CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 01/09/25
CBS Evening News
CBS News
3.5 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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President Biden called the wildfires surrounding Los Angeles "the most widespread, devastating fires in California’s history," and says the federal government will pay for 100% of the disaster response costs for the next six months. Former President Jimmy Carter's casket returned Thursday afternoon to his hometown of Plains, Georgia, where he will be laid to rest on his family's peanut farm.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Jill Schlesinger, CBS News Business Analyst, certified financial planner, and host of the podcast Money Watch with Jill Schlesinger. |
| 0:08.7 | It's a show where we answer your questions about your money, from investing to retirement and completing your taxes. |
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| 0:21.8 | Plus, we might even have a little fun along the way. |
| 0:24.5 | Follow and listen to Money Watch with Jill Schlesinger on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:34.6 | Tonight, wildfires burn out of control for a third straight day. |
| 0:39.3 | Hundreds of thousands under evacuation warnings. |
| 0:42.3 | I was in denial. |
| 0:43.3 | I didn't think that anything this devastating would happen. |
| 0:46.3 | My wedding dress, our wedding album, we left everything. |
| 0:50.3 | It's so quick. |
| 0:51.3 | You start thinking about all the memories in the different parts of the house. |
| 0:55.3 | The tough new questions. |
| 0:56.8 | What explains this lack of preparation and rapid response? |
| 1:01.9 | The CBS evening news starts now. |
| 1:09.5 | Good evening. |
| 1:10.4 | The fires raging out of control in Los Angeles right now are the most widespread |
| 1:14.9 | devastating fires in California's history, according to President Biden. I'm Nora O'Donnell, |
| 1:20.2 | along with Tony DiCopo, who is on the ground in Los Angeles with our team of reporters. And we want to |
| 1:25.6 | start with the devastating breaking news |
| 1:27.8 | and estimated 9,000 homes, businesses, |
| 1:31.7 | and other buildings have burned across more than 30,000 acres |
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