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Heed the warnings. Elisa Brady, Fox News. That bottom line from police and fire officials around Los Angeles where fires driven by windstorms are now claiming lives. Fox's Tanya J. Powers. Some 70,000 people are under evacuation orders and at least two people have been killed in the wind-fueled fires that have burned thousands of acres. LAPD Chief Jim McDonald says first responders are working around the clock.
Firefighters, police officers, deputies, they're out there sheltering in their vehicles, their trucks and their cars so that they don't end up getting burned from the fire that was being driven by 75 plus mile an hour winds. LA County Supervisor Lindsay Horvath urged those under evacuation orders to leave.
The longer that you wait to evacuate, the more you are putting people in danger who are putting their lives on the line to protect your homes. Strong winds are expected to continue into tomorrow. The White House says President Biden, who's been in California on a previously scheduled trip, received a briefing on the Palisades wildfire overnight and was getting another briefing today.
at a Santa Monica fire station while making more federal resources available. President-elect Trump is criticizing the California governor and his water policies in a Truth Social post. An Oregon law that bans most secret recordings is upheld by a federal appeals court, rejecting a First Amendment challenge. Project Veritas sued in 2020, saying the state law made it impossible to record rioting in Portland.
The law has some exceptions that allow recording during a felony that endangers human life and recording police performing official duties. Project Veritas' lawyers say the decision will leave undercover journalists with their hands tied. They plan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Fox's Jeff Manasso. The president-elect is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to call off Friday's sentencing in his New York hush money case. The defense still argues Trump convictions for falsifying business records should be tossed out.
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The president-elect meets with Senate Republicans later today as GOP lawmakers try to agree on a path forward for the Trump agenda. The president-elect has talked about wanting one big, beautiful bill. There's risks in moving forward with that because there are even some Republicans who say they don't want one big bill and they might have to vote against one big bill if it has some things like the debt ceiling that they don't want in it. President-elect Trump doesn't normally get bogged
down in the process. But in this case, the process could make or break his agenda. It's hard enough getting one reconciliation bill through Congress with tight margins. Getting two might take a miracle and also would make history. The last time Congress was able to do that
was almost 30 years ago. Fox Business' Hilary Vaughn on Capitol Hill. Today's meeting with senators will happen as the president-elect visits Washington for the funeral of former President Carter. President Biden giving one of his final interviews before leaving office and discussing why Democrats lost in November. President Biden says if you look around the world, quote,
Almost every democracy out there lost this time. The president making the comments during an interview with USA Today when asked why he thinks Democrats lost so much support this election cycle. The president blaming negative news coverage, asking, quote, Do you ever see any good news? And saying, quote, The mindset we're in, it seems like you get no click.
unless there's something negative. President Biden says he hopes his legislative accomplishments, like the infrastructure bill, will have a positive impact on the country in the long term. On Capitol Hill, Ryan Schmelz, Fox News. - Nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards are out with "Wicked" leading the way with five nominations. Those were announced by press release, the California Wildfires scrapping plans for a live nomination announcement earlier today.
stocks are lower, the Dow is down 39 points. I'm Lisa Brady, Fox News.