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A wildfire briefing at the White House. Lisa Brady, Fox News. President Biden set to hold a meeting with senior officials on the federal response to the fires devastating the Los Angeles region, killing at least five people, destroying more than 2,000 homes, businesses and other structures.
leaving some residents questioning local leadership. People are like, no, no, you didn't have just wind, you didn't have water, and you didn't have firefighters to spray that water. And had you had planning and more water and fire hydrants that were checked and worked, you could have saved a lot more houses. You're not going to save all the houses, but you could have saved more. So you talk to the people in and around Pacific Palisades, and they are absolutely
angry at the response. Fox's Trace Gallagher, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass facing questions about the fire response and fire department budget cuts is promising an evaluation. To look at what worked, what didn't work, and to correct or to hold accountable anybody, department, individual, etc. But my focus right now
is on the lives and on the homes. Fire crews have been able to make some progress as hurricane force winds diminish, but nearly 200,000 people are still under evacuation orders today. In the U.S. Senate just a short time ago...
On this vote, the yeas are 84 and the nays are 9. That broke a filibuster on the Lake and Riley Act, which would require Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain illegal immigrants arrested for theft and burglary, named after the Georgia nursing student murdered by a man who entered the U.S. illegally and is now imprisoned for life. A swath of conservative Democrats jumped on board to back the plan.
That included Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman and freshman Democrat Alyssa Slotkin of Michigan. Both represent swing states. Fox's Chad Pergram on the Hill, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer supporting today's vote to allow debate and possible amendments. America is listening to Fox News.
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The nation says goodbye to the 39th president. President Biden delivered a eulogy at the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral, attended by every living man to hold the office. But Carter's grandson, Jason Carter, says his grandfather was influenced his whole life by the small town where he grew up. Yes, they spent four years in the governor's mansion and four years at the White House, but the other 92 years...
They spent at home in Plains, Georgia. Carter died on December 29th at the age of 100. He was the longest living ex-president in U.S. history. At the White House, Jared Halpern, Fox News. Wall Street was closed today on a national day of mourning for former President Carter.
Russian officials say they're paying attention to what the president-elect is saying. President Trump said it again this week when asked about trying to acquire Greenland. He said he would not promise that he wouldn't use military coercion when it came to the Panama Canal or Greenland. We need it for national security. That's for the free world. I'm talking about protecting the free world. President Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said the Arctic is a zone of their national interest.
and that they are watching what he called the rather dramatic developments of the situation closely, but so far, thank God, only at the level of statements, he said. Fox's Jessica Rosenthal, the Putin spokesman, also mocking Europe's reaction to the Trump comments as almost a whisper. U.S. mortgage rates inching up for a fourth straight week. The average 30% of the world's
30-year fixed rate for mortgage giant Freddie Mac hitting 6.93% at a time when the median home price is also rising steadily. The government's report on December home sales is due out later this month. Tomorrow, we get the December jobs report. I'm Lisa Brady. This is Fox News.
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