect's mar-a-lago home. so what does the weekend look like as he's about to embark on a plane and head to washington, dc? >> well, fred, in just a couple of hours, donald trump will leave south florida for the last time as president elect and head to washington, dc for a weekend of festivities. it begins tonight at his trump property in sterling, virginia, where there is a reception planned for him. and then tomorrow he will attend a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier inside arlington national cemetery, followed by a rally that evening at the capital one arena in washington, dc. this is his first time addressing a dc crowd since january 6th, 20, 2020. that speech he gave just on the national mall right before a mob of his supporters rushed the u.s. capitol in a bloody attempt to keep the certification of the election from taking place. and of course, all of this leads up to donald trump's second inauguration, which, as you said, will be inside, not outside this year because of th

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. >> it was otherworldly. it looked like the end times. i'm not a religious person. it looked like the end times. >> the fire came right down to the road. >> as fires closed in. firefighters and police told people to abandon their vehicles and head toward the ocean. those abandoned cars, often on winding roads, made it hard for emergency vehicles to get through. bulldozers were used to create a path a lot of unchecked fire on the left flank. by late afternoon, the pacific palisades fire had spread to 1200 acres. more than 250 firefighters were on scene in the palisades, and the city of l.a. declared a state of emergency. some residents stayed behind trying to save their homes and help their neighbors. >> we had a fire pump and, you know, we were able to, i think probably save 1 or 2 houses working with the firemen. but three houses have gone up right around us where the water tanks in the palisades we

johnson won reelection after presently donald trump made calls on his behalf while golfing in west palmch. >> president trump was hitting a five are and when we talked. we had a good discussion about how to advance the trump agenda. >> reporter: trump posted on truth social quote mike will be a great speaker and our country will be the beneficiary. trump warns of looming democratic attempts to block his cabinet picks. the defense secretary now many will face the senate armed service committee on january 14th while terms pick for director of national intelligence will meet tomorrow with senator mark warner. the top democrat on the senate intelligence committee. >> we have great nominees that work together and they work very highly. >> reporter: incoming national security advisor mike waltz says it's important to get trump's cabinet picks confirmed. calling the presidential transition a moment of vulnerability. the terror attack in new orleans raises additional concerns. trump claims president joe biden for rising radical islamic terrorism and violent crime in the country. the judge says

the palm trees are bent this way. their palms are thrust this way. there's a tree down there that the leaves are blackened and frozen this way. the wind was blowing through and froze them in time. great, that has made it. wonderful, you can go and get your stuff, great, but what are you coming back to. it seems like if not all, a lot of the schools in the neighborhood are gone. the elementary schools, both private and public, multiple elementary schools are down. the high school is really damaged. can't go back to that for a while. it's going to be so hard to come back to this, because what are you coming back to? your neighbors are all gone. your community is gone. i feel awful for everybody here. >> coming up next, we're going to talk about water. what happened with the water in los angeles, what thousands of firefighters and first responders are doing to contain the fires now, and how they're getting enough water to fight the fires. plus, what some of the victims of the fires say it's been like to face one of the most destructive fires in los ange

out of palm beach. we're talking about president trump meeting with people that didn't give him the time of day. politics, how quickly things change. the most powerful businessmen and big players in the country but across the world coming in and out of mar-a-lago. pull out the picture. hard to keep up with how many people are coming as going. everyone is trying to throw trump a party to get to meet with him. some of these people think they are in the circle or trying to be. these are some of the businessmen we've been talking about coming and going in south florida. elon musk, jeff bezos, mark zuckerberg and sam altman sitting front row at the inauguration. the chief equestrian tifshs of tesla, amazon, meta and open a.i. are donating to his fund and meeting with him. zuckerberg is throwing trump a party in washington, d.c. before the inaugural balls. the meta ceo a friendly now. previously he banned trump. trump used tiktok to boost his popularity. many young people started to become fans of his because

the palm trees. everything's going and the wind and the firemen are great, but you can only do so much. >> hundreds of firefighters are on the front lines battling the flames. the largest fire, nearly 3000 acres in size, is burning around the coastal neighborhood of pacific palisades. one of l.a .'s most affluent communities. california's governor is urging residents to heed the evacuation orders by no stretch of the imagination are we out of the woods. >> you heard chief say 10 p.m. tonight to 5 a.m. tomorrow will be peak winds. and having just quite literally an hour or so ago, gone up the canyon and saw firsthand the impact of these swirling winds and the embers and the number of structures that are destroyed. not a few. many structures already destroyed. and the fact that people were still not evacuated, still did not heed the warning. we're just coming down the canyon is a reminder of how serious this moment is and how important it is that you listen to these evacuation orders. we've all been to

what he's doing is trying to keep specifically a $3. 5 million condo in palm beach, florida, where heays he's living. he says it's his primary residence. there's some question over that. so, he's headed to a trial and he's refusing to give them information to respond to questions, give them emails in preparation for that trial. so, the judge said in court today, giuliani was on a video conference today, he was calling out of florida. the judge said he has testified he did not respond baz he suspected the motives of plaintiffs' counsel, that is not an kus for violating the court's order, so now giuliani is held in contempt. it will make it harder for him to make some arguments and present the evidence he wants to when he tries to tell the judge he should keep that palm beach condo. we did get a statement from his spokesman after he was held in contempt today, saying these lawyers for ruby freeman and shaye moss are trying to take away his most cherished personal belongings but they can never take away his extraordinary record of public service, mayor of new york. >> former mayor of new

i saved it most of big great houses have been knocked down in palm beach, you -- we saved it this was built as a southern white house. she gave it to the government. and by the way, jimmy carter gave it back, he said it was too expensive, i at any time realize that. >> i was just told -- >> jimmy carter, nixon was through watergate, he -- nixon came here once, and he thought it was incredible, he had that thing called watergate, he had other themes to his mind. and jimmy carter, felt it was the j too extravagant for the country, fortunately for me, he gave it back to the foundation and i bought it from the foundation. >> some republicans saying in trade for -- bill and they want to big -- spending cuts. >> i'm okay with spending cuts, i like spending cut, i'm on record for spending cut, debt ceiling of the put in our lap, i want is not the ceiling, i just don't want to seet a default. that is all i want, i never talked about spending more money, necessarily. than allg i want is no default, now body knows what would happen, it could be 1929 or nothing. that o was put into our lap, it s