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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Thursday, January 9th, 2025.

This is the excerpt.

Today, the latest from California, as more people are forced to flee their homes.

Plus, it's a national day of mourning for the late President Jimmy Carter,

and we discuss a decision by the Attorney General on a special counsel report into Trump election interference charges.

More than 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate as wildfires rapidly spread through the greater Los Angeles area. A new brush fire dubbed the Sunset Fire ignited in Hollywood Hills

yesterday evening, spurring mandatory evacuation orders. Meanwhile, the Palisades fire grew

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