Those Santa Ana winds are spelling new trouble for Southern California today.

The lead starts right now.

The new danger zones in the LA area amid fears the dangerous winds are going to pick back up.

The lingering questions also about the water supply to fight these fires.

Plus the new video appearing to show the moment the destructive

eaten fire ignited. And the back and forth between tough questions and a warm embrace for

Pete Hague Seth, Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense, how he defended his experience,

or lack thereof, and all those questions about excessive drinking, financial mismanagement,

and sexual assault, which, of course, Heggseth adamantly denies.

Plus, could Elon Musk really take over TikTok, the chatter in tech world,

just days before the app, as you know it, is banned and the possibility of a pushback?

Welcome. and the possibility of a pushback. Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We begin with our breaking news on the L.A. Wildfires.

If you live in the Los Angeles area, stop what you're doing right now. Get prepared to evacuate.

That's the message from officials today. As strong. Extreme winds are expected over the next

24 hours. The weather threatening to spark new wildfires and undo all the progress made

by firefighters and containing the existing wildfires that have already killed at least

24 people and have burned an area larger than the size of Paris, France. In fact, a new fire

broke out last night in Ventura County,

prompting evacuations. This is the auto fire and burned through about 56 acres, though as of now

this fire is mostly knocked down. The Palisades fire, which ignited a week ago, remains the largest

of them all, more than 23,000 acres and it's only 17% contained,

meaning firefighters have established barriers around 17% of its perimeter. The Eaton Fire is now 14,000 acres, 35% contained.

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