California Deactivated a Firefighting Force, Rubio’s Senate Seat Filled, Hostage Deal | Jan. 16

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🗓️ 16 January 2025

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On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: California disbanded a group of firefighters that could have potentially provided critical assistance during the wildfires. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has tapped the state’s Attorney General Ashley Moody to take Marco Rubio’s Senate seat. The ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas is expected to be signed and take effect Sunday - but a deal is not done until it is signed by all parties involved. And right now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to give final approval on the deal. Links From Today’s Show: https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/16/under-newsom-far-left-general-deactivated-firefighting-disaster-response-force/ Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters: https://www.dailysignal.com/email Subscribe to our other shows: The Tony Kinnett Cast: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-tony-kinnett-cast Problematic Women: https://www.dailysignal.com/problematic-women The Signal Sitdown: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-signal-sitdown Follow The Daily Signal: X: https://x.com/DailySignal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailysignal/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDailySignalNews/ Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@DailySignal YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DailySignal Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/TheDailySignal Thanks for making The Daily Signal Podcast your trusted source for the day’s top news. Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	California disbanded, a group of firefighters that could have potentially provided critical
0:34.7	assistance during the wildfires. I'm Virginia Allen, and this is the
0:38.7	Daily Signal's top news in 10 for Thursday, January 16th. Firefighters in Los Angeles have made a lot
0:51.5	of progress putting out the wildfires and getting them under
0:55.1	control. But Accuether estimates that fires have caused about $250 billion in damages and lost
1:03.4	revenue in California. And the fires have also taken the lives of 25 people. But authorities
1:09.9	warn today that the risk is not over as winds
1:13.1	are still strong and threatened to spread embers that could create the risk of starting new fires.
1:18.9	If you've been listening to the show this week, you know that the Daily Signal's Elizabeth Mitchell
1:23.2	was out in California recently covering those wildfires. She's continued to cover the situation
1:28.8	and look into what California did and did not do to prepare for the threat of wildfires.
1:35.6	Elizabeth joins us now. Elizabeth, great to have you on the other side of the mic.
1:39.3	Thanks, Virginia. Elizabeth, you have an exclusive out today that is titled under Newsom,
1:49.3	Far Left General Deactivated Firefighting Disaster Response Force.
1:56.3	You spoke with a retired commanding general of the California State Guard, Major General J. Cogan.
2:02.7	And Major General Cogan told you that a high-ranking military officer named Matthew Beavers actually disbanded one of the state's firefighter emergency response teams.
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