LA fires continue to burn as the death toll rises and dangerous winds return

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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The latest on the Los Angeles wildfires with powerful winds expected in the area until Wednesday. With former lobbyists in some of the Trump administration's top jobs - what will happen to his agenda and his campaign promises? Plus, confirmation hearings for some of the president-elect's most controversial picks get underway as lawmakers brace for a big week on Capitol Hill. Dana Griffin, Anna Merlan, Ben Collier, Judd Legum, Susan Glasser, Carol Leonning, and David Drucker join The 11th Hour this Monday.

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0:00.0	The death toll climbs in the LA area wildfires as high winds are set to cause critical fire conditions until Wednesday.
0:07.6	We've got the latest from the ground on the wildfires and California's insurance crisis.
0:13.4	Then money power politics, new reporting on former lobbyists scoring top top jobs in the Trump administration.
0:20.4	Plus, lawmakers are bracing for a train wreck of confirmation hearings.
0:25.1	We're previewing the big week on Capitol Hill for Trump's picks like Pete Heggsett
0:29.3	as the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday night.
0:47.9	Good evening. Once again, I'm Stephanie Ruhl, and tomorrow morning will mark one week since the wildfires began burning in Los Angeles.
0:54.8	And right now, the National Weather Service is sounding the alarm again about what this week might have in store for the area.
0:59.7	The agency is warning about dry air and wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour,
1:03.3	calling it a particularly dangerous situation for fires.
1:08.8	Right now, as we know of, 24 people are dead and at least 23 still missing.
1:11.8	We know at least 12,000 buildings have been destroyed,
1:19.3	many of them homes, and the fires combined have burned 40,000 acres. That is nearly three times the size of Manhattan. And experts say this new information that people are very worried about,
1:24.5	huge plumes of hazardous smoke from the wildfires could pose a deadly
1:29.4	risk, not just in Los Angeles, but up to hundreds of miles away. One environmental health
1:34.2	scientist told the New York Times that because of this smoke, the current death counts are likely,
1:39.6	quote, large underestimates. I want to bring in NBC's Diana Griffin. She has live in Pacific
1:45.6	Palisades where the largest of the fires is still burning. Diana, thank you for joining us
1:50.9	at this late hour. What are you seeing tonight? Well, Stephanie, I can tell you that right now we are
1:57.4	noticing a significant increase in the winds compared to what we saw or what
2:02.7	we felt earlier today. And this is not even the window of the red flag warning. I just check
2:08.8	gusts were about nine miles per hour, but when you've had a day of really calm winds or no wins
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