Meet the Press NOW — January 9

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🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Wildfires continue to rage across Los Angeles County. Los Angeles Fire Department Public Information Officer Capt. Erik Scott and Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath join Meet the Press NOW to give an update on the devastation. NBC News Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard reports on how President-elect Donald Trump and Senate Republicans will handle the budget reconciliation process. Former Jimmy Carter speechwriter Chris Matthews discusses the former president's personal and political legacy.

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0:00.0	Welcome to meet the press now.
0:11.6	I am Kristen Welker.
0:13.2	We begin with the wildfire still raging out of control in the Los Angeles area.
0:18.1	These are live pictures from Mount Wilson in Los Angeles County, which is home to a number of vital radio, TV, and communications, antennas for the entire county. Now, the flames from the Eaton Fire have reached these facilities. The KNBC engineer in the building told our affiliate that there is a plan by local authorities to protect this infrastructure, which includes letting the vegetation
0:40.9	around the facility, hopefully burn itself out.
0:44.4	Now, it all comes as new images today
0:46.2	are revealing the horrific scope of these fires.
0:48.9	These are Getty images of the Hollywood Hills,
0:51.7	which were devastated by the Palisades Fire.
0:54.6	Entire communities and neighborhoods have been completely obliterated.
0:58.4	And in all, at least five people are reported dead so far in wildfires all across Southern
1:03.6	California.
1:04.8	180,000 people have been forced to evacuate.
1:07.7	The two largest fires, which includes the Palisades fire,
1:11.3	remain zero percent contain. And forecasters warned that winds could intensify over the next
1:16.4	24 hours, which would only add to this immense crisis. Right now, at least five wildfires
1:22.8	continue to burn in the greater Los Angeles area. 17 million Californias from Ventura to San Diego are under what's called red flag warnings,
1:31.5	meaning they are in areas at high risk of wildfire.
1:34.4	The Palisades fire so far has burned more than 17,000 acres and is 0% contained.
1:39.9	The Eaton fire has burned more than 10,000 acres.
1:42.7	It's also 0% contained.
1:44.4	At an emergency briefing earlier today, L.A. officials describe just how historic these fires are.
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