Winds may whip up the flames again. I'm Dave Anthony. Fox News has a big worry today and tomorrow in the Los Angeles area with near hurricane force Santa Ana wind gusts. This just stirs up all of the other embers because things are still burning. It's still active. Three wildfires still burn. Two barely contained, including the Palisades fire, the torched Malibu where Fox's Griff Jenkins is. Along the iconic...
Pacific Coast Highway, miles and miles of just charred destruction where homes and businesses once were nothing but destruction. There are crews working around the clock trying to clear this debris, but it is going to be certainly weeks, if not months, if not years before miles of this iconic destruction
landscape and waterfront can even think about rebuilding. There are more than 12,000 homes and buildings that have burned in the L.A. area. Twenty four people now confirmed dead. A week before President-elect Trump takes office again, there may be progress trying to stop the war in Gaza with a special envoy part of the talks. Mediators have reportedly made significant progress overnight toward brokering a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas.
Officials say a proposed deal is on the table, but hurdles remain as each side seeks final approval from their leaders. Fox's Marian Rafferty. President Biden talked to Israel's prime minister yesterday on that ceasefire plan. He also spoke to relatives of three Americans detained in Afghanistan on a deal being worked out with the Taliban trying to free them in exchange for a terror suspect imprisoned at Guantanamo. Today, we'll hear from the president touting his foreign policy. The president will be speaking at the State Department.
He's expected to talk about his legacy when it comes to efforts to expand NATO, to rally dozens of allies to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia, as well as producing an historic security agreement between the U.S., South Korea and Japan. Fox's Jill Nadeau. This morning, the Biden administration announced new regulations involving computer chips and AI. America's listening.
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Ukraine's president is using two North Korean soldiers as bargaining chips. They were captured as they and thousands of other North Koreans helped fight with Russia in the war. Vladimir Zelensky says he would hand them over to North Korea's leader if Kim Jong-un helps free Ukrainian prisoners held by Russia. There's an oil spill disaster off the coast not far from the war front. Russia's president Vladimir Putin calls it one of the most serious environmental challenges for years.
Two tankers stricken by a storm in the Kerch Strait between Russia and the occupied Crimean Peninsula. Now an emergency task force has arrived as the Russians attempt to stop the spill of fuel oil. Russia's government estimates over 150,000 tonnes of contaminated sand and soil have been collected over the past four weeks.
Oil's been detected some 150 miles away. Ukraine's accusing the Russians of trying to hide the consequences of the spill. Jonathan Savage, Fox News. On Wall Street, falling futures suggest more selling on top of Friday's big sell-off. Drama in the NFL playoffs. The Commanders and Bucks came down to inches Sunday. They're right their way to the defensive line!
Courtesy NBC, probable rookie of the year, Jaden Daniels leading the six-seeded commanders past the Bucs 23-20 thanks to a field goal off the upright and through on the final play of the game. Earlier in the day, the Bills fell behind 7-0 early but scored 31 unanswered in a 31-7 rout of the Broncos. And the Eagles won ugly, 22-10 over the Packers, intercepting Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love three times. The wildcard round wraps up with the Vikings and Rams playing in Arizona.
Monday night. I'm Tim McMaster, Fox News. That game was moved out of Los Angeles, of course, because of the wildfire disaster. One other NFL note, the New England Patriots are hiring Mike Rabel as their next head coach. He's already in the Patriots' Hall of Fame as a player in New England. Rabel won three Super Bowls. I'm Dave Anthony. This is Fox News.