kate cotter is the founder and ceo of the resilient building council in australia — a country that frequentlyxperiences wildfires. she said the damage in los angeles was "eye—watering". la fires are absolutely catastrophic. we haven't seen single fire events in australia, you know, more than a few thousand building losses. so seeing that go over the 10,000 building amount is just eye watering, it is so devastating. so, what we find is similar is that fires burn homes down in the same way, they need the same things, fuel and wind and steep terrain, and both countries have got those things that make them fire prone. what is, i guess, different is that la has got which suspends some environmental laws, much of the focus would be on constructing buildings that can withstand future threats. kate cotter is the founder and ceo of the resilient building council in australia — a country that frequently experiences wildfires. she said the damage in los angeles was "eye—watering". la fires are absolutely catastrophic. so seeing that go over the 10,000 building amount is just eye watering, it is so devas

kate cotter is the founder and ceo of the resilient building council in australia — a country that frequentlynces wildfires. she said the damage in los angeles was "eye—watering". la fires are absolutely catastrophic. we haven't seen single fire events in australia, you know, more than a few thousand building losses. so seeing that go over the 10,000 building amount is just eye watering, it is so devastating. so, what we find is similar is that fires burn homes down in the same way, they need the same things, fuel and wind and steep terrain, and both countries have got those things that make them fire prone. what is, i guess, different is that la has got very dense populations within very close reach of that risk, and with those high winds and canyons and things, the los angeles landscape has added extra risk that has caused these fires to destroy far more property than we have seen in events in australia. how do you think these homes have been built with fire resiliency seemingly not in mind? ., ., , resiliency seemingly not in mind? . ., , ., mind? the areas are quite urban and fire resilie

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build. la is a resilient city. we have been through a lot and we are coming together, putting politics aside and we are united. our santa monica city council is full of members who are very smart and come from different backgrounds that are standing and using their personal experience, whether serving in the army, whether working at the county, whether being in law to use their own personal background and resources to bring together legislation that will cut the red tape to make this rebuild happen swiftly. and i'm going to church this morning at 930 at saint monica's. we are praying for our community. we are coming together, and we will make sure that not a single person is forgotten and that we will be a partner and providing resources to everybody as quickly as possible. but this is very heartbreaking. i have never seen anything like this in my life, and when i walked to the site, it was something like a war zone. it was apocalyptic and my heart breaks for everybody who has lost everything in this fire. >> mayor lana negrete of santa monica, thank you so much, mayor, for being with us this morning. i want you to stay with msnbc all day