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Hello from CNN. I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, January 15th.

It's going to be a busy day on Capitol Hill for President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet

picks. Confirmation hearings are set to take place in the Senate for Attorney General, Secretary

of State, and several other key cabinet posts, just days before Trump is sworn in.

Today's hearings are expected to go much smoother than yesterday's for the defense secretary

pick, as Democrats sparred with Pete Hegseth over his nomination.

I start by saying I reject the premise that President Trump will be giving any illegal

orders.

This isn't a hypothetical.

Commanders meet quotas to have a certain number of female infantry officers or infantry enlisted,

and that disparages those women who are incredibly capable of meeting that standard.

That does not exist.

More than 6 million people are still under a critical fire threat across Southern California

today, as the death toll from the LA blazes rises to 25.

Thousands of residents are returning to find their houses have been reduced to ash, like this

man who lost his home of 50 years.

I get up a night, scream and cry.

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